A photograph of the Humans Rights Act 1998 legislation document

Our takeaways on the proposed changes to the Human Rights Act

Building on our previous community consultation into the UK government’s planned reforms to data laws in the UK – we wanted to bring people together to tackle another weighty topic

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,

A map showing drive-time distances to Household Waste Recycling Centres in Wales affected by the English-Welsh border

Visualising how long it takes for people to get to recycling sites in Wales

In July 2020, we were delighted to be part of a team that was awarded ODI Stimulus Fund money to develop an open data standard for public information about local recycling

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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

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A Year in Open Data Manchester 2021 – a rather busy one indoors…

We wrote that 2020 was a year like no other – while 2021 – was one where things felt a bit too much like more of the same. In the

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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