Introduction
Celebrating growth through advocacy, education, outreach and partnerships.
Each year at Wikimedia UK, we share our reflections and highlight some of the hundreds of activities that have moved us closer to achieving our vision of a more informed, democratic and equitable society through open knowledge. This fully digital report is your opportunity for an insight into the breadth and depth of our wonderful Wiki. The images, reports, videos, pictures and audio are a reflection of countless people’s passion, energy, time and financial commitment, and to each person we owe thanks for making information more accessible and representative of the sum of human knowledge.
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Woman weaving in Peru by Tydence Davis from Las Vegas / Kritzolina.Details
Our current strategic framework has been running since early 2022, and will continue until 2025. Underpinning all the activities delivered across the charity are our strategic themes: knowledge equity, digital literacy, and climate & environment. For each of the projects or activities featured in this report, there are perhaps 30 more, each equally important in weaving open knowledge into the fabric of our society.
One story of how vital it is to continue offering outreach and targeted training, support and skills development is told through the 10.4 billion views of the articles and images edited or added through Wikimedia UK activities during 2022-23. Outputs tell us about the numbers achieved: over 700k content pages created or improved, over 8k people taking part in activities, 50k people reached across our social media channels, volunteers donating 26k hours.
In other areas the story is less visible or the output less obvious, but these are no less critical in ensuring a world where everyone can access the sum of all human knowledge. Numerous activities have been delivered to build sustainable skills for individuals: understanding content, evaluating trustworthiness, personal responsibility, communications, teamwork. Through strategic support, we have created awareness of the positive power of open knowledge, communities of practice, and organisational champions, all ensuring that once Wikimedia UK engagement has ended, there is a blueprint for open knowledge sharing.
There is so much to celebrate and give thanks for in this strategic report. It also reminds us that there is still a long way to travel. We have fantastic links for delivering higher education activities, and yet outside of Wales and our celebrated Menter Môn partnership, we continue to struggle with a broader curriculum offering. As the Online Safety Bill highlights, although Wikimedia is very different in significant and positive ways from other platforms, our global reach means we are often lumped in with for-profit organisations. We will continue to tell the open knowledge story and break down these barriers, and we hope you’ll join us for the journey.
From the images to the audio content, exploring partnerships and projects, you will come away more informed, and, we hope, more passionate about why open knowledge matters to all of us, today and for our future.
