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Open opportunity data helps activity providers reach more people.

1. Get your activities online

Use any listing system or booking system. If you don’t use one yet, it’s quick and easy to set up.

2. Tick the box to open your data

If your system is OpenActive-enabled, tick the box. Otherwise, ask your system to add the tick box.

3. Your activities are available everywhere

From websites and apps that attract millions of users, to communities and services that engage local people.

4. You reach more people

Across a wide range of demographics, without any additional effort.

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WHAT OPENING YOUR DATA DOES

Opportunity Data

Open 'opportunity data' is about where and when sport and physical activities happen.

This data can be made available for anyone to access, use, and share, helping consumers to discover and take part in new activities, and providers to more accurately tailor and grow their services.

By encouraging organisations to publish their data openly and to a commonly agreed standard, we are not only facilitating open sharing across individual websites, but building a connected, online community that’s free to grow and innovate in response to its consumers’ needs.

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What data is being made open?

Opportunity data types

Opportunity data covers many types of physical activities. From one-to-one classes, mass participation events, to gym classes and yoga sessions. Below are just some examples of the types of data we are opening.


Events


Sessions


Facilities


Leagues and Ringers


Courses


Online Classes


Routes


Coaches

Data properties included:


Time


Prices


Locations


Availability


Descriptions


Images


Gender restriction


Age range


Difficulty level


Accessibility

Data properties not included:


Participation and attendance data


Commercially sensitive data


Customer data

Case Studies

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Where now?

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