About the role We are looking for someone to take our AI for Communities programme and turn it into something that can be delivered regularly, well and at scale, across
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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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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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Oct
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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Apr
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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Jun
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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Apr
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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Aug
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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Nov
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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Jan
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