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Collective action works. Skip your Friday coffee and be part of it.
Re-Action Collective are running a £20,000 crowdfunder - and they're nearly there. At the time of writing, they're at £18,810. Just £1,190 to go in the next 24 hours
ACTionism
Organisations and Initiatives
Keep Outdoor Gear Alive: Support the Re-Action Collective's £20,000 Crowdfunder
The outdoors was never meant to be exclusive. A mended jacket, a borrowed tent, a resoled pair of running shoes - these things matter, and the people doing this work matter too. Re-Action has launched a £20,000 crowdfunder to back them. Please donate what you can and share the campaign
Organisations and Initiatives
Alfie Odd Job - doing good in his community
Small actions like these, show others it's worth taking pride in where they live. What small action can you take in your community today?
Community-hubs
Green and Cleaner Spotlight Write-up
From pub chats to a thriving community hub serving 30,000+ people. Parisa Wright shares lessons from Greener & Cleaner in Bromley and how you can access free support, blueprints and a new England-wide network to start your own community hub.
Organisations and Initiatives
It's time to start talking: Common Ground, Good Good Neighbours and the Fete of Britain (video)
Why real, honest dialogue needs to be part of every change or action we aim to create in the world. And why now, more than ever, is the time to reach across the divides that the media tells us exist across the UK today and start talking!
Organisations and Initiatives
Want to take an ACTion today: Host an ACTionism film screening
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 'angry women of a certain age' is highlighting that we have more in common than divides.
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
ACTionism in ACTion 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
The Power of Play: Breaking Barriers and Building Community
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
TS Domestics: Cleaning up their community, one street at a time
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
Forget Big Gestures: Here's What Collective Action Really Looks Like in January
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
Your invitation to help build ACTionism in 2026
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