The last two years have been challenging for civil society organisations across the UK. Like many not-for-profits, we’ve watched respected organisations close their doors as funding landscapes shifted dramatically—grant funding
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Two weeks ago, I was fortunate to attend the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Global Summit in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Euskadi, Spain as part of the UK delegation—a mix of government and civil
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Back in 2010, I don’t think any of us thought that we would still be here 15 years later, but here we are, and a lot has happened since a
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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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Started in 2021, The Data Cooperative Working Group is an informal, international forum for practitioners, researchers and those interested in the development of data cooperatives as a democratic and accountable
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We are absolutely delighted to welcome Shaf Choudry, Tracey Gyateng and Phillipa Nazari as the newest members of the Open Data Manchester Board of Directors. Shaf says he’s a “product
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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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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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At ODM, we’re very interested in understanding how best to help people get control of their data – and since 2014 – we’ve been exploring the century-old idea of a
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You may have seen that ODM has been on the hunt for new team members to support the development of a new data standard and public information portal for plastic