Author: Ruth Eastwood

SPC in the News

Recent news items mentioning our work: Southern Policy Centre report highlights region’s life sciences strength.   Sam Pither, The Business Magazine, 2nd November 2022 Life sciences report tells how businesses are changing health and wellbeing: Darren Slade, Daily Echo, 26th October 2022 Portsmouth’s Debenhams set to close - what should […]

Public participation

Public participation The SPC organises and runs events for policymakers, businesses, community groups and members of the public. Deliberative polling At a time when more people than ever feel that politics doesn’t involve them, we need new ways to bring citizens into decision-making. Our innovative deliberative polling process helps public […]

Partners

Partners The Southern Policy Centre conducts its work with a wide range of partners from many areas of public life including business, higher education, government agencies, local and national government, as well as the charitable and third sectors: AHA Digital Arup BBC South Business South Cathedral Innovation Centre Citizens’ Assembly […]

Open Data

Open Data Background Open data, put simply, is information that has been made publicly available to everyone to access, use and share. It can be used by individuals, enterprises, and public organisations to enhance what they do by analysing patterns and making data-driven decisions. Open data should be easy to […]