Hello and welcome to our campaigning blog

Hello hello and welcome to our campaigning blog.

Over the next few months we'll be bringing you a range (hopefully a plethora) of guest blogs exploring the world of campaigning and influencing.

If you'd like to share your experiences or views on a topic or share learning from a recent campaign in a guest blog do get in touch with me amelia.gudgion(at)ncvo-vol.org.uk I'd love to hear from you.

As you can see we have hijacked this years Campaigns Conference and there’s loads of really useful info here so if you have a moment do have a wade through the hidden gems here including:

• presentation from Edward Andersson from Involve - New Opportunities for Influencing Legislation: Consultations, Petitions, referendums
• video interview Using Freedom of Information as a campaign tool 
  (Katherine Gunderson, Campaign for Freedom of Information, Ann Feltham, Campaign Against Arms Trade and Simon Birkett, Campaign for Clean Air London)
• video interview with Jonathan Ellis Refugee Council - his tips on how to influence policy and approach MPs
• and a range of audio interviews from Paul Twivy, Big Society Network, Julian Dobson, New Start magazine, Jonathan Moore, Suffolk Association of Voluntary Organisations and Rob Dyson, Whizz Kidz.

Amelia Gudgion