Campaigning Effectiveness

Campaigning Effectiveness supports and empowers people and organisations to change their world through campaigning and influencing policy.

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New event

Influencing policy, driving change conference - Hull 

Thursday 25 March
Joint Forum for Change event with Yorkshire and Humber Regional Forum. Find out more and book your place

New resources

New Politics - thoughts and learning from the day

The conference may be over but there is a wealth of content on the blog www.ncvonewpolitics.org.uk including videos of the panel sessions, thought pieces, audio boos, pictures and twitter feed, well worth a look.

What will the future of campaigning be in 5 years time? Download the free Future Focus guide 

External Environment
Resources and tools to help understand the external world you operate in and the dynamics of the situation you wish to change.

In Focus guides

Download our free 14-page guides to:

Involving people that matter (551 KB PDF)
Find out more about embedding participation in your policy and campaigning work

Commissioning research (305 KB PDF)
Explore the commissioning process, from developing a brief to appointing a research provider

Louder.org.uk is live

Louder.org.uk is the new home for e-campaigning. The free and easy to use site draws together a range of online activist tools for people who want to change the world, enabling you to create and run your own campaigns and connect with others.  Follow the development of louder.org.uk on twitter.

Forum for Change

Do you have a responsibility for policy and campaigning work within your organisation? Forum for Change is a free network for people influencing policy and campaigning for change across the sector.

Find out more about the forum and visit our online network. Sign up to our newsletter updating you on all the latest news, events and free resources. You can now also follow us on twitter: www.twitter.com/forumforchange.

Free seminars

We are currently drawing up our seminar programme for 2010. If you have any suggestions for our future events please get in touch or share your comments in our online steering group.  

Travel bursaries
Read more about our new travel bursary scheme, which provides bursaries of up to £100 to people from small organisations based outside of London.

Campaigning and Advocacy

The NSS Campaigning and Advocacy workstream is led by Campaigning Effectiveness, NCVO and is delivering a programme of activities to increase understanding, confidence and skills in campaigning and advocacy.  Further information about the programme and our activities can be found on the Improving Support website. 

Contact us

Please email campaigning@ncvo-vol.org.uk for any general enquiries. If your question is about a specific area, read about us to find the best person to help you.