More than 100 UK and international organisations, experts and campaigners signed an open letter to Rishi Sunak https://t.co/mdmMuoc2dV co-ordinated by our friends at @connnectedbydata

Some of our friends in #Scotland are running an #OpenData unconference on Nov 18th and 19th '23 - details in tweet below 👇🏼

Woohoo! Open Data Camp is coming to the #WestMidlands - Sat & Sun 1st and 2nd July in #Wolverhampton #OpenData Cc @WestMids_CA @stu_lester @paulbradshaw

Do you remember when you joined Twitter? We do! #OpenData #WestMidlands #MyTwitterAnniversary

Statement on the status of the West Midlands Open Data Forum

Good to see this happening in #Birmingham #OpenData

The first post-year output from the evaluation of Coventry City of Culture 2021 focuses on the quantitative data from the programme & the work of the @Coventry2021 City of Culture Trust. Further reports will be released later in 2022. #Coventry #research https://t.co/IwEYpJYBJP

An opportunity to share #Coventry data and develop new ideas and concepts, join us at The Coventry Cultural Challenge - Evaluating Coventry UK City of Culture 2021 #Coventry #Data #Research #cityofculture

Do you work in arts & culture; or data & analysis? Or are you a digital artist or coder? Join our Coventry Cultural Challenge #hackathon on the weekend of 5-6 November 2022 for unprecedented access to big data from Coventry’s year as the UK City of Culture https://t.co/CIkLVdFOEH

- 10 days to the international conference on ´#LinkedData and International Standards for #CulturalHeritage` ! Find out the programme here 👉 https://t.co/o5lBCRmZBx Register here 👉

So,... there's an amazing plugin for QGIS from Japan (sponsored by Toyota it seems) which takes GTFS public transport timetables and creates frequency maps with no work and I loaded up the GTFS format GB railway timetable (which I obviously have hanging around) and wow.

Great to see this piece out! Expanding @beisgovuk Smart Data schemes is one of the provisions of the UK's draft new Data Bill, so that customers can "move" their data between service providers for better deals & better access to support. But how it's rolled out will be crucial 👇🏿

The West Midlands has an ambition to be #netzero by 2041. Come join @NewUnion_org on this participative #opendata event at the University of Birmingham on Wednesday 7th September!

Notes from our meeting on 14 June are now available at

The next WMODF meeting will take place on 14 June 4-5pm, online. Agenda will be on the future of WMODF. If you’re living or working in the West Midlands and interested in shaping #opendata in the region and would like to join us, please email info@wmodf.org.uk.

Do you live or work in the West Midlands and have an interest in #opendata? We need YOU to come and help shape the refresh and relaunch of the West Midlands Open Data Forum #WMODF: https://t.co/cF7MyZsBkz

@brumlableader @BrumLabour @Cllr_IanWard Are you aware that Brum Council is trying to keep every single contract with a third party supplier secret and dodge FOIA requests, despite your transparency obligations. What is there to hide? Thi policy is clearly unlawful. #FOIA

Here's our @ODIHQ commentary on the UK's AI Strategy. If you (a) care about data, and/or (b) like a good gif, then this one's for you 👇

LATEST: After 7 years Chairing @wmodf, @paulineroche has stepped down; we are grateful for her dedication to promotion of #OpenData in #WestMidlands; for queries about the network, member @SiChunLam has kindly agreed to be point of contact; website still

🚨 ACTION ALERT 🚨 👉The online ad industry is stealing our most intimate personal data. 👉 The ICO refuses to take action against the widespread & systemic abuses of our privacy rights. 👉We've taken the ICO to court to ensure that they do their job! https://t.co/SqIo8X1YLd