Download User guide for: GIS Mapping Tools and Checking

User guide for:
GIS Mapping Tools and
Checking Levels of
Deprivation
Please note: this funding is for delivery across the UK, with particular
focus on deprived communities and hard to reach groups. Deprived
communities are defined using the indices of social deprivation and
for this funding, are categorised as Platinum and Gold.
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Contents:
For England, Wales and Scotland,
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For Northern Ireland
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GIS MAPPING TOOL – ENGLAND, WALES AND SCOTLAND
1. GIS Mapping Tool:
The Youth United GIS Mapping Tool is used to search for deprivation, based on post code in England,
Wales and Scotland. This chapter will take you through how to use this tool to search in these areas.
2. To Log-into the Tool:
Open your web browser, and go to the link below:
http://46.38.190.135/yugis/yugis.php
You will be presented with the following dialog box:
Please type the following username and password into this dialog box:
Username: guest_libor
Password: yufoundation.01
You will be directed to the following page:
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Once this page has loaded, please direct your mouse to the top left button called Postcode Enquiry
The following dialog box will open:
Please alter the Boundary in the Dropdown Menu, from MSOA (Middle Super Output Area) to LSOA
(Lower Super Output Area) as shown below:
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Once LSOA has been selected, please enter the postcode you are wishing to check the local
deprivation data on.
Once you have entered a valid postcode, the window will update and show the following:
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From here, direct attention towards the bottom part of this table to where is says YU IMD:
On this particular table, the postcode is showing up as Bronze. There are four different categories,
Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum – These categories are what define the level of deprivation in the
selected area. Bronze meaning the least deprived and Platinum meaning most deprived.
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NINIS – NORTHERN IRELAND
1. NINIS:
NINIS is the Northern Ireland Neighbourhood Information Service. This service provides access to
statistical and locational information relating to small areas across Northern Ireland.
2. To access NINIS Data:
Open your web browser, and go to the link below:
http://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/public/Home.aspx
You will be presented with the following webpage:
Once this page has loaded, please direct your mouse to the top left button called Area Profile
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You will then be directed to the following page:
On the Area Profile page, enter the postcode of the area you wish to work in into the POSTCODE,
STREET OR AREA field and press enter.
Please wait for the results table to populate as below:
Once the above page is loaded, please click on SOA under the Geography Type as shown below:
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Once you have clicked on SOA, the following page will appear:
On this page, please click on the tab Deprivation 2010 as indicated below:
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Once this page has loaded, you will be presented with the following page:
Once here, direct attention to the Multiple Deprivation Measure rank, as indicated below:
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This table indicates the Deprivation rank of the postcode entered. Deprivation is calculated based on
890 super output areas in Northern Ireland, and ranks them between 1 and 890. Please see the
below table to see which Youth United category the rank falls into:
1 to 222
223 to 445
446 to 667
668 to 890
Platinum
Gold
Silver
Bronze
In this particular example, 78 indicates that the area searched holds a Platinum rating. As above
shows, there are four different categories, Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum – These categories are
what define the level of deprivation in the selected area. Bronze meaning the least deprived and
Platinum meaning most deprived.
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