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Tom French
@tomfrench.bsky.social
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Founder and Director of Data for Action | Insight Activist | Musician | Non-exec Director of Sheffield Social Enterprise Network
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⚡ All the latest Sheffield neighbourhood maps in one place ⚡

🔗 dataforaction.notion.site/mapping-shef...

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June 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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🌿 I was lucky enough to be up at @thegreenestate.bsky.social today doing a spot of face to face neighbourhood mapping as part of a wider event bringing together community organisations from across the Manor Castle ward....
A paper map of the neighbourhoods in and around Manor Castle ward covered in post it notes highlighting positive things in the area. A paper map of the neighbourhoods in and around Manor Castle ward covered in post it notes highlighting positive things in the area. People are stood around the edges. A paper map of the neighbourhoods in and around Manor Castle ward before it got covered in post it notes. A view from the Green Estate in Sheffield looking over the city. There are lots of flowers, plants and trees in the foreground.
May 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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🌿 An experiment looking at #Sheffield neighbourhoods and access - or lack thereof - to a variety of managed green, recreational and wildlife sites as local assets. A starting point for #neighbourhood conversations.

🔗 Have a play: felt.com/map/Sheffiel...

⚠️ The Peak District isn't included!
May 8, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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⚡ Street art and sheltering from the zombie apocalypse. The latest citizen mapper in Sheffield, Liz Hnat, has been starting another neighbourhood conversation...

🔗 See more detail: felt.com/map/Meadowhe...

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April 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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🤔 Exploring overlapping 'fuzzy boundaries' around Sheffield's neighbourhoods...

The blue map builds a rectangle around each neighbourhood using the its widest and tallest points: felt.com/map/Sheffiel...

The pink map adds a 300m 'buffer zone' around each neighbourhood: felt.com/map/Sheffiel...
A map of Sheffield's neighbourhoods showing overlapping rectangles around each neighbourhood. The neighbourhood of Osgathorpe is highlighted. map of Sheffield's neighbourhoods showing overlapping buffer zones around each neighbourhood. The neighbourhood of Little Sheffield is highlighted.
March 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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March 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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March 5, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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The @dataforaction.bsky.social office (and t-shirt) tour went to its latest venue today: Brimham Rocks. @tomcwatson.bsky.social and I had a most excellent walk and talk. I don't think I want to do inside meetings anymore, virtual or otherwise.
Tom French and Tom Watson at Brimham Rocks. Brimham Rocks. Tom French and Tom Watson at Brimham Rocks. Tom Watson at Brimham Rocks wearing a Data for Action t-shirt.
September 24, 2024 at 3:25 PM
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After feeling a bit frustrated by a few different things yesterday and getting in a slightly negative mindset, here's my @dataforaction.bsky.social principle of the day in response.
Data for Action principle: be positive, proactive and purposeful
September 19, 2024 at 10:10 AM
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🫖 An idea is brewing at @dataforaction.bsky.social...

⚡ open.substack.com/pub/datafora...

🗨️ Let me or @tomcwatson.bsky.social know if you fancy a chat about it.
Co-mapping the activities and funding of community organisations.
September 9, 2024 at 9:24 AM