Community Insights
Helping you build confidence, skills and trust in using data to inform and enhance your work.
Organisational Advice
- Organisational Data Projects
- Accessible Data Resources
- Data and Evaluation Training
- Infographics
- Creating data dashboards and visualisations
Frequently Asked Questions
I’m completing a funding application. Where can I find data on….?
CI collates data sources on topics relevant to the social sector. We link these on our website, so you can find and access them. If you still can’t find what you’re looking for, talk to us; we usually know where to look to find the information you need.
Our organisation is growing. Can you help us set up better systems to capture information about our work?
CI works 1-1 with groups to help you enhance your data processes and systems. We can map your current data collection processes and suggest ways to enhance and improve processes, tools and systems.
We need more robust data about what we are seeing across our sector - can you help?
CI can support groups to collate information from a range of sources about topics of interest. Collaborative data projects can create new grassroots insights about what is happening in our communities.
Community Insights (CI) provides support to local community, tangata whenua and social service organisations in the western BOP to build confidence, skills and trust in using data to inform and enhance their work. This may be accessing publicly available data and information or helping consolidate the information organisations collect and collate about their own work to evidence their impact.
What:
The Community Insights team can work 1-1 with your organisation on data-related projects:
- Clarifying the impact you are trying to make and developing a framework that enables you to measure and report on your impact
- Advising on good evaluation and data collection tools
- Creating data visualisation tools and templates
We also provide:
- Training on data and evaluation-related topics – hands-on skills based workshops on Excel & PowerBI; Creating reports and infographics using Canva; Using Google Forms; Local Data Resources workshops; and Creating a Theory of Change
- Local insights on social issues relevant to the community sector – e.g. housing and homelessness; community demographics; cost of living pressures on families; service delivery across the sector
- Accessible localised data resources – through links to public data sources on relevant topics; infographic summaries and blogs
Why:
More and more community organisations are being asked to evidence their impact. We can help your group to identify and access relevant information about community needs and issues and provide expertise on how to best capture, collate and report on data about the work you do and the communities you serve. In addition, we are from the sector ourselves, so we speak your language and understand the needs and issues impacting your work.
Who it’s for:
Any not-for-profit or for-purpose organisation operating in the Western Bay of Plenty.
Cost:
FREE Almost all of our services are free of charge. We do some “bigger” commissioned projects for groups on request.
Liz Flaherty
Community Insights Manager
Liz and her team (Liz Stewart, Tracy Stockman & Dave de Graaf), can help you identify, access and use data to strengthen your work, whether you are a small volunteer-led group or a large more established organisation.
Click to view her bio.
I have been spreading your stats around…. And there is definitely a lot of interest! What incredibly valuable data!
– Katikati Community Centre
Very grateful indeed for the work you have done to help us to tell our story. Wonderful, kei te mihi ki a koe mo tōu mahi.
– Tūī Āwhina Services
Wow, mate! I can see you’ve done a tremendous amount of work on this, I’ve just spent some time browsing everything! Firstly I want to thank you for the effort you’re putting in, this is really amazing. And also illustrates SociaLink support for us. Many thanks again.
– Someone establishing a new entity
Wow I’m looking at the Canva template now – this looks incredible! Thank you again for your hard work. Thank you again, you’ve been a great help.
– Te Puna I Rangiriri Trust