In the wake of the recent report from the Commission on Race and...
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Preventing protest has nothing to do with pandemic policing
The sweeping new powers in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts...
Thinking about nursing activists
Over the past few years, we have all seen the power of activism to...
What has protest ever done for us? Our thoughts on the Police, Crime, Sentencing & Courts Bill
The Government wants to increase police powers to prevent and shut...
Helping you hit the ground running
I am hugely excited about the recent launch of SMK’s Campaign...
More of what shook out of the 2020 Campaign Shakedown!
In December, our conversation with change-makers gave them a chance...
SMK’s 2020 Campaigner Survey results in focus
Politicians and the public are increasingly at odds on campaigning...
We are hiring! Programme & Events Manager
This is a pivotal role, managing the operational engine room at the...
What else shook out of the 2020 Campaign Shakedown?
Just before Christmas, we hosted a conversation with change-makers,...
What shook out of the 2020 Campaign Shakedown?
We decided to round off the strange year that was 2020 with a chance...
Unleashing Young People’s Social Power
We asked Colin Dutton, a qualified Youth Worker at MAP, a youth...
Civil Society, Unleashed
SMK is delighted to be involved in the new Law Family Commission on...
Politics happens over a cup of tea and down the shops, and charities should embrace it
With numbing inevitability, the Chair of the Charity Commission...
Sharing learning, sharing power
Understanding and transforming power for social change is a journey,...
Introducing the Campaign Carousel™
As an organisation that exists to build the capacity of others to...
Four approaches to better campaigning
As practitioners in campaign effectiveness, we have observed that...
He shoots, he scores! Is Marcus Rashford setting a new bar for ‘celebrity’ campaigners?
I’ve developed an almost Pavlovian reaction to celebrity...
Passing the baton and sharing power during the pandemic
Seven months after the first national Covid-19 lockdown was imposed,...
Next steps for the Power Sharing Project
It’s been a privilege to be involved in so...
Power in Lived Experience
SMK Trustee, Kimberly Garande, writes about how working with SMK on...
The ‘new’ SMK: Unleashing Social Power
Fifteen years ago, SMK was set up in memory of Sheila McKechnie -...
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