In 2010, we published an article asking “why open data”. Back then, open data was still a relatively new idea. A small number of cities had started publishing transport feeds,
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Open Data Manchester has submitted four responses to the UK’s National Action Plan (NAP7) consultation, exploring how openness, accountability and participation can keep pace with changes in public service delivery,
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We are not short of data. There is more information than ever about climate, health, and our communities. But making sense of it, and actually using it, is still surprisingly
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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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What happens when we start to see how money really moves through our communities? Local economies are under pressure. Budgets are tight, inequality is rising, and yet huge amounts of
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Feb
Data has traditionally been used as a tool of management and control. In cities especially, data determines how things work, where intervention should happen and how impact should be measured.
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Toyebat Adewale, our User Researcher and Community Engagement Worker, attended Open Data Camp 9 this year. She wrote this insightful blog about her experience: Ok, so I won’t list 101
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An important part of Open Data Manchester’s work helps to strengthen democratic processes. This may be through exploring the data around representation, understanding data through Election Hack or helping public
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In early June, Open Data Manchester took the train to London to take in the Stronger Things 2024 conference, hosted by New Local at Guildhall. The conference brought together changemakers,
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May
May
Sophie Walker, Project Manager at Open Data Manchester and Co-Founder of Dsposal, will be taking part in the All Points North cycling event. Here she explains why she is taking on
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