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Revision as of 11:09, 13 November 2016
This article focuses on information specific to the United Kingdom. Please see our CASwiki resources page for an overview.
Resources
- Citizens Advice (previously Citizens Advice Bureau and also known as Cyngor ar Bopeth in Welsh) is a network of 338 independent charities throughout the United Kingdom that give free, confidential information and advice to assist people with money, legal, consumer and other problems. The twin aims of the Citizens Advice service are "to provide the advice people need for the problems they face" and secondly "to improve the policies and principles that affect people's lives" a research and campaigns agenda known as "social policy". W
- Community How To, doing more with digital
- Just Act, "practical advice for anyone wanting to make a difference and improve their community."
- yourrights.org.uk, Liberty's guide to Human Rights. Liberty (formally known as the National Council for Civil Liberties]) is an advocacy group, which campaigns to protect civil liberties and promote human rights – through the courts, in Parliament and in the wider community. W
- You’ve got the power: a quick and simple guide to community rights gov.uk
Citizens data initiative
UK Environmental Change Network
Full Fact, independent factchecking organisation
Neighbourhood Statistics, Office for National Statistics
Open Data Communities, Datasets
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
Campaigns
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
Funding
- 95 tips to help your community crowdfund, Just Act
- Community Shares, Microgenius, national platform for community share offers
- Crowdfunder
- CrowdingIn, Find a crowdfunding platform
- CrowdJustice, Crowdfund public interest law
- Edge Fund, "grant-making body with a difference. We support efforts to achieve social, economic and environmental justice and to end imbalances in wealth and power – and give those we aim to help a say in where the money goes."
- Funding Central
- People’s Republic, crowdfunding platform
Images
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Legal resources
Maps
Environment and Health Atlas - Map of Green Britain, Friends of the Earth - MAGIC website providing geographic information about the natural environment from across government. The information covers rural, urban, coastal and marine environments across Great Britain - UK Tax Haven Map - Waste of space map, campaign (July 2014) to raise awareness of the ‘brownfield first’ solution - Wellbeing mapper
Commons: Atlas of the United Kingdom
Networks
- Project Dirt, active community linking environmental projects
- Transition Network, based in Totnes, Devon, includes many initiatives across the UK, as well in other countries
Research
- Grassroots innovations, researching sustainability from the bottom up
- Read the research - Participatory City
- tailor-made, How community groups improve people’s lives
Video
See also
- local information can be found, or shared, via our many UK location pages
- Community resources UK
- Inspiring quotes UK
- UK sustainable community events
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