Using Data To Tell Your Story: FIND Session 1 – Discovering Data

4in10 capacity building events facilitate expertise training and development within our network on issues linked to child poverty in London. This event will help attendees develop skills to use data without having previously be trained on quantitative data analysis.

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Feminist Initiatives Need Data (FIND) – Using data in your reports and press releases is an important way to show evidence and strengthen your case. Data is produced and published all the time, but the hard part is to know where to find the data that you want and how to use it to achieve your research, campaigning and advocacy goals. This training is an introduction to how to access and use data to become an equalities data champion. It is designed to help 4in10 members learn simple, accesible ways to use data in their frontline and campaigning work and demonstrate to funders and political leaders the need and value of your work.

Who is it for?

This training is for anyone with an interest in using data for their campaign work. We don’t presume any prior knowledge or experience in data handling or analysis. This is not a course on the maths of data analysis and no mathematical skills are required.

Delivery

The training is split into three two-hour sessions that are usually delivered over three consecutive weeks online. 

Dates of Sessions are:

Discovering Data- 25th November, 11.00-13.00

Delving Into Data-3rd December, 10.00-12.00

Using Nomis-10th December, 10.00-12.00

 

FIND Session 1 – Discovering Data

At the end of this session participants will access a public data source and evaluate its use for equalities work

We will cover:

  • Introduction to data.
  • The data cycle.
  • What data can (and can’t) do.
  • Evaluating a data source.
When
25th November 2024 from 11:00 AM to  1:00 PM