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Tom Smith: Local Open Data for Better Public Services

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April 29, 2015

Tom Smith: Local Open Data for Better Public Services

Swirrl

April 29, 2015
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  1. Public  services  and  open  data     3  problems  where

     open  data  helps   Tom  Smith   Oxford  Consultants  for  Social  Inclusion  (OCSI)    [email protected]     @_datasmith      www.ocsi.co.uk       Tom  Smith,  OCSI  |  www.ocsi.co.uk  |  @ocsi_uk  |  01273  810  270  
  2. OCSI  who?   •  Improving  local  services  through  data  and

     analysis   –  Oxford  University  ‘spin-­‐out’  2004   –  Worked  with  >200  public  and  community  sector   organisaTons   •  Tools  to  support  local  services  &  research  teams   –  Planning4care,  Local  Insight,  Social  Impact   –  First  government  open  data  catalogue  (Data4nr.net)   •  Bespoke  analysis  and  research  consultancy   –  Needs  analysis,  evaluaTon,  predicTve  modelling   •  Index  of  Mul6ple  Depriva6on  2015   •  Open  data  support  –  ODUG,  Environment  Agency     Tom  Smith,  OCSI  |  www.ocsi.co.uk  |  @ocsi_uk  |  01273  810  270  
  3. •  Solving  a  recognised  problem  …      where  are

     the  areas  with  highest  need   •  Transparent  &  trusted  methodology   –  ConsultaTons.  Open  data  and  methodology   •  >  £1  billion  per  year.       –  Openly  reusable  by  any  organisaTon   –  Local  and  naTonal  government.  ChariTes.  Housing   AssociaTons.  Football  AssociaTon.    Health  researchers.     Tom  Smith,  OCSI  |  www.ocsi.co.uk  |  @ocsi_uk  |  01273  810  270  
  4. Indices  of  DeprivaTon  data  sources   Tom  Smith,  OCSI  |

     www.ocsi.co.uk  |  @ocsi_uk  |  01273  810  270  
  5. Tom  Smith,  OCSI  |  www.ocsi.co.uk  |  @ocsi_uk  |  01273  810

     270   Useful  open  data  sources  (some  …)   Annual  Survey  of  Hours  and   Earnings   House  prices   DWP  Benefits   Pupil  Annual  School  Level   Census     Jobseekers  Allowance  claimant   count   Life  Expectancy  &   mortality  rates   Housing  Benefit/  Council   Tax  Benefit   Child  Benefit  &  child  tax   credits   Census  2011   Births  by  Country  of  Birth  (&   age)  of  Mother   NaTonal  Insurance   RegistraTons   Tax  credits   Job  vacancies   Business  staTsTcs   Recorded  crimes   PopulaTon  esTmates  
  6. Tools  for  using  open  data  -­‐  Local   Insight  

    Tom  Smith,  OCSI  |  www.ocsi.co.uk  |  @ocsi_uk  |  01273  810  270   Up-­‐to-­‐date  open  data   Demographic,  social  &   economic  indicators   Define  and  report  on   your  areas  &  services   Visualise  Maps,   profiles  &   dashboards   Upload  &  visualise   your  own  local  data   Secure  access  for   local  partnership  users,     open  access  for  public   Zero  overhead,  up  &   running  in  minutes  
  7. Open  data  provides  the  building  blocks   for  what  people

     really  need   •  Users  defining  literally  thousands  of  custom  areas   –  Drawing  on  (Google)  map,  postcodes,  standard  areas   •  Some  of  the  areas  that  Local  Insight  users  have   defined   –  Service  patches  and  management  areas   –  Catchment  areas  (schools,  GPs,  libraries),  based  on  users   –  Priority  neighbourhoods,  regeneraTon  patches   –  Neighbourhood  planning  areas   –  PotenTal  development  areas   –  Benchmark  areas   –  Partner  areas  including  clinical  commissioning  group   patches,  fire  &  rescue  service  areas,  police  forces   Tom  Smith,  OCSI  |  www.ocsi.co.uk  |  @ocsi_uk  |  01273  810  270  
  8. How  did  Open  Data  help?   •  Content  –  data!

      •  Trusted  content  …  Can  check  and  chase  back   to  source   •  Licensing  licensing  licensing  …  Sharing  with   other  organisaTons  (partnerships)   •  Speed.  Open  licensing  &  available  data  meant   we  had  prototype  funded  by  kickstarters   running  in  2  months   Tom  Smith,  OCSI  |  www.ocsi.co.uk  |  @ocsi_uk  |  01273  810  270  
  9. Half  the  money  I  spend   on  adverTsing  is  

    wasted     The  trouble  is  I  don't   know  which  half       Tom  Smith,  OCSI  |  www.ocsi.co.uk  |  @ocsi_uk  |  01273  810  270  
  10. In the public sector the impact of the money you

    spend is usually recorded on someone else’s database
  11. Recap:  3  problems  where  open  data  helps   1.  TargeTng

     public  &  community  resources  to   the  right  communiTes  –  creaTng  open  data   2.  Making  sense  of  the  real  areas  we  work  in  –   using  open  data   3.  Which  of  our  programmes  work  –  open   access  (to  closed  data)   Tom  Smith,  OCSI  |  www.ocsi.co.uk  |  @ocsi_uk  |  01273  810  270  
  12. Public  services  and  open  data     3  problems  where

     open  data  helps   Tom  Smith   Oxford  Consultants  for  Social  Inclusion  (OCSI)    [email protected]     @_datasmith      www.ocsi.co.uk       Tom  Smith,  OCSI  |  www.ocsi.co.uk  |  @ocsi_uk  |  01273  810  270  
  13. Image  credits   •  Neon  open  sign  photo  –  MarTn

     Alvarez  Espinar  hpp://bit.ly/1hDqoVv   •  Overflowing  –  zoetnet  hpp://bit.ly/1gcomzw   •  Closed  –  Steve  Snodgrass  hpp://bit.ly/1edkGih   •  All  Access  –  Rebecca  Siegel  hpp://bit.ly/1gPg1h2   •  John  Wanamaker,  Wikipedia   hpp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wanamaker#mediaviewer/ File:John_Wanamaker.jpg     •  Icons  –  The  Noun  Project  hpp://thenounproject.com       Tom  Smith,  OCSI  |  www.ocsi.co.uk  |  @ocsi_uk  |  01273  810  270