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The DevComms Network
For the last 3 years, The Social Change Agency has managed the communications side of UK Aid Match, one of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)’s largest public facing programmes. This involves working with more than 60 international development...
Job Opportunity: Social Change Consultant
Position: Social Change Consultant Location: UK remote, with some travel to London (see below) Salary: £30,000 p/a Application deadline: 22nd Sept 2021 Apply now Webinar We will be holding a webinar from 6-7pm on Thu September 16th. This will be a chance for...
Losing Control – A retrospective goodbye
This blog follows on from the announcement in 'Losing Control - It's time to say goodbye' Adios, farewell, adieu, au-revoir, laters… no matter what words we use to describe our parting, none of them will convey the deep feelings we have around this particular ending. ...
SCA joining forces with global activists to host the new Youth Climate Fund
We are excited to be partnering with the Urban Movement Innovation Fund (UMIF) as the fiscal host and grant manager for their newly launched Youth Climate Fund. The grants distributed through our fiscal hosting service will directly support over 100 youth climate...
Evolving through the crisis: How COVID-19 has shaped the next decade of The Social Change Agency
Throughout the past 6 months, over 1 million people mobilised themselves to support their communities during COVID-19. Shopping for those who were shielding, dropping off prescriptions, dog walking, plant swaps, casework for benefit challenges, setting up hardship...
Three ways community-led groups can make the love last post-Covid
As lockdown begins to lift, community-led Covid-19 response groups are beginning to adapt the support they offer one another. The aim that most share is simple: making sure the community ties strengthened during the pandemic, last well beyond it. We've seen these...
My experience as a Covid-19 Mutual Aider
Charlie Watkinson shares her experience of providing and receiving support during the Covid-19 pandemic as a member of the Nunhead Knocks Mutual Aid group. On the changing nature of the support... Initially, the majority of support that was needed was going to collect...
Women’s March Global moves to The Social Change Agency
We are excited to announce that Women's March Global is moving their home and operations to be housed by us at The Social Change Agency. WMG share our values of collaboration and co-creation, dynamism, and, most-importantly, whole-heartedness and we believe this move...
Narcissists, dictators and sociopaths: how can funders avoid perpetuating unhealthy power dynamics in movements?
At the centre of any movement tends to lie a network of leaders; leaders who organise, support, recruit and build; leaders doing the mundane and remarkable work which gets a movement off the ground. Yet, it is at this beginning stage where we are most vulnerable to...
Meaning Conference: 5 economic good news stories worth celebrating
It's one of life’s pleasures: attending an event and leaving with lots of new, exciting ideas. And Meaning Conference, held every November in Brighton, gave me that very feeling. Meaning Conference brings people together to discuss purpose-led business, the economy...
In Conversation with: Jason Foo on brand-led movements
The movement we see ourselves part of is to help business in society recognise the role a greater social purpose can play
Connecting Communities
Community centres play an important role in bringing communities together. They provide a meeting place for people that might otherwise be isolated or disaffected, enable individuals to connect with others around a shared interest or cause, and provide support...