On 29 November last year The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) took an unusual approach to launching a piece of research by hosting a large event.“Breakthrough Britain 2” (a sort of sequel to the first report) is a major piece of research with the lofty ambition of shaping the social policy agenda of the next parliament.
This is a guest post from Liam Burns, president of the National Union of Students sharing the success of their I Am The Change project which relaunches this week.
How is the campaigning environment changing? Tom Pollard Senior Policy and Campaigns Officer at Mind and co-ordinator of the Campaigns Forum shares how discussions have shifted over the past few years and what it means for you.
We had a fittingly inspiring final day on the latest series of NCVO’s very own Certificate in Campaigning last week. The day covered everything you ever wanted to know about e-campaigning (well, almost…) delivered by Duane Raymond – e-campaigner extraordinaire, with a powerful case-study given by Johnny Chatterton, of Change.Org (formerly 38 degrees). Here's my top lessons from the day..
Guardian, Today program, Twitter followers? Are you stuck in a media bubble? As campaigners, we need to be aware of the news sources that the decision makers that we’re trying to target are reading and listening. Guest blogger Tom Bakers shares his thoughts.
This guest post shows how a well timed and targeted campaign can bring about change. Dr Laura Nelson shares insight into her pre Christmas Hamleys campaign success and offers tips to other campaigners on how to cope with unprecedented media interest.
Laura is a writer, blogger and Head of Development and Communications in a healthcare charity. She has a doctorate in neuroscience, writes the Delilah blog and led the Christmas 2011 Hamleys campaign.
This is a guest post from Liam Burns, president of the National Union of Students. NUS have just launched a project (and campaign) called "I Am The Change" which encourages students to make positive changes which NUS can then help facilitate. In this first post Liam explains what the project is about.
We all know of examples of how the Freedom of Information Act has been used as a powerful and versatile campaigning tool from developing the evidence base of a campaign to gaining crucial information on how decisions are made but have you ever thought about using it to measure the success of your work?
Guest blogger for us Tom Baker has done just that and shares his findings with us.
This is a guest post by Emma Taggart and was published on her blog earlier this month. Emma runs a small consultancy that supports charities to achieve change in policy and practice.
A blog about all things campaigning. Posts by Amelia Gudgion, Bethan Brookes and guests. If you want to write a guest post email campaigning(at)ncvo-vol.org.uk.
This is a guest post by Emma Taggart and was published on her blog earlier this month. Emma runs a small consultancy that supports charities to achieve change in policy and practice.
A blog about all things campaigning. Posts by Amelia Gudgion, Bethan Brookes and guests. If you want to write a guest post email campaigning(at)ncvo-vol.org.uk.
