The Change Network
Explore change, expand your understanding, and connect with other change-makers
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The Marriage (same sex couples) Act
This podcast is from our first Change Network event and features Peter Tatchell who coordinated the Equal Love campaign, Benjamin Cohen of Pink News and Lib Dem peer Liz Barker. In 2013 a major piece of legislation was passed by the British Parliament. It legalised...
Social Power, Local Change: campaign to save the Joiners Arms
Join fellow campaigners and change-makers, from organisations large and small, to explore an instance of social change. How did it happen? What did it look and feel like from the inside? Who needed to be involved? This month we’ll be hearing about the Campaign to Save...
Divesting from Fossil Fuels: Hitting oil companies where it hurts – their reputation
This Change Network event explored the huge success of the movement to pull investments from fossil fuel companies. The campaign is the fastest growing divestment campaign of it’s kind in history, starting in the US and spreading around the world with the support of...
The Irish abortion referendum: one year on
On 25 May 2018, the Irish electorate voted to remove the Eighth Amendment from the Constitution, which banned abortion in almost all circumstances. Every constituency but one voted in favour of repeal. After decades of campaigning, increasing pressure for change, and...
The Transformation of Women’s Sport
Women’s participation in team sports has increased over the past 20 years, and millions tuned into the World Cup this summer. Yet equal pay, representation in broadcast and schools provision still lags and negative body image is a greater problem than ever before. On...
Online Change Network event: Children and Young People in Custody
During these unpreceddented times, the role of change makers, activists and campaigners across civil society remains vital. This Change Network was a special digital edition via Zoom. SMK is continuing to provide a space for you to reflect with others about how to...