Training

We believe that anyone can be a force for change

At SMK, we believe anyone can be a force for change. Our training courses are designed to give people the knowledge, skills and confidence to effect change as well as build stronger teams and organisations.

As the UK and the world undergoes massive upheaval, now is the perfect time to refresh your analysis of the world around us and hone your campaigning skills. Most of our support is delivered on-line.

Our training is based on SMK’s unique analysis of how social change is happening today, and our popular proprietary tools that can help understand, map and plan for change. We encompass every campaign discipline and offer a library of case studies as well as access to our associates, themselves highly skilled and experienced campaigners.

We support individuals at all levels, from those just starting out, to seasoned campaign professionals. We work across civil society on a spectrum of social issues. We also bring experience of working with discrete audiences including young people; local communities; and people with first-hand experience of social issues.

Something for everyone with our three types of training

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Campaign Carousel™: Building the complete campaigner

Our Campaign Carousel™ is an exciting and flexible way for campaigners to hone their skills across a broad range of areas. This comprehensive package trains those at or near the start of their campaigning journey in a rounded set of campaigning skills and approaches.

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Open Training Programme

This programme will provide you with the basic building blocks of effective campaigning, as well as more specialist sessions that take a deep dive into specific skills and approaches.

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Commissioned Training 

We work with teams, organisations and coalitions to offer training on a commissioned basis from a two-hour masterclass to a bespoke workshop or workshop series designed in partnership with you.

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Deep Dive: How to develop effective campaign strategies

You want to make change – but you’re not sure where to start, or if you’re doing it right. At SMK, we know from talking to campaigners and changemakers that there is active demand for training in how to develop impactful campaign strategies. 

This is a three-hour on-line session.

Dates
Tuesday 27 February, 10am-1pm *SOLD OUT*
Tuesday 7th May, 10am-1pm

Find out more and book your place here

The session facilitators are SMK Associate and former CEO Julia Beart and SMK Head of Programmes Kath Christie. 

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About the programme 

SMK are hosting a programme for Oak Foundation’s UK Housing and Homelessness partners, to build solidarity with people with first-hand experience in campaigns and social change strategies. 

Oak grantees: see the programme here

What are we learning? 

The social sector needs to change. We’re gathering insights and stories about the challenges and opportunities of working in deeper solidarity for social change, wherever you work.

We will be sharing learning soon. 

Training blogs: a deeper dive into our training

Social Change Library

Deepen your knowledge about change.

Keen to take your learning even further? Here are resources we think are well worth a read or listen for those new to social change and those looking for something new.

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Social Power Podcast

Explore change with the people making it.
We bring together change-makers to discuss how it feels while change is happening, what drives success, and what lessons emerge.

Listen here >

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