How to account for COVID-19 in your baseline
In developing a robust Business Case it is important to consider how COVID-19 has impacted your Town and how best to capture this in your baseline. The purpose of this resource is to assist in this process.
In developing a robust Business Case it is important to consider how COVID-19 has impacted your Town and how best to capture this in your baseline. The purpose of this resource is to assist in this process.
Within this spreadsheet we have brought together a selection of key COVID-19 datasets that can be used to understand the impact of COVID-19 on your area. Please note that in most cases this data relates to the local authority level. There will of course be a number of other datasets that will need to form the baseline for your business case. These datasets have not been included here as timing means that will not yet reflect the impact of COVID-19 on your town.
How to use
The 'COVID-19 data resources' spreadsheet provides links to the data source along with supporting information on the data and suggestions on how it could be used in the Business Case. Information provided includes:
Theme: Overarching theme relating to Social, Economic, or Other
Source: Name of data source
Data: Type of data/indicators provided by this source
Publisher: Publisher of the data source
Frequency: How often the data is published
Spatial level: Lowest spatial level that the data is available at
Use: How the data can be used
Application to business case: Why the data is relevant to your Business Case and suggestions on how it could be used
Link: Hyperlink to the source of data
Notes: Any additional instructions on how to access from the data from the link
Mitigating the impacts of COVID-19
This short learning burst, presented by Katie Wood our Health & Wellbeing expert, provides key information on how to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19
This short learning burst, presented by Katie Wood our Health & Wellbeing expert, provides key information on how to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19. In the video, Katie discusses the impacts that are being felt across the country, and highlights priority areas for towns in mitigating these impacts. Katie provides real world context by using case study examples.
The slides are also available to download, below the video.
Covid Vulnerability Tool
This dashboard tool provides data of vulnerable groups for your town, that need to be considered carefully given the impacts of Covid-19.
In developing a robust Town Investment Plan (TIP) it is important to consider the potential impacts and implications of Covid-19. These impacts will be felt across multiple sectors, they will change how people live and work and they will shape consumer behaviour and trends.
The purpose of this tool is to assist in understanding the full impact of Covid-19 on your town, providing data on a range of indicators that start to describe an area’s vulnerability to the effects and impacts of Covid-19.
The dashboard has three tabs:
Introduction - an explanation of the purpose of the dashboard, and how to use it
Indicator explanation - definitions of different vulnerability indicators
Dashboard - the tool, presenting the data of vulnerable residents of your town in an easy to use dashboard format
An Introduction to Crime and Security
This short guide from our Crime and Security experts provides an introduction to the topic, and highlights key areas that towns should consider when designing and planning projects.
It is imperative that projects designed to enhance the town, do not inadvertently compromise the safety, security and the well-being of residents, or adversely affect the attractiveness and ultimately the economic stability of the area.
Our Crime and Security experts have provided an introductory guide, highlighting the key considerations for towns when designing projects.