Thank yous in last 12 months

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16th October 2025

Working with Richard on our recent data project was a real asset to our organisation. His support in reviewing and developing our data spreadsheet and interpreting external statistics helped us take a fresh look at our data collection processes and improve how we track and understand our impact. His analytical skills and collaborative approach made a complex task feel manageable and meaningful. We're incredibly grateful for his time and expertise.

15th October 2025

Many thanks

I was also really interested and impressed by your HNA/JSNA inventory. This will be really helpful for us to evidence the need for the regional migrant health needs assessment I am undertaking. It’s saved me a considerable amount of time. So Many thanks

14th October 2025

Hi Richard

Would you like some time on the agenda to present this to the heads?  There has been a lot of discussion about this type of resource nationally so I think it would be useful.

PS this is a really useful document. 

6th October 2025

Thank you so much for sending these across and the additional information, really useful.

31st September 2025

Its very kind of you to remember – thank you for the heads up.

I did and was bestowed with the honour of leading the analysis [of deprivation] on behalf of the organisation.

Thank you once again and I look forward to seeing you in person hopefully soon.

25th September 2025

Thank you so much for pulling all of this together – it’s incredibly helpful and very much appreciated.

The spreadsheet is clear, and the note really helps highlight the most relevant parts. I’ll take some time to go through it properly, but it’s already obvious how useful this will be in supporting our work and shaping our messaging.

Thanks again for all the time and thought you’ve put into this.

18th September 2025

Thank you, Richard, for sharing the population forecasting model. Really appreciate your kind support!

1st September

Thanks so much Richard! (On update of environmental data catalogue)

29th August 2025

Cheers Richard. Nice Leonard Cohen quote too!

(which in presentation was:

Ring the bells that can still ring

Forget your perfect offering

There’s a crack in everything

That’s how the light gets in)

28th August 2025

The paragraphs and the spreadsheets look great.

If you can do both, that would be fantastic.  I can certainly use the data in funding.

Thanks so much for doing that, Richard.

21st August 2025

Thanks Richard

That’s a very useful distinction and something that’s not immediately obvious so thank you. It has a fair amount of political interest at the moment

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Thanks Richard, I’d not seen that dataset before. 

11th August 2025

Thanks Richard really helpful.

18th July 2025

I've really enjoyed your reflections and appreciate you bringing me along on your journey while you also followed ours. 

18th July 2025

That is absolutely brilliant ! 

Love it thanks for telling me about it ! 

10th June 2025

Dear Richard Potter,

Thank you for the valuable feedback. We will take this into consideration as we make improvements to the statistical tables published.

4th June 2025

Thanks Richard, that's a useful resource.

Thanks Richard, this is useful.

29th May 2025

Hi Richard

Wow – this looks like a super resource, filled with really interesting sources and articles.

20th May 2025

Fab, thanks Richard, appreciated.

7th May 2025

Perfect, thank you Richard, I will get a version of this sent out, 

2nd May 2025

Thanks for getting in touch...

We are starting the redevelopment of our website so the [ethnicity] categories will be listed alphabetically in the future, which I agree is more appropriate. [from Royal Statistics Society]

6th April 2025

Dear Richard: Thanks for your take on all this employment data.

2nd April 2025

This is actually very helpful Richard as XXX has his CQC discussion tomorrow so I will pass this on to him and much appreciated. 

20th March 2025

Thanks Richard, much appreciated.

19th March 2025

I just wanted to say thank you for coming to the website feedback meeting on Monday.

The team has told me they found the input from attendees during the session very useful. 

15th March 2025

That’s great, thanks so much. I’ve passed on your details to the organiser and you should receive the meeting invite shortly.

See, I knew you’d already have thoughts on this!

31st January 2025

Hi Richard,

Thanks so much for your feedback on our statistics. We will take all your comments on board, along with any other responses from the survey into consideration.

Thank you for all of your support Richard I really appreciate it! 😉

20th January 2025

Hi Richard,

Thank you so much for your swift reply – appreciate you taking the time to detail your methods.

18th December 2024

Thank you so much for your analysis of the responses. 

Some interesting feed back! 😉😆

Many thanks for your help and support. 

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Thanks for this really helpful analysis Richard, very positive and useful feedback.

12th December 2024

Richard

Thank you very much for this note and other advice and guidance from you and the group over the last couple of years.

25th November 2024

Thanks so much for this, Richard.  Really appreciated.

7th November 2024

That's brilliant, thank you so much for this.

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Many in following circulation of reports on Domestic Homicide Reviews.  Two examples:

3rd November 2024

Thanks very much for sharing this, realty interesting reports.  I have shared with my colleagues who are working in this area.

1st November 2024

Thanks for sharing this Richard, and I'll be sure to read them. Great to see this work happening regularly. I'll share more broadly too. Hope you are well. 

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30th October 2024

Thanks for getting back to me so promptly, I appreciate the urgency with which this matter has been resolved! 😊

25th October 2024

Thanks so much for doing this, and the judging more widely. 

10th October 2024

Thank you so much Richard! ...

So thank you! To you and everyone on the call for being so sympathetic and supportive!  To you for arranging these!

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A historic one in 2020, from Igor Driesmans, EU Ambassador to ASEAN.

“As speaker and chair, you made a significant contribution through your leading role in the … workshops.

Your addresses showcased, among other important aspects, ways in which information can be utilised for the development and evaluation of policies.

Your solid academic and professional background constituted an important asset for the workshop series, which was acknowledged by the participants, as reflected by the good feedback at the end of the workshops.”

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These and past "thank yous" have been from…

• Artist
• Association of Local Authorities
• Charity: working with domestic abuse
• Charity: Community One Stop Shop
• Consultant
• Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
• Department of Health and Social Care - East of England Local Knowledge & Intelligence Service
• Department for Transport
• Directors of Adult Social Services - West Midlands - Digital Innovation Associate
• Home Office
• Local Areas Research and Intelligence Association (LARIA)
• Local Authority - Adults, Health and Commissioning
• Local Authority - Assistant Chief Executive
• Local Authority - Business Intelligence Officer
• Local Authority - Education Intelligence and Data Business Partner
• Local Authority - Head of Digital Business Partnering
• Local Authority - Head of Public Health Intelligence
• Local Authority - Intelligence Manager
• Local Authority - Knowledge, Intelligence and Evidence Team
• Local Authority - Population Health Analytics Lead
• Local Authority - Public Health Manager for Population Health, Evidence & Intelligence
• Local Authority - Senior Analyst, Strategy and Transformation Department
• Local Authority - Senior Public Health Programme Manager - Health Intelligence
• Local Authority - Service Manager – Digital Transformation and Financial Wellbeing
• Local Government Association
• London Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime
• National Professional Institute
• NHS Transformation Directorate l NHS England
• Office for National Statistics
• Planning Consultant
• Private company
• Professional starting up and looking for advice on bids
• Public Health England - Head of Public Health Intelligence
• Regional public sector organisation
• Royal Statistics Society
• University - Deputy director
• University - Emeritus Professor of Population Geography
• University - Head of Department of Public Administration and Policy