Appleseed is an organisation which aims to Educate, Enable and Enhance the use of Open, Transparent and Shareable solutions to problems.

Educate by informing – particularly charities and public bodies, but also commercial companies and others – of the availability of Open Data and Open Source solutions. In many cases choices of solutions are made only out of those widely promoted by commercial interests, but these are not necessarily best for the users.

Enable – by giving specific grants to UK charities to pilot use of open Protocols and software

Enhance – by funding targetted improvements to Open Source to improve interoperability and standards compliance

Small bites

The overall aim is to reduce the dominance of the a small number of giant corporations over our wold of information, thinking globally, but acting locally. Using small, actionable steps, people can make the world more open, more free, and more equal.