“Everywoman Safe Everywhere”: A local community has their say
Not only is there growing concern, there is increasing evidence that the Coalition cuts are putting the personal safety of women at risk. This, combined with little thought into the impact their...
View ArticleMarshall Ganz talks to David Miliband
Here’s Marshall Ganz in conversation with David Miliband in Boston MA recently, on the power of organised people to effect change: listen to ‘Discussing the future of community organising with the...
View ArticleOrganiser School: building the world as it should be
Kate Talbot training with other Labour activists Kate Talbot (@geordiekate89), a Labour Party activist in Vauxhall (south London), describes her experience at the first Movement for Change Organiser...
View ArticleWomen’s Safety in Brixton
Movement for Change activists from across south London, spearheaded by women members of the Lambeth Women’s Forum, are taking action to improve the safety practices of nightclubs in Brixton. Trained...
View ArticleWembley Night of Action
On Wednesday evening, more than 130 activists took collective action in Wembley to recognise commitments made by Brent and Camden Councils to support fairer alternatives to legal loansharks, as a...
View ArticleThe Unstoppable Power of Organisation
On the eve of our main fringe event at Labour Party Conference 2012, Chief Executive Kathryn Perera draws on Movement for Change’s work to explain the difference between Community Organising and...
View ArticlePride in Sheppey: train and get organised
Ahead of our intensive training weekend in Barnsley tomorrow, Pat Wiggins of Community Union shares his experience of building action through Community Organising techniques following work with...
View ArticleSouthampton: learning through organising
Movement for Change activists getting organised in Southampton Among other places, Movement for Change has recently been doing some organising work in Southampton. We have met with a number of...
View ArticleNational Award for Best Practice presented to the Debtbusters Campaign in...
Kezia Dudgdale MSP with Cllr Maggie Chapman, Chair of the Petitions Committee, with a petition for a Payday Loan Taskforce in April 2013 The National Award for Best Practice was presented to the...
View ArticleSouthampton Sharkstoppers: An Innovative Credit Union Win
By Ryan Carter and Cllr Georgie Laming. Southampton Sharkstoppers campaign started with a listening action Our campaign began on the doorstep, hearing stories about the way in in which the current...
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