Introducing Real-time Analysis of Poverty Indicators Dashboard (RAPID)
The launch of a groundbreaking project designed to improve our understanding of poverty through real-time data analysis.
Understanding poverty now is important for policy. And when it comes to households’ living standards, no aggregate, reliable, real-time data is available. Until now.
JRF has worked with Policy in Practice to develop a new tool to track aggregate poverty rates in the UK and its regions, using real time data. Many of the tools we use to measure poverty rely on survey data or time-lagged data from previous reporting periods. But the challenges we face are based on poverty now, not last year. Real-time Analysis of Poverty Indicators Dashboard (RAPID) addresses this gap by using benefits administrative data to create up to date, regional measures of poverty rates and living standards.
More about this event
The launch of RAPID, Real-time Analysis of Poverty Indicators Dashboard, a ground-breaking project designed to improve our understanding of poverty through real-time data analysis.
This event:
- explored how this innovative approach can help local authorities, non-profits and policy makers better respond to the needs of low-income households, offering a crucial tool for informed decision making in the fight against poverty
- heard real life applications of RAPID to identify poverty trends and helping bridge the gap between data and actionable solutions
- engaged in a Q&A session where you can discuss how RAPID can be applied to support your work.
Speakers
Rachael Walker has more than 15 years of local government welfare policy and delivery experience, specialising in unclaimed benefits, regional social policy, Council Tax Reduction, and local government funding. Rachael and her team are currently researching links between poverty, social care, debt collection, and income volatility, with the aim of increasing access to social security. Most recently, Rachael was lead analyst and co-author of “Missing Out 2024”, Policy in Practice’s flagship report into £23bn in unclaimed benefits annually. Working closely with their clients, the team at Policy in Practice have increased benefit income by more than £750 million in 12 months, and continue to spread the urgent message around unclaimed entitlements nationally.
Who is this event for?
This event is open for everyone interested in or currently uses data to support the building of solutions to eradicate poverty, including:
- policymakers
- researchers
- local authorities
- those working in ThinkTanks and non-profits.