Briefing Note – Quality of Life Feedback 2011/12

We have compiled a briefing note highlighting the feedback received on the Quality of Life 2011/12 document. The overall satisfaction of the 2011/12 report was 98%, where respondents were either very satisfied or fairly satisfied. The highest areas of satisfaction for respondents were around the design and presentation of the report (98%) and the structure [...]

Student Summer 2012 Placement

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a student to come and work within the Observatory for four to six weeks over the summer (June/July).  The student will need to be studying in a related discipline (statistics, economics, geography etc.), be highly numerate and willing to work across a range of projects within our team. The [...]

Quality of Life 2011/12 Report – Feedback Survey

The Quality of Life 2011/12 Report, produced by Warwickshire Observatory in October last year, uses analysis of a range of trends and indicators to provide an assessment of the quality of life experienced by residents in Warwickshire, and also assesses how these have changed over time. The report’s findings contribute to our evidence base needed [...]

Troubled Families Programme – Work Progressing in Warwickshire

The Troubled Families programme is a new initiative led by Communities and Local Government (CLG) to ‘turn around’ 120,000 families nationally over the next three years. Significant funding is being made available to local partnerships to address a range of social and economic issues affecting households. The Observatory has been commissioned to collate the data on [...]

New Government Alcohol Strategy launched…..

The Government have recently launched a new alcohol strategy which sets out proposals to crackdown on the ‘binge drinking’ culture, reduce alcohol fuelled violence and disorder and reduce the number of people drinking to damaging levels. Click here for a link to the strategy. Locally, to find out more information on alcohol in Warwickshire you can [...]

Warwickshire Drug Treatment and Alcohol Treatment Needs Assessments 2011/12 – Full Assessments Published

The Observatory has been working closely with Warwickshire Drug and Alcohol Action Team (WDAAT) to produce their annual needs assessments for both alcohol treatment and drug treatment. This year was the first time that the Observatory have produced the assessments as WDAAT felt it was important to examine a wider breadth of demographic and socio-economic [...]

Northern Warwickshire Arson Profile – Key Findings Revealed

The Observatory recently conducted a profile on arson in the areas of Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough and the North Warwickshire Borough wards of Arley & Whitacre and Hartshill. The briefing note on the profile can be found by clicking on the link below: Briefing Note – Arson Profile – Northern Warwickshire For more information or [...]

Alcohol Awareness Week

The Warwickshire Drug and Alcohol Team are advising that this week is Alcohol Awareness Week and Alcohol Concern are encouraging individuals and organisations to sign up to their Charter for a world free from alcohol harm. Further information, and a link enabling you to sign up to the Charter online can be found here: Charter [...]

A 49% Reduction in Re-Offending for Warwickshire Prolific and Priority Offenders

The Home Office has confirmed that the Warwickshire Prolific and Priority Offender (PPO) Scheme reduced the offending rates of its PPOs by 49% between April 2010 and March 2011. The PPO programme was introduced in 2004 by the Home Office as away of focusing on the small number offenders known to commit a disproportionately large amount [...]

A vacancy has arisen within the Observatory team for a Corporate GIS Manager

An exciting new vacancy has arisen for a Corporate GIS manager to join our team. The aim of the role is to develop, manage and champion Geographical Information Systems within and across Warwickshire County Council, so that it makes best use of GI, data, and other resources. The successful candidate will be responsible for Information Management within Warwickshire Observatory. [...]