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Community Celebration Day

Community Celebration Day

Join us for a free event (online) on 15 November 2025 to celebrate the achievements and contributions of our community through our Wikimedian of the Year Awards.

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Strategic Report 2024/25

Strategic Report 2024/25

Explore stories of impact, external evaluation findings, and the voices of our communities as we continue shaping a more open and informed society.

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Wikimedia UK Education

Our Education Programme

Improving the digital literacy skills of students, staff, and the general public through Wikimedia projects.

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Animations

Inspiring Change

An overview of our mission and purpose, and a breakdown of our strategic themes through creative storytelling.

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**Wikimedia UK believes that open access to knowledge is a fundamental right, and a driver for social and economic development.** Open knowledge and free access mean no barriers and no paywalls. Our projects share the vision of freely creating, distributing and consuming knowledge which represents human diversity.

> “There is no greater gift to humanity than free access to knowledge and information. The work of our community –  our volunteer editors  – is a tremendous service which supports equality of access, builds knowledge, recognises diverse individuals and communities and in doing so, has a huge positive impact on our democratic way of life.”
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> Monisha Shah, Chair of Trustees, Wikimedia UK

## Support Wikimedia UK

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### Partnerships

Through partnerships in the cultural and education sectors, Wikimedia UK develops and promotes new ways to engage people in the Wikimedia projects. Our partnerships also work to remove barriers to access and unlock new content for everyone’s benefit.

### Open knowledge

Open knowledge is accurate, unbiased information which is freely available to everyone. At Wikimedia UK we advocate for open knowledge and free access at organisational, sectoral and public policy level. We support open knowledge development and sustainability through outreach and engagement.

### Building community

Wikimedia UK is committed to developing the community of volunteers, editors and members which sustains our work. We deliver high quality training, competitions, community engagement and consultation, small project grants, and other forms of support.

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## Who we are

We are the UK chapter of the global Wikimedia movement. Our vision is of a more informed, democratic and equitable society through open knowledge.

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## What we do

Our mission is to enable people in the UK to engage with open knowledge and access reliable information in order to develop their understanding of the world, and make informed decisions about issues that affect them.

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## Culture

We transform engagement with cultural heritage collections and deliver increased reach and impact for some of the world's leading galleries, libraries, archives and museums.

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## Education

Wikimedia UK's education work improves the digital literacy skills of students, staff, and the general public

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## Scotland

Our partnerships, projects, programmes and events highlight and expend the diverse contribution of Scotland and its community to open knowledge.

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## Wales

Our partnerships, projects and programmes across Wales highlight and expand our open knowledge community.

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## Climate and environment

The climate and environment part of our work recognises the accelerating climate emergency and the importance of Wikimedia’s role in providing up-to-date, accurate and unbiased information about the crisis.

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## Information literacy skills of conspiracy theorists? Call for reflection

- 31.10.2025
- - Advocacy
- Education

Daria Cybulska (Poland/UK) is the Director of Programmes and Evaluation at Wikimedia UK, leading programmes and advocacy for knowledge equity … Continue reading “Information literacy skills of conspiracy theorists? Call for reflection”

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## Wikimedia UK Community Celebration Day

- 29.10.2025
- - Community
- Events
- UK community

Join us for our online Community Celebration event, taking place on Saturday 15 November, from 11am to 1pm. The gathering … Continue reading “Wikimedia UK Community Celebration Day”

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## Train the Trainer 2025: Building confidence, community, and inclusion

- 24.10.2025
- - Community
- Education
- Training
- Wikipedia

Wikimedia UK’s flagship Train the Trainer (TtT) course returned in summer 2025, bringing together volunteers from across the UK and around the world to … Continue reading “Train the Trainer 2025: Building confidence, community, and inclusion”

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## The 6-week Wikipedia translation sprint: A case study in fast medical knowledge equity

- 21.10.2025
- - Academia
- Knowledge Equity
- Wikipedia

One of our long-standing partners in Scotland is the IDEA Network at the the University of St Andrews.  Based at the School of Computer Science, the Network looks broadly … Continue reading “The 6-week Wikipedia translation sprint: A case study in fast medical knowledge equity”

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### 917
#### new editors

were trained as part of our activities

### 3 million+
#### Wikipedia articles

were added or improved in 38 languages

### 8,269
#### participants

engaged across all our programmes in 2024–25

### 20 million
#### Wikidata items

were added or improved this year by our activities

### 26,000+
#### hours

contributed by volunteers to our programmes

### 1 billion
#### views

of articles and images

### 115
#### strategic partnerships

active in 2024–25

### 150,000
#### images

added to Wikimedia Commons

### 39
#### policy interactions

leading to 6 policy changes

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