Common Knowledge

Founded in 2018, Common Knowledge is a social enterprise based in London, United Kingdom working on democracy & civil society, community development, environment & climate.

Common Knowledge is a not-for-profit worker cooperative of technologists, designers, researchers and facilitators based in London. It works with grassroots organisers and communities in the UK and internationally, using digital skills to strengthen their campaigns and capacity. Its work includes building digital organising tools such as Mapped, running digital security training for climate activists, providing design and development for social movement organisations, and offering workshops, coaching and strategic advice to increase digital capacity within movement organisations. The cooperative states that it approaches technology as a tool that should augment and connect people rather than as a neutral or standalone solution, and it emphasises listening to organisers, building internal digital capacity and cooperative ways of working.