Local Data Project FIND Series (June)
Join us for an interactive session looking at feminist data and the cost of living in your local area. Join one session or all three.
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About this event
- Event lasts 15 days 7 hours
About this event
This is a beginner level programme aimed at building confidence and capacity in accessing and using statistics. We'll be exploring the latest figures on employment, housing, gender pay gap, and cost of living and guide you through finding your local figures to inform your feminist work.
No experience of working with data, statistics or maths is necessary.
The sessions are designed to introduce you to some of the key tools you can use to uncover inequality in your local area. There will also be time to network. We hope to promote peer learning, and build relationships with and between organisations working towards the same goal: women’s equality.
Each of the sessions is standalone, so you can join one, two or all three. Sessions will be delivered via Zoom. You will be sent the link closer to the date.
Each session is repeated, once during the day and once in the evening to allow maximum possibilities for people to attend.
In this series of introductory sessions we will focus on how to FIND information at a local level because Feminist Initiatives Need Data.
Places are limited to allow for full participation.
As you will be working with varied sources of data across the four nations, we welcome attendees from across the UK.
Session 1: Discovering Data.
Wednesday 4th June, 2025, 11:00- 13:00
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Thursday 5th June 2024, 18:30 -20:30
In our first session we’ll think about what data is, and how data can help us to uncover inequality. We’ll introduce you to some publicly available data. You’ll work with websites where data is published by public sector bodies. You’ll find some data that is relevant to you.
The main content of the session will be in breakout groups, working together to discover data relevant to you.
Session 2: Delving into Data.
Monday 9th June: , 2025, 11:00- 13:00
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Tuesday 10th June , 2025, 18:30 -20:30
In our second session we’ll introduce you to data about the cost of living and how it impacts women.
Your trainer will demonstrate how to find the relevant data on a range of topics including housing costs, childcare and gender pay gaps. This will be followed by a practical session where you can start using the data to find out what the situation is in your local area.
Session 3: Local Labour Data.
Monday 16th June, 2025, 11:00- 13:00
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Thursday 19th June, 2025, 18:30 -20:30
The third session will introduce a tool for getting information on local labour market statistics. We’ll show you how to access the data. You’ll find data on your local area. The session is based on NOMIS, so is more relevant to participants in England and Wales. We welcome participants from Scotland and Northern Ireland, so we'll have alternative data sources available for you to explore.
The trainer will provide a demonstration, showing how the data works. We will then have time for questions and a short break before we move into a practical session with help on hand to get started with finding data for yourself.
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Further information
Join us for one, two or all three sessions.We also welcome requests to organise bespoke training for your organisation, virtually or at your location in person. We are happy to learn from you to ensure that training provision meets your needs. Please email liz.hind@wbg.org.uk for more information, or to organise a one-to-one chat.
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Accessibility Information
The sessions run for 2 hours with a short comfort break.
All sessions will be hosted on Zoom. Closed captions will be enabled through the Zoom platform. You can turn these off by clicking on the CC button in the menu bar.
Some of the time will be spent in the main room with all attendees (max15) and some of the time will be spent in small Zoom break out groups (about 3 - 5 people).
It can help the others in your break out room if you can have a camera on, but you can also attend without. We understand that there are many reasons not to switch your camera on. We also recognise that many participants are juggling caring responsibilities, and you are welcome to adapt as you need!
The session may use the Zoom polling and chat functions. You can attend the session without using these, but it may reduce your ability to participate fully. There will be someone monitoring the Zoom chat function if you have any questions or problems during the session.
The sessions will not be recorded.Participants will need to join from a laptop or PC to participate in the hands on exercises.
Let us know if you have any accessibility requirements and we will do our best to accommodate. We are happy to arrange tailored sessions too.
Please feel free to get in touch with chevon.cumberbatch@wbg.org.uk
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About the trainer
Dr Liz Hind, Local Partnerships and Training Officer is a self confessed data nerd. She has years of experience delivering training in data and IT. She is a firm believer of independent learning and allowing people to get stuck in.