In response to the COVID-19 pandemic the Essex County Council (ECC) Public Health and Strengthening Communities teams, in partnership with local Facebook Admins, set up the Essex Coronavirus Action Support (ECAS) approach. This initiative is a part of Essex County Council’s wider digital first approach to strengthening communities which has also been applied in other projects addressing mental health needs...
Essex County Council made a commitment to supporting working families who are ‘just about managing’ (JAM) financially - those not experiencing severe deprivation, but still earning below the level required for a decent standard of living. The council generally has little contact with working families unless they tip into crisis and need our services and support, and we had limited insight...
This piece of research explored families’ experiences of the current short break offer, and how equal current services are across Essex and by listening to families we were able to gain a deeper understanding of what was working well and what could be better. The insights gathered will help inform what our future service offer could look like and identify new ideas innovation to support families,...
This strategy is for everybody in Southend, Essex and Thurrock, (Greater Essex), who is living with dementia or supporting someone who is. It describes what we want support for people with dementia to look like in the future and identifies 9 priorities for action to make this happen. The strategy has been developed in partnership between Essex County Council, Southend on...
Population insight pack for Mid and South Essex area, includes population estimates by: Protected characteristics Socio-economic status Vulnerable and inclusion health groups Digital inclusion. The data was collated from publicly available sources and the data period covered is 2011 (Census) to 2020. All the data sources are referenced in the document. The data is presented at local authority...
In November 2020, the Research & Citizen Insight team in collaboration with the Corporate Strategy team and colleagues in Children and Families, we conducted a survey entitled ‘Childcare in Essex – parents’ views’. This was aimed at parents of children aged 0 – 19 (25 if SEND) living in Essex using any form of childcare (formal or informal), including those not...
This tool shows various measures broken down in to easily accessible topics by 3 different geography levels and presented via an interactive and searchable map.
This map can be used to show a variety of datasets held by Essex Highways, displayed as layers on a map of Essex.
The Essex Map is a free tool designed to bring our communities closer together by helping you to find the services, groups, and activities available in your area. The Essex Map isn’t just for anyone though, it was created to promote the work of organisations and individuals who work hard to make our communities better, rather than those who focus on making a profit.
2020-based subnational population projections: Population of State Pension age and working age, and old age dependency ratios, for local authorities and regions in England - Persons mid-2020 to mid-2040
