Public Map for Organisations

Tools and programmes that help communities participate and shape their places.

Whether you're a charity, community group, NGO, regeneration team, or cultural organisation, Public Map gives you the tools to gather meaningful insight, run place-based programmes, and demonstrate the impact of your work. We help you engage communities inclusively, build trust through co-production, and turn local knowledge into evidence that supports strategy and funding.

Community Mapping Programmes

Structured engagement that goes beyond surveys.

  • Guided mapping sessions and place-based workshops
  • Inclusive engagement methods designed for diverse groups
  • Online training and facilitation support
  • Digitising of existing analogue data onto the map
  • Mapper training and support

Data & Insight

Turn engagement into evidence.

  • Creation of granular, real-time community data maps
  • New insights from layering community data with published sources
  • Airborne assessment data (satellite and drone) cross-checked by Community Mappers on the ground
  • Research reports and exportable insight summaries
  • Demonstration of community need for funding bids

Impact & Reporting

Show what your work is achieving.

  • Impact monitoring over time
  • Exportable summaries for funders and commissioners
  • Creative engagement events for wellbeing and identity

Helps with: Community engagement · Funding evidence · Third sector strategy · Social value · Regeneration · Culture & arts · Youth work

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Public Map Platform is being led by Cambridge, Cardiff and Wrexham Universities and is part of the Future Observatory - the Design Museum’s national research programme for the green transition. The project is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. This website does not use cookies and does not collect personally identifying information.