Support
Giving you tools to work out what actually works in campaigns.
What we can offer you
Training
Our training courses are designed to give people the knowledge, skills and confidence to effect change as well as build stronger teams and organisations.
Consultancy
If your business is change – through transformational service delivery, shifting attitudes, community building or influencing policy – we will help you to interrogate your practice, culture and tactics.
Action Learning Sets
This autumn we are running two new action learning sets for senior leaders and emerging leaders in campaigning organisations.
Get in touch
SMK works with organisations who want to make change. Whether you’re a charity, community group, social purpose organisation or funder, we’d love to help you.
What have changemakers said about our support?
I have ADHD and I hate long workshops. I usually come away feeling underrepresented, frustrated, drained and confused. This one was energetic, engaging, interesting, fast-paced, yet conscious. Thanks everyone. Looking forward to booking onto future workshop. “
Introduction to campaigning and social change workshop participant, Jan 2024.
The Campaign Carousel was a perfect fit for me, because it built on my existing knowledge, filled in some important gaps and introduced tools and ideas that I hadn’t encountered before. “
Grace Barnett, Membership & Data Officer, Unlock Democracy
Thank you, I found the Deep Dive so useful. I have learnt lots of helpful practical tips and will take forward my thinking at a much more granular level, about who we should target and when. “
Kate Nightingale, Director of Communications, Campaigns & Research, Young Women’s Trust
“We are happy to recommend SMK’s commissioned training. The experience from start to finish was outstanding. Our contact was very responsive and enthusiastic about the work we were doing with our Policy Advocates and keen to understand our brief well. Our lived experience partners are now better prepared to enter political arenas and utilise their new-found knowledge as Policy Advocates. Thank you.”
Beatrice Orchard
Senior Policy and Public Affairs Manager, Trussell Trust
Supporting the next generation of campaigners: SMK Associates
SMK is supported by an extensive network of Associates – themselves some of the UK’s leading campaigners, organisers and commentators. Our Associates support the delivery of our training and consultancy according to their specific skills and experience.
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.
Changemakers’ Toolkit
With the support of Wikimedia UK, SMK has launched an open access toolkit to empower people to campaign effectively.
We know that campaigners, activists, and changemakers of all types are stepping up to address injustices, improve conditions in their communities, and draw attention to neglected issues. That’s why we’ve launched the Changemakers’ Toolkit, a free online training resource.
Read our joint blog here to find out more about this unique collaboration.
