AWARD YEAR
2015
CATEGORY
Community
GOALS
Peace, Justice & Strong Institutions
KEYWORDS
fact checking, politics, communication
COUNTRY
United Kingdom
DESIGNED BY
FULL FACT
WEBSITE
https://fullfact.org/
FULL FACT
a non-partisan charity who fact check all the statistics thrown around by politicians and journalist
Full Fact are an independent charity, looking to fact check the statistics being thrown around by politicians in the run-up to the UK general election, which takes places on May 7th. Full Fact are non-partisan and committed to obtaining and distributing truthful information about the claims of all parties, to enable citizens to make informed decisions. The non-profit is currently crowdfunding on Crowdfunder in order to finance a temporary fact checking hub in Central London, which has been donated to them by Springwise-featured 3Space for the six weeks leading up to the election. They hope to raise GBP 40,000 to fund volunteer expenses and daily resources, such as newspapers and transport costs. They will be working daily from 6am until midnight to ensure that no claims go unchallenged.