Digitober
Digitober 2024
Digitober is returning for its 5th year celebrating and showcasing the amazing work of the Greater Manchester digital sector.In February 2023, GMCA refreshed the Greater Manchester Digital Blueprint. The blueprint sets out the next chapter in our ambition to be recognised as a world-leading digital city region. We remain committed to being a digital city-region with a difference. By putting people at the heart of our plans we aim for a more inclusive approach that builds on our greatest asset.
Digitober is a month that will celebrate and showcase the amazing work of Greater Manchester’s digital sector. In particular, the month will:
- Showcase how partners across the region are ensuring everyone in Greater Manchester, whatever their age, location or situation, can safely access and benefit from the opportunities digital brings if they want to.
- Shine a spotlight on our digital inclusion ambitions
- Highlight how Greater Manchester is applying exemplary digital ideas and practice to reform and renew public services, linking innovative business, academic and public sector thinking with the needs of our people.
- Celebrate our world class digital infrastructure and how we're using technology and data to create resilient, connected, accessible and sustainable places for everyone.
- Spotlight how we’re strengthening our position as a global digital influencer.
- Once again, support Get Online Week (external website) - a national digital inclusion campaign from Good Things Foundation.
During October we'll post blogs, case studies, videos and events on this page.
Get involved
Digitober is returning for its 5th year celebrating and showcasing the amazing work of the Greater Manchester digital sector.
As we progress through preparations and planning, there are ways in which you can get involved, we're on the lookout for:
- Digital Influencer videos: short social media video clips of people from the digital sector talking about why campaigns like Digitober are important, what they love about the Greater Manchester digital sector, and how they/their organisation demonstrates 'doing digital differently'
- Case studies: demonstrating the impact of the work happening across our digital sector. You may have a project/programme that you think other colleagues could learn from or be interested in.
- Share with us information of any planned activity during October that we can collate and signpost to as part of our Digitober 'What's on' page.
If your organisation would like to get involved with any of the above, get in touch and send your content to our digital team at GMCADigital@greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk.
View a list of events taking place during Digitober 2024.
Social media
Raise awareness of the campaign month across social media using #Digitober.