Target User Groups
1. Public sector service managers and policy-makers: who need to understand the nature of local communities and the impact of initiatives in order to deliver high quality, customer-focused services.
2. Partnership officers: who require comparable information from partner organisations to support the development of local and sub-regional partnership plans, strategies and targets.
3. Elected members: who would like to be informed about local initiatives and identify how services are performing in their area compared to neighbouring areas.
4. Voluntary and community sector workers: who require local evidence for funding applications and to help them target their services effectively.
5. Businesses: who require a range of demographic and socio-economic information about areas in which they are planning to set up, expand or invest.
6. Citizens: who require information about the area in which they live or are planning to move to.
7. Researchers/analysts: who require a wide range of qualitative and quantitative information for profiling work and the completion of local projects and studies.
8. Students: who require basic information, charts and maps for project work and research.