1. Cross-sector round table Thursday 19th January 2017
Health and wellbeing in the North East: making best use of research and data
Cross-sector round table
Thursday 19th January 2017

2. Overview
The Civil Society Data Partnership is an ESRC-funded collaboration led by the University of Stirling, along with the University of St Andrews and the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations
Aims:
develop administrative data on Civil Society Organisations (CSOs)
help CSOs to improve their ability to work with data, including ‘big data’
increase collaboration between CSOs and academia

3. Making best use of existing data and resources
Scottish Civil Society Data Partnership
Making best use of existing data and resources
Academic resources

4. Making best use of existing data and resources
Scottish Civil Society Data Partnership
Making best use of existing data and resources
Academic resources

5. Making best use of existing data and resources
Scottish Civil Society Data Partnership
Making best use of existing data and resources
Academic resources

6. Aims and outcomes for today
Network! Strengthen links between third sector organisations, public sector and academic sector
Identify key issues ad research gaps
Make better use of existing assets, resources and data, including open source and ‘big data’
Better connections with academics leading to more collaboration
Better links with public sector, local intelligence and public sector data sets as well as better understanding of shared priorities
Support for third sector organisations in Aberdeen who collect and hold data, but lack capacity/time to analyse or skills to present and visualise data
Joint research projects and funding bids around local needs and priorities

7. The ‘third sector’

8. About the Third Sector

9. The

10. Third sector in North East
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire & Moray
£342million income last year
£315million spent last year
Over 10,000 paid staff
Over 20,000 unpaid trustees
141,000 volunteers
17million volunteer hours
worth an estimated £241million

11. Third sector in North East

12. Third sector in North East and Health

13. Making best use of existing data and resources
Funding - Ilse Mackinnon
ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council)
ESRC grants are usually open to academic institutions, but the ESRC is increasingly encouraging collaboration with the third sector. Funding streams include
Impact Acceleration Accounts which fund knowledge exchange activities 
Secondary Data Analysis Initiative which funds the deeper analysis of major data resources
Big Lottery
Grant-making trusts
Funding Scotland
Funding Scotland is a portal that allows users to search for relevant funders and covers all funders – lottery, public and third sector grant-makers.

14. Making best use of existing data and resources
Academic resources

15. Making best use of existing data and resources
Funding
Public sector /Scottish Government
A range of public sector funding is available for research – see Funding Scotland.
Key funds include the Scottish Government’s new £9.7m Social Economy Development Programme, which is being introduced to tackle poverty and inequality across Scotland with the support of EU funding. It runs alongside the £18.9m Aspiring Communities Fund.
The Social Innovation Challenge Fund will invest in a 3-stage model of Social Innovation, by supporting new approaches to tackling poverty, through partnership and joint working between the social economy and academic/research organisations.
Stage 1 – provides between £30k and £50k to support research and development of new and creative ideas and potential solutions to social problems(£30k - £50k)
Stage 2 – provides between £100k and £150k to enable partnerships to develop Stage 1 ideas into new products or services, pilot or prototype and measure their effectiveness, understand what works and demonstrate why
Stage 3 – provides between £150k and £250k for the scaling up of Stage 2 products and services that have demonstrated their effectiveness in tackling poverty and disadvantage
Funds open January 2017
For more info contact:

16. Making best use of existing data and resources
Third sector resources
find stories, research and events, share your news, sign up to e-bulletins on various topics including Regeneration & Housing
Third Sector Interfaces – 32 local third sector support bodies
– database of over 40,000 organisations
– signposts to Health and Wellbeing resources and projects
Oxfam Humankind Index – Index of priorities, including decent homes
JRF/ESRC Evidence centre on UK housing
The ESRC, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) are funding a £6million evidence centre for UK housing, looking to improve connections, bring together existing research and identify gaps. The centre is funded over 5 years, and is expected to open Spring 2017.

17. Making best use of existing data and resources
Public sector resources
Scottish Housing Regulator
Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator
Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics
Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation
Census, plus other household surveys
UK Data Service
NHS data eg Scottish Public Health Observatory

18. Making best use of existing data and resources
Academic resources
Interface
University resources
ESRC Impact Acceleration Accounts
Administrative Data Research Centre
Urban Big Data Centre