Understanding when you can correctly use Section 43 - Commercial interests as a freedom of information request exemption can be a challenge.

To help, we've created a self-assessment toolkit to better understand when to use it: ico.org.uk/for-organisati…

You know about WhatDoTheyKnow, but how much do you know about mySociety's other services? (plus - these emails might show you WhatDoTheyKnow features you *don't* know! 😉 twitter.com/mySociety/stat…

Climate Emergency UK And don't forget to sign up for our next free online #FOI seminar, with After Exploitation 🧡 and Open Data Institute eventbrite.co.uk/e/creating-dat…

'Energy efficiency is not traditionally a sexy topic' says Isaac of Climate Emergency UK - and yet they managed to secure major coverage for their #FOI -based story. Here's how, in a nutshell - or watch the fuller version for free at youtube.com/watch?v=SySoEW….

The things you can do with the data you receive from #FOI requests! Come to our free seminar to understand how to bring order - and campaign/advocacy wins - out of chaos, with Maya Esslemont from After Exploitation 🧡 and Kay Achenbach from Open Data Institute. eventbrite.co.uk/e/creating-dat…

Our Transparency Programme Lead Gareth Rees will be at this openDemocracy conference on #FOI tomorrow - if you're interested in our work making FOI accessible to all, nab him for a chat! ials.sas.ac.uk/events/where-a…

Do you work in #campaigning or #advocacy ? Join us for a free online seminar on Creating Datasets from #FOI Data: eventbrite.co.uk/e/creating-dat…. We'll hear from @AfterExpProjec and Open Data Institute about the trends you can find when you analyse your #FOI responses - and what to do with them.

What makes a newspaper editor say 'yes' when you pitch a story? Freelance journalist @Taylor_Rosie was generous with her advice in our recent #FOI seminar. Here's the potted version - and you can see the full video at youtube.com/watch?v=SySoEW…

Privacy International Climate Emergency UK Rosie Taylor Our next very practical seminar in the series is about making datasets from your #FOI responses - no data brain required! Reserve your free spot at: eventbrite.co.uk/e/creating-dat…

Isaac of @climateemerguk explains how the small nonprofit secured coverage for an #FOI story in a major paper. Watch Isaac's full presentation, along with two others on how to get attention for your stories, on YouTube at youtube.com/watch?v=SySoEW….

And Creating Datasets From FOI Data is coming up on 📅20 March📅: reserve your free spot here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/creating-dat… #FOI

If you enjoy these, why not join our forthcoming #FOI online seminars?

The first, on Telling Stories with FOI Data, is ⏰tomorrow⏰, and free spaces are still available if you sign up now: eventbrite.co.uk/e/telling-stor…

Our latest YouTube playlist contains 14 tips about making #FOI requests - in very short bites. youtube.com/playlist?list=…

What can you do if you don't get a reply to your #FOI request? Jen quickly explains your options.

Liked this? Watch the whole seminar at youtube.com/watch?v=gw8hve… or sign up for the next ones at eventbrite.co.uk/cc/using-foi-f…

So you've been super-careful to specify that you want data for the last three years in your #FOI request. But as practiced requesters know, there's more than one type of year...! #SoundOn for this one.

Want more tips like this? Watch the whole seminar at youtube.com/watch?v=gw8hve…

Our next free online seminar on using #FOI looks at how to change data into compelling stories, with Rosie Taylor, Isaac Beevor from Climate Emergency UK & Ilia Siatisia from Privacy International. Sign up here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/telling-stor…

Did you see our mailout on the #postofficescandal ? If not, here it is: mailchi.mp/mysociety.org/… and you can subscribe to future updates via the button on the top left of that page.

FOI requests can help bring real change - and that means that anyone can be part of something meaningful.
Find out how El Shaikh's citizen investigations, via @whatdotheyknow, fed into bringing the #PostOfficeScandal to light: mysociety.org/2023/10/16/wha… #FOI

Are you a campaign or advocacy group working towards a better world? We're giving free training in how to use #FOI to further your cause. Sign up to one or more of our online seminars here: eventbrite.com/cc/using-foi-f… - and pass it on!

This is not just any impact report... it's the mySociety 20th anniversary impact report! research.mysociety.org/media/outputs/…. So we haven't just put together our usual review of the past twelve months: this is a special edition, covering our entire history since 2003.