Citizens data initiative UK
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| Location | United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 54° 42' 8.48" N, 3° 16' 35.67" W |
A page and a subsection of CASwiki place, topic and resource articles to build and share transparency, promote and celebrate open data, data awareness and data literacy for all, but especially ordinary citizens and community groups. CDI partnership projects ensure citizens and community groups have involvement in all aspects of the use of data including collection, processing and crucially interpretation of results. This article focuses on information specific to the United Kingdom. Citizens data initiative is the global topic page.
News
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What happens when communities have access to land ownership data?, digitalcommons.coop (Aug 06, 2025) - How citizen science is shaping international conservation, theconversation.com (Feb 05, 2025)
- "Tech for Today - and for Tomorrow" makes a resounding case that community tech can drive change in Britain, Daily Alternative (Jan 31, 2024)
- Researchers say real impact of deforestation being hidden in Australia’s official figures by ‘sleight of hand’, theguardian.com (Nov 19, 2025)
- IEA: Renewables have cut fossil-fuel imports for more than 100 countries, carbonbrief.org (Oct 09, 2025)
- In numbers: Renewables have turned Spain into one of Europe’s cheapest electricity markets, theprogressplaybook.com (Oct 02, 2025)
Networks
[edit | edit source]- DataCollectiveUK on twitter.com. "A community for people using data in the UK social sector to come together, share good practice & learn how data can help in their work." added 17:16, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
Video
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International events
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Mar 7 - 13, 2026 (Sat - Fri) — Open Data Day, opendataday.org
Community involvement
[edit | edit source]- Fruitwatch, added 08:45, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
Resources
[edit | edit source]- DataShine:Census
- UK Environmental Change Network
- Full Fact, independent factchecking organisation
- Neighbourhood Statistics, Office for National Statistics
- Open Data Communities, Datasets
- OS OpenData
- TheyWorkForYou, "takes open data from the UK Parliament, and presents it in a way that's easy to follow – for everyone."
- WhatDoTheyKnow, make and browse freedom of information requests
- whatworkswellbeing.org, "Independent high quality evidence on what organizations – Governments, Charities, Businesses – can do to improve wellbeing"
- Migration levels: What do you know about your area? visual.ons.gov.uk
News archive
[edit | edit source]2017-2021
- Doughnuts are popular in Devon: Kate Raworth's sustainable vision flourishes in the South West of England, Sep 15, 2021...thealternative.org.uk/dailyalternative
- Revitalizing What is Vital, William F. Schmick IV, Sep 11, 2021...devondoughnut.org
- Why the Treasury needs a Wellbeing Approach to Budgeting, Mar 8, 2021...newlocal.org.uk
- "People Create Place: Doteveryone's response to the Smarter London Listening Exercise", by @rachelcoldicutt, Mar 29, 2018...medium.com/doteveryone
- Measuring local wellbeing – what data matters? Aug 7, 2017...lgiu.org.uk
Campaigns
[edit | edit source]Open Rights Group, works to preserve digital rights and freedoms by campaigning on digital rights issues and by fostering a community of grassroots activists. It campaigns on numerous issues including mass surveillance, internet filtering and censorship, and intellectual property rights. W
See also
[edit | edit source]- Apps for sustainability
- Community involvement
- Maps for community action
- Open CO2
- Towards a more democratic and climate friendly way of meeting housing need across England
local information can be found, or shared, via our many UK location pages
External links
- Centre For Public Data, added 10:22, 7 January 2022 (UTC)
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| License | CC-BY-SA-4.0 |
| Cite as | Philralph (2021–2025). "Citizens data initiative UK". Appropedia. Retrieved June 13, 2026. |