Ordnance Survey seeks charity partner for 2026-28
Howard Lake | 29 October 2025 | News
Britain’s national mapping service Ordnance Survey is inviting applications to become its next charity partner for two years, from 2026 to 2028.
The national mapping service is looking for a charity it can join forces with to tackle issues around digital exclusion in education. It will partner with a charity that works towards empowering individuals and communities across the UK that need digital education the most.
OS will bring its location intelligence and expertise to the partnership. In return, it intends to work with a charity that supports one or more of the following criteria:
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- Access for underserved communities
- Early careers, universities, and academics
- STEM education
- the use and/or development of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
It will also deliver the following:
- monthly fundraising opportunities for OS colleagues
- annual larger fundraising campaigns/events
- 1,400 staff across the UK, who can use one volunteer day a year
- access to its Peer Mentoring Network
- monthly meetings with its Partnership Team
- sharing inspirational projects its teams have collaborated across OS social media.
To apply to become OS’s next charity partner for 2026 to 2028, your charity will:
- Focus on education and digital inclusion
- Be a registered charity, CIO or CIC in the UK, and independently audited
- Be independent of state, political party, and religion
- Support communities across the UK
It’s most recent charity partner was Mental Health UK:
Applications to become to the next Ordnance Survey Charity partner open on 4 November 2025.
- Ordnance Survey opens up its map data to nonprofits for free (13 December 2007)
- £20,000 prize for best reuse of public sector information (14 July 2008)
- Bing Maps and JustGiving integrations added to Donor Strategy (8 February 2025)
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.