Handlingar Pro is a powerful, fully-featured FOI toolkit for journalists, campaigners and researchers
Everything you need to keep on top of complex FOI-driven stories
Find out how Handlingar Pro can take the hard work out of FOI investigations
I’m a journalist
The Bureau of investigative Journalism used Pro to send requests to councils up and down the county, and build a nationwide picture of the public properties being sold off by councils in the face of austerity.
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I’m a campaigner
Debt Resistance UK uncovered which councils are paying exorbitant LOBO loans, in some cases meaning that a large proportion of council tax income is being channelled directly into interest payments.
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I’m a researcher
The Wales Governance Centre sent FOI requests through Pro to discover the prison populations across Wales and England for their report ‘Sentencing and Imprisonment in Wales’.
Handlingar Pro
An all-in-one FOI toolkit for journalists, activists and campaigners
- Keep requests and responses private while you work on your story
- A powerful private dashboard: track and manage your FOI projects
- A super-smart to-do list: follow the progress of your requests
- Action alerts: know when it’s time to take the next step
- Daily summary emails to keep your inbox clean
- Save as draft to get back to it later
Plus, all the power of Handlingar.se
Handlingar Pro runs on the UK’s best-known FOI service
- Up-to-date database of contact details for 3125 authorities
- A searchable archive of Freedom of Information requests
- Delivery verification for proof of receipt
- A permanent, searchable, public record of your request and the responses
- Streamlined process for requesting internal reviews
Batch
- Make a request to multiple authorities: select authorities at the click of a button
- Manage large volumes of responses: easily keep track of the status of each request
- Get regular updates as the responses come in — without overwhelming your inbox
