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Effective Altruism UK (formerly EA London)

Effective Altruism LondonUK is an effective altruism groupEA meta organisation based in London, United Kingdom. ItLondon working on building effective altruism in the UK. 

History

The organisations was formedinitially launched as EA London in early 2012.March 2012 by @weeatquince. The group evolved from casual monthly meetups to more structured activities including cause/career groups and 1-1 support. [1]

In 2016, @weeatquince took a year out to work as a full-time community organiser and to set up EA London as a registered charity with the goal of inspiring many people to give more effectively and to choose higher impact careers. 

In 2017, enough money was raised to fund Holly Morgan and @DavidNash working part time as Sam went back into the civil service.

In 2019, @DavidNash began working on community building full time funded by a grant from the Centre for Effective Altruism .

In 2022, Lynn Tan as co-director and EA London rebranded to Effective Altruism UK.[2]

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    About | Effective Altruism UK — Effective Altruism UK

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    https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/dDTdviDpm8dAFssqe/ea-london-rebranding-to-ea-uk

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Applied to EA London Rebranding to EA UK ago

Further reading

Effective Altruism London (2019) Effective Altruism London strategy, Effective Altruism London.

Nash, David (2019) Effective Altruism London landscape, Effective Altruism Forum, May 17 (updated 2021).

The EAEffective Altruism London tag is used only for the EAan effective altruism group based in London, United Kingdom. It was formed in early 2012.

External links

Effective Altruism London posts collecting recent EA-related news and resources.. Official website.