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How can we harness the power of experience and expertise for social justice communications and campaigning? We are surrounded by enormous and complex challenges locally, nationally and globally - from air quality to extreme weather events, the cost-of-living crisis and a just transition. Wednesday 2 October at 3pm.Book hereÂ
Julie's Bicycle and BFI have launched a free Resource Hub as part of the BFI Sustainable Screen Programme. It offers 150 resources to help those in the screen industry implement environmental sustainability, aiming to build understanding, drive action, and foster meaningful progress.Find out more here >
If you're interested in taking action on social justice and everyday rights, we want to hear from you. Visit our 'Take Action' page to learn more about rights, sign up to our newsletter and get involved on social media!Find out more here >Â
A vibrant portrait of the LGBTQ+ and human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell has been hung in the National Portrait Gallery’s History Makers gallery as part of a drive to better reflect the diversity of the UK. Read more here >
This video celebrates 5 years of The Commons Social Change Library featuring supporter stories and testimonials about what makes this library so special and important to those who us it in their campaigning, activism and social change work. Watch video here >Â
SMK's 2022 Young Campaigner Award winner, Kwajo Tweneboa has recently launched his new book 'Our Country in Crisis: Britain's Housing Emergency and How We Rebuild'. This book looks back at decades of poor decisions and highlights the modern-day impact of the loss of social housing as a safety net. Get your copy here >Â
Read the latest report from BOND 'UK civic space: what is happening? 2023-2024. The UK's civic space is still under pressure a year after being downgraded in global rankings. The new govt must reverse the decline, repair relations with civil society, and reverse obstructive laws & policy. Download report here >Â
I’ve just come off five very intense - but very rewarding - weeks working on the SMS programme for Labour’s general election campaign. The pace is frenetic. While it’s exciting, it’s also exhausting. It’s not a way any organisation could, or at least should, run long term. But in my experience, the contrast to how non-profits typically operate provides a useful mirror through which to evaluate our own ways of working - particularly when it comes to digital. So, here are five lessons for non-profit digital programmes from what I saw on the election campaign here >
An insightful article from the Thoughtful Campaigner, sharing his thoughts on how campaigners prepare for a Labour Government especially given it’s the first time in 14 years. He offers up some key reflections about how to approach this.Read here >Â
The Climate Changemaker Playbook is a collection of strategies and tactics for how to move people from caring to acting. With a foreword by Christiana Figueres and case studies of five leading social entrepreneurs who have been activating others around the world, this playbook is for anyone who has wondered, 'how do I get the people around me to act?'Download here >
Yaseen Aslam is a great example of a 'lived experience' campaigner. This episode from the 100 Campaigns that Changed the World podcast series is his story and other fellow Uber drivers who campaigned to ensure that the company treats its drivers as 'workers', which would entitle them to more rights than independent contractors. Their campaigning led to the Supreme Court ruling in their favour.Listen here >Â
In this blog, Maya Mailer, Co-Founder of Mothers Rise Up, writes about the creative stunts and tactics they use in their campaigning to raise awareness of the effects of climate change. This small, grassroots deploys art, creativity, and humour in everything they do and mobilise parent power with creative actions to pressure governments and corporations to act.Read Maya's blog here >Â