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18
May
Developing, News

Open Data Manchester joins leading voice for open government

Posted on May 18, 2023May 18, 2023 by Julian Tait

Representatives from the Institute of Government, Engage Britain, Open Data Institute, and Women’s Equality Wales, are amongst an unprecedented intake to the UK’s leading civil society voice for open government.

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Posted in Developing, News  |  Tagged Birkbeck, British Computing Society, Byline Times, Engage Britain, ODI, ODM, Open government, Open Heroines, The Institute for Government, UK OGN, Women's Equality Network Wales
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10
Feb
Uncategorized

Data ethics – a few resources

Posted on February 10, 2023February 10, 2023 by Julian Tait

Over the last few years as people have become more aware of the power of data and how it can impact people’s lives both positively and negatively, there has been

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Posted in Uncategorized
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07
Feb
Community, Events, News

Greater Manchester Information Strategy – priority setting workshops

Posted on February 7, 2023February 10, 2023 by Julian Tait

Open Data Manchester is running a series of virtual and in-person workshops to help the GMCA prioritise the actions needed to implement the Greater Manchester Information Strategy. The Greater Manchester Information

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Posted in Community, Events, News  |  Tagged Community, Greater Manchester, Manchester, Workshop
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07
Feb
Community, Projects

Right to the Streets – an initial look at residents’ perceptions

Posted on February 7, 2023February 7, 2023 by Julian Tait

As part of the ‘Right to the Streets’ project, Open Data Manchester are running a series of walkabouts – or experiential mapping workshops – in the Old Trafford, Gorse Hill

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Posted in Community, Projects  |  Tagged Community, Community Mapping, Mapping, Right to the streets, Safer Streets, Survey, Trafford
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05
Jan
Events, Projects

Walking through Trafford: An Exercise in Community Mapping

Posted on January 5, 2023January 16, 2023 by Julian Tait

As part of the ‘Right to the Streets’ project, Open Data Manchester are conducting walkabout workshops in the Old Trafford, Gorse Hill and Firswood area. Last month we had our first

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Posted in Events, Projects  |  Tagged Community, Events, Safer Streets, Safer Streets Trafford 189 Comments
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22
Nov
Projects

Right to the Streets: callout for walkabout participants

Posted on November 22, 2022 by Julian Tait

As part of the Right to the Streets project (previously known as Safer Streets Trafford), Open Data Manchester will be running workshops and organised walks to map the Gorse Hill,

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Posted in Projects  |  Tagged Joy Diversion, Lexicon of Experience, Mapping, mapping experience, Mapping Mobility, Right to the streets 30 Comments
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09
Nov
Developing

Queering Digital Cultures symposium

Posted on November 9, 2022January 5, 2023 by Julian Tait

In late October, I travelled to London for the Queering Digital Cultures symposium, which aimed to interrogate therelationship between queerness and digital systems of knowledge production. The speakers and audience

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Posted in Developing  |  Tagged A New Direction, Community, event
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07
Nov
Projects

Understanding the motivations and needs of volunteers who get people online

Posted on November 7, 2022April 11, 2023 by Julian Tait

Open Data Manchester are working with Manchester City Council on a programme of work that will help understand how digital exclusion is impacting local communities, how to support the people

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Posted in Projects  |  Tagged Community, Digital exclusion, Local communities, Training, User needs, Volunteering
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03
Nov
News, Open Data Manchester

Our first strategy is released

Posted on November 3, 2022November 6, 2022 by Julian Tait

Thirteen years seems like a long time to create a strategy for our organisation, but we think that Open Data Manchester isn’t a normal organisation. It started out as an

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Posted in News, Open Data Manchester  |  Tagged corporate, development, Open Data Manchester, strategy 4 Comments
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31
Oct
Projects

Creating a Community Data Handbook

Posted on October 31, 2022 by Julian Tait

Open Data Manchester is developing a Community Data Handbook – an open resource that will enable communities to carry out their own data projects. Throughout 2021, as part of Our Streets

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Posted in Projects  |  Tagged Active Travel, Community Data Handbook, Data Expedition, Data for Communities, Our Streets Chorlton, School Streets
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