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Training the next generation of community organisers to act collectively, build power and change the world.
Looking for a job that makes a difference in the world? Our Opportunities page is where to look. Here are some of the current highlights 👇🧵 #Hiring #Jobs #CommunityOrganiser #Activist #Campaigner
Last week, groups of the Migrant Power Project gathered in London for a workshop on public narrative led by Stephanie and Imani 🧵 #MigrantJustice #MigrantPower #CommunityOrganising #CommunityOrganiser
Do you have an organising story that changed the way you think about how to achieve change? Do you have a win or a loss other organisers can learn from? Do you have a perspective on organising that is often overlooked? We want to hear from you! 🧵 #CommunityOrganiser #Activist #CommunityOrganising
Trussell was also a significant part of the campaign to end the two-child benefit cap, a win which will bring 470,000 children out of severe hardship. Both of these campaigns progress their goal of ending the need for food banks in the UK.
In June, Trussell brought +500 people from across the UK to Westminster for a lobby day where they called on MPs to support an Essentials Guarantee – where the basic rate of Universal Credit covers essential costs of living such as food, household bills and travel, and can't be pulled below that.
Over the last few weeks we’ve been celebrating some of our members and the wins they achieved together in the past year. This week, we’re celebrating @trusselluk.bsky.social! #CommunityOrganising #Campaign #Campaigning #CommunityOrganiser #FoodJustice
Earlier this month, our team met in York for a day of strategy. This work will form our direction for years ahead and we will share more with you later this year. We also went on a Ghost Tour in city centre with team members reporting spooky events later that evening 👻.
We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Bana Gora, the co-founder and CEO of Muslim Women's Council (MWC). Bana was an incredible leader and was steadfastly dedicated to justice and her community in Bradford and beyond. (1/3)
Our organisers Ariel and Kate recently spent a powerful day at Kent Solidarity Regional Conference organised by @kentrefugeean.bsky.social and @right-to-remain.bsky.social. #RightToRemain #MigrantJustice #RefugeesWelcome
The 4 cohorts of the School for Everyday Democracy came together for the first time for the Festival of Everyday Democracy! We celebrated the graduation of the second cohort and spent the day learning from each other with champions delivering workshops on change-making and organising 🎉
Despite far-right backlash, the campaign generated extraordinary social growth, influencer amplification, and MP engagement. It created a moment of truth-telling, sanctuary, and unity across the UK, celebrated by allies from the queer community, migrant professionals, and sector partners.
You have probably seen their recent partnership with @lush, where their Words Matter campaign was featured in every Lush store in the UK. Together, they called out the racist narratives that blame migrants for society’s problems, and invited people to look instead at the systems doing the real harm.
👥 Trained a cohort of Words Matter Community Organisers who have since begun working in their own communities including Kurdish diaspora and queer migrants to tackle racist and anti-migrant narratives.
🏠 Supported the creation of the Not A Stranger coalition - a migrant-led campaigning group established in June 2025 in response to the UK Government’s Immigration White Paper proposal. In collaboration with NAS, MRN conducted a survey to understand migrants’ perspectives on the proposed changes.
We’ve been celebrating some of our members and the wins they achieved together in the past year. This week, we’re celebrating @migrants_rights_network! To give just a few highlights of their work, in 2025 MRN 👇🧵 #MigrantJustice #WordsMatter #NotAStranger #HostileEnvironment #CommunityOrganiser
Last week we held the first Migrant Power Project residential! We left feeling revitalised and more confident in our work, with clear and actionable steps to take us forward together. #MigrantPowerProject #MigrantJustice
Shelter were part of a multitude of organisations who worked together to build powerful alliances to outlaw revenge eviction and abolish the ‘no fault’ Section 21 notice. This is a huge win and will take effect from May 1st 2026.
From Horden to Bournemouth, Shelter community organisers and their teams and are building power and achieving wins for housing equality on both local and national levels.
All over England last year, Shelter community organisers helped people in communities fight for homes, winning more social housing, better conditions, more rights for renters – making housing more what it should be for the people who need it the most.
Over the past few weeks we’ve been celebrating some of our members and the wins they achieved together in the past year. This week, we’re celebrating @sheltercharity.bsky.social! #Shelter #HousingJustice #CommunityOrganiser #CommunityPower #Campaigns
They also doubled the number of Votes for All champions organising in their local communities and four MPower Leaders were selected as candidates in the local elections in 2026.
In 2025, MDP attended political party conferences and held a roundtable event at Westminster campaigning for Votes for All. Five councils passed their motion along with 26 MPs signing their Early Day Motion in Parliament.
Migrant Democracy Project have made significant progress as part of their Votes for All campaign which demands that all residents, no matter where they come from, have the right to participate in local and general elections in the UK.
We’re celebrating some of our members and the wins they achieved together in the past year. This week, we’re celebrating Migrant Democracy Project! #VotesForAll #MigrantJustice #CommunityOrganiser
Celebrated four years of the We Belong Manchester chapter where they have engaged hundreds of young migrants in the city. They published a report on their work to coincide with the anniversary which you can read here: drive.google.com/file/d/10p9Z...
🧵 Over the next few weeks we’ll be celebrating some of our members and the wins they achieved together in the past year. This week, we’re celebrating @@webelonguk.bsky.social! Throughout 2025 We Belong have worked to build their community base and positively impact policy. Here are some highlights:
With Connecting for Good, Grapevine has seen success with their Need The Loo campaign working for improved access to clean and dignified public toilets in Coventry. Coventry Council have added new signs across the city to support people to find toilets, but the campaign continues in 2026!
They also published their Playbook for Organising with Young Disabled People put together by CYA campaigners.
Coventry Youth Activists, a youth-led disability campaign group who believe in young disabled people having a voice, breaking down barriers & ending online discrimination. In 2025 they launched the Let’s Get Voting campaign to make voting more accessible for young disabled people.
At the beginning of the year, Grapevine successfully organised against proposed council budget cuts to disability support services. You can read more about their campaign on our blog. They have expanded their team and projects this year. These projects have included: