Seven months after the first national Covid-19 lockdown was imposed,...
Passing the baton and sharing power during the pandemic
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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 -...
Unleashing social power – from the micro to the macro
As Head of Training and Consultancy, I oversee a great deal of the...
Time for a change. A rebrand to make a difference
Sheila McKechnie Foundation has a new look. But it means more than a...
Shelter explores what power sharing looks like in the housing movement
Shelter held an internal event to present SMK’s Power Sharing...
What are we hearing on the Power Sharing Project so far?
This is a long-read blog in which we share what we’ve been hearing...
Windrush Scandal Two Years On: We Are Still Righting the Wrongs
It has been a long, hard and personal journey as a child of the...
#BlackLivesMatter: as change-makers we all need to do the work
With protest and debate spreading around the world following the...
Young people don’t need to be given a voice, but sometimes they need to borrow ours.
Ensuring the voices of young people are heard is a daunting task,...
To infinity and beyond… how limitless is Social Power?
“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they...
Grids, love them or loathe them.
Me, personally, I love the Sheila McKechnie Foundation’s Social...
Sharing power is a commitment not a whim
I begin this blog by asking myself a question: how well have I...
Caged Revolution, written and spoken by Jhanzab Khan
At SMK's first 'digital' Change Network event 'Children and Young...
When the dust settles, will we retreat back to holding onto power or will we share it?
One of the weirder moments of the last few weeks was when Madonna...
‘Political’ is not a dirty word: it’s time to stand up
Civil society must throw away the idea that speaking up is ‘too...
Messing with the ‘constitutional plumbing’: law, politics & implications for civil society
In this episode we looked at trends in the use of law, political...
SMK’s role during the Coronavirus emergency: what do you need?
We don’t know how long the Covid-19 emergency will last....
Civil Society and Covid-19
“Neighbourhoods are the cells which keep society whole. We are...
You already have this: unlocking confidence in an emerging social influencing team
Barnwood Trust is a Gloucestershire-based organisation championing...
Climate breakdown and Civil Society: collaborating to make best use of limited resources is our best hope
Hope for the Future is a climate charity which works to equip...
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