Blog
The next generation of charity governance
We are delighted to be working on a new initiative to grow the numbers of young trustees in England and Wales, funded by The Blagrave Trust. This week, we feature a blog by Jo Wells, Director of the Blagrave Trust on the motivations for charities to recruit young...
“CSR Is Not A Single Action That A Business Takes”
This blog was written by our intern Peter Cohen who is currently interning with the SCA as part of the University of North Carolina honours semester in London. Peter is a third-year studying Public Policy and Food Studies and is fascinated by the systems that underlie...
Self Help Housing
Self-Help-Housing.Org, set up in 2008 with funding from Tudor Trust, aims to promote and support self-help housing initiatives. These initiatives involve groups of local people refurbishing or bringing back into use empty and derelict properties so that local people...
Housing First
This month at the Social Change Agency we have been looking at different organisations, campaigns and initiatives that make up the the housing justice movement. In 1992, Dr. Sam Tsemberis founded Pathways to Housing in New York City where the Housing First Approach...
A House Without A Home?
This blog was written by our intern Dominic Hopkins who spent two weeks with us during September 2018, as part of Warwick University's Enhanced Summer Work Experience Bursary (WESWEB). The realisation that somewhere to live in does not necessarily equal somewhere to...
Build your movement to change the world
From the anti-plastics movement to Black Lives Matter, how do movement builders get hundreds or thousands of individuals and organisations to create, speak and act together? Come along to our movement building canvas workshop in London on the 12th of September to...
“If you fight you might lose, but if you don’t fight you will always lose.”
This month at The Social Change Agency we have been looking at different organisations and campaigns that make up the racial equality movement. Founded in 2004, HOPE not hate offers a positive, peaceful and engaged way to combat fascism and racism in the UK. Working...
Launch22 – Thanks and Goodbye
We’re moving offices! The Social Change Agency has grown and our team needs the space to keep up its amazing work. We want to say a huge thank you to Launch22 who have hosted us in their brilliant co-working space in Kings Cross over the past 6 months. With their...
Decentralised Organising: More Collaboration, Less Hierarchy
From organisational governance to mobilising and sustaining grassroots movements, what is decentralised organising and how can this approach facilitate collective but efficient decision-making without management hierarchy? Decentralised organising isn’t just about...
An Interview With Brixton Pound
This month at The Social Change Agency we have been looking at the different people working on economic justice. The Brixton Pound (B£) is an amazing organisation helping to build this movement up. If you've ever been to Brixton market, you'll have seen their jazzy...
15 Ways to Explore Social and Economic Justice with Pop Culture
Media and pop culture has the power to ignite social change. It resonates with people’s emotions, creating an environment where campaigners go in to can win hearts and minds, creating a cultural shift in opinions. This then paves the way for policy change through...
When Trump Comes to Town
The 45th President has certainly chosen an eventful week to arrive in the UK. If you want avoid the football sadness and volcano erupting at Westminster, we have made a list of protests happening in London on Friday that you can get involved with. What’s great about...