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.
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.
We're starting 2026 with a simple question: what if the year ahead was shaped by all of us, not just a few?
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.
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
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
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.
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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.
Guides
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.
Guides
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
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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!
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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
I want to know: what's your strategy? How do you make space to act when life gets in the way?
Events
Discover how social cinema and community workshops transform audiences into movement builders.
newsletter
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.
Love Where We Live
I invite you to join me on a rainy Sunday in October. Friends gather round an extendable table in a first-floor Brighton flat for a shared breakfast. We have gathered for the inaugural convening of the Slow Down Club.
Stories of Action
A few weekends back, at the ACTionism Weekender, I found myself lying on the forest floor during a forest bathing session led by Jannine. Just an hour of quiet, an awakening of the senses, a settling of the noise. And when I stood up, something stayed with me: a message,
Events
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
Love Where We Live
So this is the start of my next creative journey. The time has come for me to take action and to live the reality of what I believe: that by learning to love where we live we can make genuine and lasting change.