[OSGeo-UK] GoFundGeo Launched!

[Nick Bearman]

Every year around November we use surplus funds from FOSS4G:UK 
conferences (and other funds) to support Open Source Geospatial software 
projects that will have an impact in the UK. We usually have around 
£5000 to support a variety of projects, and have done previously each 
year since 2022. For more details of the projects we have supported, 
please see https://uk.osgeo.org/gofundgeo.html.

This year we have a budget of £6,000 and will be making the decision 
about which projects we support in early December. Come along and have 
your say!

We are looking to use this money to fund relevant projects in the range 
of £500 - £1000 each that will benefit UK users.

We would like to hear from you - what project(s) do you think we should 
fund?

We are making this as simple a process as possible, so please submit 
your ideas to osgeouk at gmail.com by Sun 30th Nov 2025. We will need a 
short paragraph that covers what is being funded, why it is useful, who 
will do it and how much you are applying for. We will share these to the 
email list around Tue 2nd Dec, for discussion at our meeting in early 
December.

We have funding guidelines (https://uk.osgeo.org/fundingguidelines.html) 
and briefly we only fund open source projects, our preference is to 
support discrete pieces of work, or to meet specific sponsorship levels, 
and we are focused on items that will benefit the UK community.

We will discuss the submissions at our meeting in early December, and 
decide which ones to fund.

We are hopeful again to get support from the RGS-IBG GIScience Research 
Group who have previously provided funding of £250 to support GoFundGeo 
projects.

If your organisation is interested in supporting GoFundGeo with a 
donation, please email osgeouk at gmail.com.

If you have any questions, or need any more information please see the 
website https://uk.osgeo.org/gofundgeo.html or email osgeouk at gmail.com.

Best wishes,
Nick.

Nick Bearman
OSGeo:UK Chair

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