FoundryLIVE returns from 24–26 June 2025 at Alexander Stadium, Birmingham. Across 3 days there will be a celebration of creativity, collaboration, and cutting-edge technologies, join us for 1, 2 or all 3 to be part of something truly transformative. The Equalizers - the winning hack team from last years event, made up of Birmingham Council...| Birmingham: all things digital
As we mark the first anniversary of Foundry, it's a perfect time to reflect on our journey, celebrate our achievements, and look forward to the future. Foundry was established with a clear vision: to deliver value early and often by working on small, quick opportunities that solve real problems for the business and our customers....| Birmingham: all things digital
Organized by Birmingham City Council and Birmingham City University, FoundryLIVE featured hackathons and an InnoTech Expo, highlighting advancements in AI, data, and agile methodologies. At the end of June, FoundryLIVE, a two-day event, unfolded in Birmingham, marking a significant milestone in the Digital Foundry initiative. This event was not just a gathering but a showcase...| Birmingham: all things digital
Head of Function – Product, Kat Sexton, introduces Birmingham Foundry and explains how it is starting to deliver the benefits of working differently and sustainable change for the council. Birmingham City Council’s Product function was launched in March 2023. The purpose of it is to work with our council’s services to identify and solve the...| Birmingham: all things digital
As some of you may already be aware, the Planning department secured funding earlier this year from the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) to be part of Open Digital Planning. A community of forward-thinking local authorities working together to help transform planning systems. This includes (but not exclusive to) the design, development...| Birmingham: all things digital
Week ending: 14th July 2023 It’s been another busy couple of weeks on the Customer Service Programme and although we’ve had another round of Overview and Scrutiny Task and Finish Groups with the Executive Report tabled at Co-ordinating Overview & Scrutiny Committee today (Friday 14th July); our self-organising team has been focussed on the workstreams...| Birmingham: all things digital
week ending 02 June 2023 The journey continues as the team works hard with services to meet the vision of providing a consistent and quality customer experience for our users; Sprint note 2 and 3 gives an insight into the work to improve the customer journey since the sprint 1 update. We want to make...| Birmingham: all things digital
A lot has happened since our last end of year update, so this week our update provides highlights of a few of our workstreams. This is just a snapshot as there’s a lot going on and many crossovers with other programmes. We hope by working in the open we can keep you updated on our...| Birmingham: all things digital
It's been a while since I talked about what we have going on so thought I would share what I have been up to this week as a taster. My week started with a discussion about a 'Housing Innovation Centre' where our Digital City colleagues showed the art of the possible with IoT technology -...| Birmingham: all things digital
People who work in local government are often driven by the desire to do good for their city and its people. That’s certainly what motivated me to join the council, and for the most part I love it. Being in delivery though, one of the frustrations can be the time it takes to get things...| Birmingham: all things digital
