Using public data to tackle fuel poverty – can you help? March 13th, 2012 by Victoria Borwick Fuel poverty affects 560,000 households in London. In those households, people struggle to heat their homes adequately and as a result many thousands of people live in cold homes which put them at risk of serious ill-health, educational developmental delay in children, mental health problems and, for older people in particular, excess winter deaths. Fuel…
A New Standard Open Data Format for Public Toilets July 5th, 2011 by Victoria Borwick The London Assembly has produced a new tool to help improve the availability of data on public toilets, and we would welcome your views. Over the past few months the Health and Public Services Committee has been investigating the provision of public toilets across the capital. We know that many Londoners – especially older people,…