To deliver services which meet the needs of local people, it is important that we collect information about people’s needs. Some of this we do through discussion with our users, surveys, focus groups and feedback from courses that people attend. We also collect statistics on both the local area and through national reports, to provide a picture of the challenges facing New Cross Gate. The data is very useful in supporting fundraising efforts, both for ourselves and for other local groups.
The following reports provide useful background on the needs and demographics of our local community.
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2015).
IMD2015
IMD telegraph hill 2015
Other data and relevant reports:
useful_datasets provided by the GLA
Health and mental health
Investigative reports by Health Watch Lewisham
Lewisham’s Public Health Information Portal
The State of Child Health 2017
Children’s food in England 2018 (Soil Association Report)
NHS overview of child health by area.
‘Keeping it together‘ report on mental health support by charities
Loneliness – The State We’re In
Air pollution
Goldsmiths report – air monitoring in New Cross
Employment
4in1 report about young people’s experience of Jobcentre services
Poverty
End Child Poverty-Feeling The Pinch
Difficulties on the introduction of Universal Credit
Working together to tackle poverty – Lewisham 2017
Trust for London data – poverty profile for Lewisham
Investing in the future (Local Authority Cuts)
Crime data 2018
Violent crime map (London) and police stats
Youth Violence Commission – Vikki Foxcroft
Wider literature resource on violent crime
Regeneration
London Data Store (contains data on demography, diversity, health, employment, community safety and housing, at borough level).
Lewisham’s Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (a wide variety of different reports and data on Lewisham)