mySociety is a trusted, collaborative and evidence-driven organisation with a long history of leading in civic tech. Established in 2003, we are the UK-based charity behind FixMyStreet, TheyWorkForYou, WhatDoTheyKnow, WriteToThem — and other empowering online tools.

Our goals

• Empower citizens – provide individuals with tangible ways to transform communities
• Equip civil society – resource activists to strengthen their ability to make change
• Foster responsive institutions – influence authorities to operate transparently

Our impact 

A GovLab report estimated that our work has saved the UK charity sector £70 million a year, calculated as time dedicated to research and campaigns. Our work on TheyWorkForYou and campaigning for transparency resulted in the creation of the Open Government Licence – a long-term legacy. 

Every day people use our services for issues they care about:

• Doug uses them to fight against access discrimination and for the rights of disabled people
• Eleanor used our services to help bring justice to victims of the Post Office scandal 
• Maya uncovered the government treatment of survivors of modern slavery with our services
• Alex is using mySociety services to fight against sewage discharge by water companies

We also support organisations around the world to do the same, for example in Ukraine vital information about bomb shelter repairs was made public via our platform. And we regularly convene champions for transparency, democracy and civic technology around the world to inspire and equip them – see more at TICTeC. 

Our model 

mySociety is a charitable company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales (charity no. 1076346 and company no. 03277032). mySociety has also established a commercial trading subsidiary, SocietyWorks Ltd (company no. 05798215). See more on our structure and governance here. 

SocietyWorks Ltd is our social enterprise creating citizen-centred digital solutions for local government and the public sector. Building on over two decades’ experience designing digital public-facing solutions that make it easier for local authorities and other public sector organisations to interact with citizens about a variety of issues.

If you would like to speak to us about our work we would love to hear from you: please contact hello@mysociety.org.