Users of the 'draw your own area' feature on Maps & Stats can now access summary reports based on data from the April 2001 Census.

To tap into Maps & Stats, see our information page or contact the project on 01274-779003 to arrange a short 1:1 demo or to talk any queries through by phone.

Small area 2001 Census data arrives ... at last! - June 2003

30th June brought the long awaited release of small area data from Census 2001.

'Key statistics' are now available online for all of Bradford’s 30 wards - and for the much smaller building block ‘Output Areas’ used by the Census. For, the National Statistics website, which carries both local and UK-wide Census data, click here.

This latest release follows February's publication of statistics at Local Authority level (this data can also be found at the Council's website).

However, for communities the real power of the Census lies in the new small area results, allowing detailed local profiling to be undertaken.

Census data will have huge implications for future funding coming into the District and will also provide a powerful tool for those local communities able to use them effectively.

For help with accessing and using data, please contact the project on 01274-779003

Radstats Conference held in Bradford - February 2003

February 22nd saw Bradford host the annual conference of the Radical Statistics group, an organisation which seeks to ally statistics with campaigns for progressive social change.

The event included presentations from three projects which are making statistics available to the general public over the Internet - including BCSP.

Next year's event in London will be themed on 'The Statistics of Privatisation and The Privatisation of Statistics"

[More info]


Forum created to steer local Census release - January 2003

January’s Community Digest meeting made the Census its focus by looking at what information is due to be released and establishing a steering group to help set the agenda on how information is made available locally.

Local statistics used to challenge 'self-segregation myth' - October 2002

Speakers at October's monthly Community Digest meeting, hosted by BRC, took on the growing popular wisdom that Bradford is polarising into Asian and non-Asian residential areas.

[Read Ludi Simpson's paper]


New weekly Keighley drop-in - July 2002

To improve access to support from BCSP, the project began a weekly drop-in session at Keighley Voluntary Services, every Thursday between 2pm and 4pm. Visitors can access Maps & Stats and receive help and advice from one of the community workers on the BCSP team.


NRF Funding Brings New BCSP Worker - June 2002

Thanks to money from the Neighbourhood Renewal Fund, Alan Budge has now joined BCSP as a fourth community worker. This new source of funding allows all areas of the District to be supported by BCSP, not just those in European priority areas.


Community Statistics Conference - May 2002

The initial work of BCSP in giving shape to the term 'community statistics' was taken up in a national conference held in Bradford during 2002. Papers from this event are being prepared for inclusion at this site.


Bradford Community Information Resource - January 2002

During the years 2000 and 2001, BCSP was funded by European monies under the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). From 2002, funding from the European Social Fund and ERDF allowed the groundwork laid by BCSP to be developed in new directions. Despite a new formal title of Bradford Community Information Resource, we have continued the BCSP name for our day-to-day work, which now extends into delivering more extensive training and support for those undertaking community research.


Maps & Stats 'trial site' open for business - October 2000

An experimental site is now live for public access, offering statistical reports for freely defined areas. Initial development work has been undertaken within Bradford Council by Raj, Gavan, Erik and Kev and the work will continue in the months ahead to tailor 'Geographical Information System' (G.I.S) software into a user-friendly format. Maps & Stats will therefore be in a constant state of development and will be guided by feedback from piloting with community users.

[More info]