Sophie from Open Data Manchester helping another woman place her lego brick on the Happiness Index lego map

Review: a trip to the Ethical Dilemma Café to part with your personal data…

The Ethical Dilemma Café was back last month – and we were delighted to there in-person to be part of the event – at Feel Good Club in Manchester, part

A circular diagram with post-it notes on it, where those near the centre detail direct users, and those near the edge detail people who may be indirectly affected by the portal

Understanding how plastic packaging gets made and the needs of the industry

In December, we summarised what we found out in our first round of workshops researching how plastic packaging gets made. This work will enable us to design a Plastics Packaging Portal (PPP)

This shows a map of Darley Avenue with levels of particulate matter overlaid

Our Streets Chorlton’s February Data Chat – exploring the effect of weather on air quality

As part out Our Streets Chorlton, Open Data Manchester has been running monthly ‘Data Chats’, where we explore some of the data collected by the community. In February, we were

A photograph of the first page of the Human Rights Act (1998) document

Reforming the Human Rights Act: what does it mean for data?

The Human Rights Act (1998) is a piece of legislation that defines and protects many of our most basic rights and civil liberties today – from the right to life,

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Help co-design a Community Data Handbook – get involved here

Over the past year, Open Data Manchester has been carrying out community-led data collection, including local traffic counting and air-quality monitoring as part of Our Streets Chorlton. A group of

A photo of the Data: a new direction consultation document with a yellow highlighter pen resting on the cover

The community’s response to the UK government’s data reform plan – and what happened next

In October, we started bringing together people who may be affected by the UK government’s data reforms proposed in the consultation Data: A New Direction – and that means everyone –

A series of 'post-it notes' outlining the key data-related questions for the stakeholders involved

What we’ve discovered about plastic packaging – and how you can help us now

In August, we revealed that we’d joined a consortium of organisations backed by Innovate UK and dedicated to dealing with the UK’s million-tonne plastic-packaging waste problem. Since then, we’ve been

Our Streets Chorlton’s November data chat – exploring a traffic question on Egerton Road North

As part of Our Streets Chorlton, Open Data Manchester has been carrying out data monitoring and collection, including local air-quality measurements and traffic surveys. Over the past year, we have

Our Streets Chorlton’s October data chat – exploring a local ‘rat run’ on behalf of concerned residents

As part of Our Streets Chorlton, Open Data Manchester has been carrying out data monitoring and collection, including local air-quality measurements and traffic surveys. Each month, we get together with

Colours representing levels of air pollution, going from green to yellow to red

Our Streets Chorlton – how we’re measuring air quality locally

As part of Our Streets Chorlton, Open Data Manchester has been carrying out data collection and monitoring, including taking air-quality measurements and doing traffic surveys. We’ve been using this to