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
An Introduction to Theory of Change
This short video presentation will provide you with an introduction to “Theory of Change” – what it is and why it matters for your Town Investment Plan
This short session will provide you with an introduction to “Theory of Change” – what it is and why it matters for your Town Investment Plan. Please find a recorded video and presentation slides below.
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
Sustainable Growth Index
Looking beyond traditional measures of success, Grant Thornton’s Sustainable Growth Index provides key information to help you understand the performance of your town across six key outcomes.
The Towns Fund Further Guidance explicitly suggests that towns incorporate a focus on inclusive growth in order to reflect the fact that many of the towns face serious social and economic challenges.
In order to support discussion around this and to stimulate thinking, Grant Thornton’s Sustainable Growth Index provides a useful tool for analysing the different components that create successful places. This document provides guidance on how to effectively use the Index.