November 2023

Written by SAVVI Project Manager, Shelley Heckman

SAVVI Playbook

IG Framework

We have completed the definition of the SAVVI Information Governance Framework, and in particular, the templates of key documents and decisions that a SAVVI project will produce to ensure that data is reused Legally, Ethically, and Transparently. The framework and templates are now being used by our projects which is generating reusable documents that others can use as the basis of their own projects.

SAVVI Catalogue

We have completed the specification of the ‘SAVVI Catalogue’ which is to be a web resource where documents can be found, which capture how organisations have already tackled a particular vulnerability. These are the standard documents that are output from the IG Framework templates. We are now asking for expressions of interest to deliver the Catalogue.

SAVVI Projects

SAVVI Rural and Island Child Poverty Project

Andrew Humphreys (SAVVI Coach) and Nailah Ukaidi (SAVVI IG) continued to support Scottish Local Authorities to develop data flow maps and a data ethics assessment for the SAVVI approach to Rural Child Poverty and delivered workshops on 7th & 15th November, which were the last two in the second of three timeboxes.

Wigan Civil Contingencies Project

Andrew Humphries drafted the case study for this project, detailing Wigan Council’s adoption of SAVVI methodology for bringing data together to find potentially vulnerable people and households in the event of a flood. In December, the SAVVI team will review the case study internally before the final part (Executive Summary) is written and shared for external review with Wigan Council. We anticipate that the case study will be published in December or early in the new year.

SAVVI Standards Adoption

CDDO Cross Government Vulnerability Working Group Meeting

Paul Davidson & Shelley Heckman continue to meet with Data Standards Authority (DSA) colleagues (Firoze Salim & Didac Fabregas Badosa) from the CDDO on a weekly basis to support the planning of the cross government vulnerability working group.

Nicholas Oughtibridge, Lead Architect, NHS Digital, has agreed to lead the ‘Modelling’ subgroup within the Cross-government working group on vulnerability. Paul Davidson and Shelley Heckman from SAVVI met with Nicholas on 28 November to discuss this role and talk through SAVVI’s concept model.

SAVVI Stakeholder & Funder Engagement

Project Assessment with

Public.IO⁠

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Shelley Heckman & Paul Davidson met with Leyre Villaizan from PUBLIC io, on 15 November, as part of a SAVVI project interview. PUBLIC is a digital transformation partner of LDCU to monitor and evaluate all LDF projects.

VIPER project

On 21 November, SAVVI members (Andrew Humphries, Paul Davidson & Shelley Heckman) met with Tom Styles and Seb Dadbin from the VIPER project. The VIPER project is LDF funded project to support the development of technology to support data sharing to find potentially vulnerable individuals and households in the event of a flood. VIPER is interested in using SAVVI standards.