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BOARC: Community Spotlight

Ben caught up with Angelina and Ed from the Bidston Observatory, a hub of creative and technological arts

5d ago·6 min read·1103 words

The Geeks for Social Change Manifesto v1.0

GFSC's goal is “help people use technology to do community stuff”. Today we're launching our manifesto for building this real world impact: shared infrastructure over products, capability over deficit…

May 28·5 min read·841 words

Between Solitaire and Monopoly: Finding Community in the Games Industry

The games industry is a big one, and it's easy to feel like an intruder. How'd I get in? In truder window! In actuality, I got in by making the games I wished existed and meeting a community of other …

May 7·11 min read·2192 words

Our (social) business model: how GFSC plans to fund community infrastructure

My last post we explained what GFSC does and why. Now the practical bit: how do we actually pay for it? And to answer that, we need to talk about something we've lost: shared distribution.

Apr 28·1 min read·46 words

EMF Camp: Community Spotlight

Electromagnetic Field is a non-profit camping festival for those with an inquisitive mind or an interest in making things. Ben caught up with Sam Cook, one of the organisers of this ‘hacker camp’ whic…

Apr 24·1 min read·45 words

Our vision for the ‘community’ in community technology

Our goal is to help community organisations do things together rather than individually. Each project is a different expression of that. Read our plan to build shared community infrastructure.

Apr 7·1 min read·37 words

State your assumptions: GFSC's philosophical foundations

We've spent nearly a decade doing community technology work and tried to write it down in about fifteen different ways. This is attempt sixteen: our honest takes on digital inclusion, co-production, a…

Apr 1·1 min read·51 words

Wanna Get Involved in Running GFSC?

Collective meetings are beginning again on Tuesday 7th April at 4pm. Find out more about what we're looking for and come and get involved in running Geeks for Social Change!

Mar 26·1 min read·36 words

Pick Your Battles: a Shame Story

In which we wrestle with the guilt of ‘no ethical consumption under capitalism‘, and hopefully resolve to cut everyone a bit of slack.

Mar 19·1 min read·29 words

What’s Been Happening at Our Drop-ins?

We launched our four community drop-ins at the start of the year, and we’re now a couple of months in. Here's some of what we've learnt – and when you can drop in and join us next.

Mar 13·1 min read·43 words

Why bother making a podcast?

Anyone could make a podcast, but why would you want to? An in-depth look at the reasons for and against podcasts as political, creative and social force (and why right-wing podcasts succeed in ways le…

Mar 4·1 min read·42 words

What our community told us: GFSC Supporter Survey 2026

High anxiety, signs of hope, queer rights and freedom from big tech's clutches! We ran our first supporter survey in February and here is what we learnt.

Feb 26·1 min read·36 words

What's happening where you live? Re-introducing PlaceCal

If you've hung around us the last few years you undoubtedly will have heard us go on about PlaceCal. But what is it, why does it matter, how can you and your community benefit, and why has it taken us…

Feb 18·1 min read·64 words

The Geeks for Social Change Supporter Survey 2026!

We’re getting a better idea of our supporters by researching what people actually need from technology. Help us capture a snapshot of your feelings that we can feed into our plan for the coming year.

Feb 10·1 min read·43 words