Stories of Action
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Stories of Action
Organisations and Initiatives
Preloved Sports: Kit for Everyone, Less for Landfill- here's why their story might just inspire your next ACTion
From three plastic tubs to the London Marathon - meet Pre-Loved Sports - the CIC using fitness as a way to support positive social change.
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
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.
Stories of Action
Seen a story of ACTionism IRL? We want to share it
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
Guides
How Ordinary People Start Movements That Actually Change Systems
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.
Stories of Action
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,
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
Guides
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
Reflections
Why we need ACTionism and Activism to end the Genocide in Gaza
Why we need ACTionism and Activism to end the Genocide in Gaza - what you can do today.
Guides
Summer ACTionism ideas for Children and Families
As a parent to three small people, I am well aware that the summer holidays can feel overwhelming - weeks stretching ahead with expensive day trips, costly activities, and societal pressure to keep children 'entertained'. But what if this summer could be different? What if, instead of spending