Why waste data is so rubbish Building on a talk from May’s Show and Tell event, October’s session takes a longer look at one of the UK’s most grimy industries, waste crime, which costs the English economy £1 billion each year.
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Sep
Sep
After a summer of record temperatures, A&E admissions and time without rainfall, it is perhaps no surprise that the number of wildfires in England and Wales this year has already reached the total recorded for the whole of 2025.
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Sep
Sep
Join us next week to hear how data can help us respond better to UK wildfires After a summer of record temperatures, A&E admissions and time without rainfall, it is
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Jul
Jul
We hear about the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) all the time. It appears in government announcements, funding bids, policy papers and local authority strategies. It helps shape decisions about
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Mar
Mar
Data has traditionally been used as a tool of management and control. Nowhere is this more visible than in the measurement of deprivation. The Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) is
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Oct
Oct
Over the last 18 months Open Data Manchester has been conducting user needs research as part of the development of the Digital Solutions Hub for the Natural Environment Research Council.
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Jun
Jun
Back in September 2021 we launched the Declaration for Responsible and Intelligent Data Practice – a shared vision for data in Greater Manchester. It was co-designed over a period of
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Jun
Jun
Earlier this month, Open Data Manchester welcomed three practitioners who care about people and place to talk about where data fits when we’re thinking about participation and representation of local
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Dec
Dec
We are delighted to announce that we’re one of eight north-west organisations who’ve been awarded a share of £50,000 from the Co-op Foundation, supported by Luminate, to further our work
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Apr
Apr
This blogpost was prompted by a Twitter conversation regarding the release of the recent All-Party Parliamentary Group on Data Analytics report Our Place Our Data – Involving People in Data and