Dawn

This is the West Norfolk Partnership's new on-line information service that allows partners in King’s Lynn and West Norfolk to pool and share information and knowledge.
 
The partnership's vision is to have intelligence-led decision-making at the heart of its operation.
 
‘Dawn’ stands for Data about West Norfolk (www.visitdawn.com), and brings together more than 1300 indicators in a data observatory covering subjects such as population, health and crime statistics in West Norfolk at a district and Ward level.
 
It provides interactive access to a wide range of information on the district and its local communities. For access to the system, email Laura Beveridge on laura.beveridge@west-norfolk.gov.uk and request a username and password.

In February 2006 the West Norfolk Partnership commissioned the Local Futures Group to carry out a ‘State of the Borough’ audit of its economic, social and environmental conditions. The report provides a unique insight into West Norfolk providing a headline analysis of the key issues and challenges that are facing the Borough both now and in the future.

 

By benchmarking economic, social, and environmental performance in both a local and a national context, Local Futures have also been able to produce ward profiles (scorecards) for each of the Borough’s 42 wards.

 

Both the 'State of the Borough' report and ward profiles are extremely informative and should prove to be a powerful and highly beneficial tool and of interest to all those with a part to play in making West Norfolk a place where people will want to live, work and visit.