LocalGov Drupal Is Now an Open Digital Cooperative

Staff Reporter

LocalGov Drupal has now become an Open Digital Cooperative, which is a new not-for-profit cooperative to support and develop LocalGov Drupal from January 2023.

The funding of LocalGov Drupal runs out at the end of December from the Department of Levelling up, Housing, and Communities (DLUHC), and in January they are switching to a new membership model. LocalGov Drupal will invite Councils and Suppliers to pay a subscription fee to support and help the project go. This will provide various benefits and encourage the council to join as members of the co-op.

Open Digital Cooperative is established for the urgent need to find a sustainable model and reflects the long-term ambitions of the project.

LocalGov Drupal want to bring the unique platform and collaborative model to more public sector bodies, helping more cash-strapped public services to save time and money. This ambition is laid out in our new vision, mission, and aims (V/M/A). The creation of this new vision started on away day when participants commented on the existing V/M/A. The ambition in the room was palpable and there was a clear desire to bring the project, platform, and learnings to a much wider community.

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Vision (the dream)

The vision is for all public sector digital services to be accessible, evidence-based, and open source.

Mission (what we’ll do to realise our dream)

The mission is simple: to improve the experience of citizens using public sector websites.

Aims (how we achieve our mission)

The aim is to foster digital transformation through collaboration on open-source products and projects.

It can save organisations time and money by developing a shared pool of:

code
research
expertise

It will encourage organisations to build on shared solutions, rather than solving problems that others have solved before.

You can read more about a new legal entity in LocalGov Drupal's latest blog.

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