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

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!

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.

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?

What if the most powerful stories about change are told together?

Discover how social cinema and community workshops transform audiences into movement builders.

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.

The Slow Down Club

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.

A Different Kind of Fight: The Story Behind a Collective Campaign

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,

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

Learning to 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.

The Story Origins of Citizen Friday

How a question turned into a weekly act of resistance, repair, and reconnection. Citizen Friday didn’t start with a press release or a big plan. It began with a quiet feeling, the kind that creeps in slowly when the world feels out of step. A sense that perhaps, beneath

ACTionism in Action Newsletter 13/10/2025

Something to join: "How To Save Democracy" at The Conduit  Tonight live at the Conduit, at 7:30pm Jon Alexander meets Caroline Lucas and Ellie Meredith to ask if and how people power can still provide a meaningful response to the climate emergency. If you cannot make it

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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.

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Finding the Escape Hatch

Olivia recently returned to the core of the ACTionism community, after a short time away working on Citizens’ Assemblies, exploring fairness, politicians’ pay, and what it means to value public service, vital work. And now she's back to do something just as important: the work of reimagining belonging,

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,

Finding the Others: On Feeling, Listening & Building Collective Action

Fellow traveller, Heather Davies recently wrote about a BBC Academy event, with neuroscientist Kris De Meyer. Kris reminded us, that you can’t reliably drive action by trying to generate fear, guilt or anger in others. Emotions manipulated often backfire, polarising people, causing overwhelm, or shutting down possibility. Instead, he

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Where Stories Spark Action

Last week I headed South West… First stop: Bristol, to catch up with my crewmates from Re-Action - Matt, Zoe, and Lisa. Big love! Then onward to Falmouth, with the human who somehow puts up with all my quirks and still makes ACTionism magic with me - our brilliant filmmaker

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Is convenience a barrier to finding the others?

To build the future we need, we need to practice the art of taking collective action. If we never set foot outside our house, look up from our phones, or step outside how will we ever meet the people who want to take action with us? So here are my top actions to help you make more connections

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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,

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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

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One Step Leads to Another: The ACTionism Dance of Party Kit Network & No Crap Parties

In this article, we're applying Gav's "movements of collective action" to see how No Crap Parties and Party Kit Network - have been dancing through them. And more importantly, how you might join the dance. Tamasine: I love a framework. Ask anyone who works

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Some ACTions for this week (6th Oct)

Something to Join: Live Spotlightcall : Zero Waste Parties - Turning your values into community action "Collective action doesn't have a final destination. It's much more like a dance. We weave in and out of one another, adapting our moves based on those around us, learning

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Letters to the Earth: The Wolf

At the Earthed Summit 2025: Generation Restoration, I met Kay Michael, CEO & Creative Director at Letters to the Earth. "Kay is a theatre-maker, creative producer and facilitator. She is a JMK Directors Award Finalist and recipient of the MGCfutures Bursary and the Arts Council’s DYCP Award for