Guides
How your small actions can transform your community
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
ACTionism
Guides
How to find your people to start taking action together
ACTionism is the art of finding your people and taking collective action. But how exactly do you find your people? Here's how others did it. We've talked to community members and groups to collate how they did it - so you can find your people!
Guides
First Steps: Simple Ways to Take Action Now
Taking your first steps towards collective action will be different for everyone. Here are some simple 'first steps' to inspire you, regardless of whether you have 5 minutes or 5 days.
Reflections
How do you make space in your life to decide how to step into your agency and start ACTing?
I want to know: what's your strategy? How do you make space to act when life gets in the way?
Events
What if the most powerful stories about change are told together?
Discover how social cinema and community workshops transform audiences into movement builders.
newsletter
ACTionism in Action Newsletter 20th November
Every fortnight, this newsletter shares stories of people and communities doing exactly that. We show you what's possible, what's working, and how to start where you are. Each issue, you'll find something to watch, something to read, something you can try this week, and something you can join.
Events
Citizen Friday: Co-create with us
Citizen Friday – a grassroots campaign replacing Black Friday with community action. This year we're making it collective: crowd-sourced, citizen-led, built together in public. Join our call Wed 22nd Oct 1-2pm GMT to help shape it and build something bigger
Events
Next ACTionism Connection Call 13th NOVEMBER 12-1pm GMT
Next ACTionism Connection Call: 13th November, 12:00 GMT. No formal agenda - just good conversation, mutual support, and the chance to hear what's capturing everyone's attention.
Politics Needs to Open Up to Citizen Collectives
All across the world, citizens are coming together, not to campaign, not to protest, but to build. 'WE' are demonstrating alternative futures, from a space of possibility. Citizen collectives are stepping up to deliver what governments and markets are failing to provide: care, repair, food, energy, housing, meaning,
Events
How to save democracy
The next "How To Save Democracy" EVENT is coming soon - live at The Conduit in London and online from 6pm on Monday 13th October. Sign up here. Jon Alexander will be hosting Caroline Lucas and Ellie Meredith to face up to the reality of the climate emergency,
Guides
The cascade effect of simple actions (+10 ACTions to get you started)
Small actions feel pointless when you think real power sits with politicians you've lost trust in. ACTionism is different. Actions spark conversations, conversations build connections, connections create movements, and movements create real change and power.
Hacking the System, Gently
Citizen Friday as Ritual, Resistance, and Reprogramming The system we live in is fast, loud, and relentless. It’s wired to keep us consuming, to keep us scrolling and shopping, reacting and refreshing, eyes always on the next thing. And, it’s smart. It learns what pulls us in and