Dear all

As many of you will know, Wikimedia UK applies every year to the Wikimedia Foundation for an Annual Plan Grant to support our charitable activities. Proposals from the UK and other Chapters are considered by the Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) who make recommendations to the Foundation's board for final approval.

Following our proposal submitted at the end of September, the FDC has recommended that Wikimedia UK is supported with a grant of £297,500 for 2016/17, which is 96% of our total request and an increase on the amount received for the current financial year. We are very pleased with this recommendation, and I would like to thank all the staff, board members and volunteers who inputted into the development of our plans for next year and the funding proposal. The team and I look forward to working with many of you on the delivery of our programmes next year!

You can read the FDC's assessment here:

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/FDC_recommendations/2016-2017_round_1#Wikimedia_UK

Best wishes

Lucy

Lucy Crompton-Reid

Chief Executive

Wikimedia UK

+44 (0) 207 065 0991

Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT.

Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.