How social change is happening
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How our Social Change Grid is helping to drive change
Campaigners and organisations  map their activity and ask how they can expand into different quadrants
Funders  map their grants and ask if they are too focused in particular quadrants.
Researchers  use it to guide interviews with change-makers.
Thought leaders  explore and map the activity of whole sectors.
Coalitions  map members’ activity and to ask who they can collaborate with in under-represented quadrants.
Social entrepreneurs  use it to understand the wider change eco-system their solution can compliment.
The Social Change Grid
Our most popular tool for reflection and planning. Map your change eco-system, identify opportunities and links into your wider work.
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Regardless of resources, effective change-makers share common ways of thinking and behaving. Which habits do you want to develop?
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