Organisations and Initiatives
We love people to watch ACTionism through community or workplace screenings so that it can inspire and connect people through shared experiences and conversations. So we're setting a goal for the first half of 2026: another 100 community screenings. Interested?
Organisations and Initiatives
Common Ground: a group of women in Devon are starting conversations on the street to show we have more in common than divides us
newsletter
The best bits of the #CitizenFuture we've spotted this week. including our spotlight, A brand new podcast. How ‘angry women’ are bringing people together on the streets of Devon. An invite to host an ACTionism screening in your community
Guides
In one of our popular spotlight calls, Emma Bearman from Playful Anywhere explored how play functions as a quiet revolutionary tool - a Trojan horse that dissolves barriers between strangers and creates space for collective imagination.
Stories of Action
When young workers at a family furniture store in Tunstall decided to clean up their community, they sparked a movement that's proving collective action can transform a neighbourhood.
Stories of Action
The world doesn't need more people waiting for perfection. It needs people taking steps - whatever steps they can manage. We all have to start somewhere. Most of us start when we see that someone else has already started.
Events
On 15 January, ACTionism is relaunching its Connection Calls to rebuild together. Whether you have skills, ideas, funding, or just the desire to be part of something that champions grassroots change, this is your moment to join and help shape what comes next. Join is 12.30-1.30 GMT Jan 15th
The art of finding your people and taking collective action
We're building ACTionism as a community, and that means we need you. Not as passive readers, but as contributors, storytellers, and collaborators. If you're doing collective action work- big or small - we want to help spread the word. Your story could be exactly what someone
Everything starts with a single action - yours could be as easy as joining this Zoom call on Friday with Parisa Wright, founder of Greener & Cleaner.
We're starting 2026 with a simple question: what if the year ahead was shaped by all of us, not just a few?
If you've been thinking about starting something but felt held back, this is your sign. Read this guide to starting a movement that creates systemic change when you've no idea where to start.
In a recent Actionism Spotlight session, Isabelle Mack from Party Kit Network and Charlotte Mason-Kerr from No Crap Parties shared their inspiring journeys of tackling waste in children's celebrations.
This group of volunteers are building pollinator highways through the city. Not through policy. Not through waiting. Through people showing up and doing the work. This is what collective action looks like.
If you believe in the power of collective action, & have skills or ideas you'd like to share, please join us on Jan 15th to contribute skills, ideas, funding, etc.
Grow Wild will be awarding 23 groups with £2000 to transform urban spaces across Northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland and England.
Join us for an inspiring and interactive session with Parisa Wright, founder of Greener & Cleaner. What started as a meetup above a pub is now helping influence government policy.
Sick of all the #BlackFriday emails? Enter #CitizenFriday! The antidote to consumption is community. It's agency. When you repair something with a friend, when you lend to a neighbour, when you get outside - you're not just reducing waste. You're building the world you want to live in.
Want to screen ACTionism, the film, in your community? This downloadable guide will walk you through everything you need to set up your screening so everyone leaves inspired and ready to act collectively.
Every significant change starts with someone taking a single action. Not a perfectly formed plan. Just one person deciding to do something different. This is ACTionism