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From Idea to Prototype in a Day: Lessons Learned About How iStandUK Innovates

by Mevish Khalid | Sep 14, 2026 | Data Standards, Interoperability, iStandUK News, Latest News, Local Government

**This blog was written by Jay Prajapati** How does innovation actually happen? One of the things I have learned early during my placement at iStandUK is that innovation is rarely about finding the perfect answer straight away. I am learning that innovation often...

SAVVI Scotland Launches First Newsletter

by Mevish Khalid | Aug 25, 2026 | Application of Standards, Case Studies, Data Standards, iStandUK News, Latest News, Local Government, SAVVI

The Scalable Approach to Vulnerability Via Interoperability (SAVVI) framework has reached a major milestone with the rapid progress of our first dedicated SAVVI Team in Scotland. Established in September 2025 in partnership with the Improvement Service, this...

Why the GDS Challenge for Collaborative Vocabularies is a Defining Moment for Public Services

by Mevish Khalid | Jul 17, 2026 | Data Sharing, Data Standards, Interoperability, iStandUK News, Latest News, SAVVI

**This blog post was written by Nicholas Oughtibridge, Standards Specialist at Open Referral UK The Problem We Need to Solve Public services need to share information across organisational boundaries more than ever before. Local authorities, NHS organisations,...

iStandUK Launches International Advisory Community for the Open Referral Validator

by Mevish Khalid | Jun 26, 2026 | Community, Data Standards, Interoperability, iStandUK News, Latest News, Open Data, OpenReferralUK

**This blog post was written by Nicholas Oughtibridge, Standards Specialist at Open Referral UK The Open Referral Validator is a tool designed to help developers and data architects verify that their service directories strictly conform to the Open Referral standard....

Open Referral UK Steering Group: A New Chapter

by Shelley Heckman | Jun 10, 2026 | Data Standards, iStandUK News, Latest News, Local Government, Open Data, Open Referral

Open Referral UK has entered a new chapter and it started with bringing people back together. In April 2026, iStandUK took on the secretariat for Open Referral UK (ORUK), building on the work previously led by MHCLG and supported by TPXimpact. Since then, our focus...

Strengthening the Open Referral Validator: iStandUK’s Next Steps

by Shelley Heckman | Jun 3, 2026 | Data Standards, iStandUK News, Latest News, Local Government, Open Data, OpenReferralUK

The iStandUK Technical Team recently met to align on the future of the Open Referral UK (ORUK) Validator. As stewardship of the Open Referral UK standard transitions into its next phase, we wanted to share where things stand and, importantly, invite the global Open...
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