Community-hubs
How to Start a Repair Café
Top tips on how to set up and run a repair cafe in your community.
Community-hubs
What if the place where you live was shaped by people power rather than planning departments? This section showcases community hub initiatives that transform forgotten spaces into thriving community assets - from resident-owned buildings to co-created gathering places that put local needs first. Be warned - this section will spark both joy and a little jealousy!
Learning
Apply for support around setting up or running a community hub where you live
Greener & Cleaner (stars of our last Spotlight call) are developing a comprehensive blueprint package to encourage others to set up hubs like theirs.
Community-hubs
Community Hub - Sparks Bristol
Sparks Bristol, has one clear aim: to hand the high street back to the people actually trying to change things. The message is consistent and practical: the answers to big systemic problems often start with small, skilled, communal acts.
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.
Community-hubs
Funded Support To Set Up Or Improve Your Own Community Hub
Want to set up or strengthen a community hub? Parisa Wright shares six years of Greener & Cleaner learnings through FREE blueprints, consultations, and a support network. Find out how to access support here.
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?
Guides
How to host an ACTionism film screening - downloadable guide
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.
Events
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
Organisations and Initiatives
Cooperation Hull - Top 8 tips for starting a community powered group of ACTionists
Cooperation Hull is pioneering a grassroots movement that embodies the very essence of ACTionism - the belief that ordinary people have the power to create extraordinary change when they come together with purpose. Through their innovative People's Assemblies, they're replacing traditional party politics with people power,
Food
Spotlight: CanTeam
What if schools could become thriving community hubs that tackle food poverty, reduce waste, and strengthen social connections all at once?
Repair
UNDER THE PEAKS OF CAPITALISM, CITIZENS TAKE POWER INTO THEIR HANDS
This is a story from the heart of the Alps – a place where ski lifts reach the highest peaks, and shopping and DJs have replaced nature. Here, real estate has become the capital, displacing the original communities. You don’t need to look hard to witness how the glitz and