Each year, we ask campaigners and changemakers—paid and grassroots alike—to complete the #SMKCampaignerSurvey The questions cover the current environment, your experience in 2025, changing campaigning tactics, and thoughts on the year ahead. https://forms.office.com/e/M2L9N2HUyZ#SMKCampaignerSurvey

Want to improve your organisation's or campaign's #TheoryOfChange? Sign up for 2 part #DeepDive on 12th and 26th Nov, facilitated by James Noble. https://smk.org.uk/what-we-do/deep-dive-theory-of-change-a-framework-for-effective-social-change-nov-2025/

CAMPAIGNING JOB ALERT: Alzheimer's Society is looking for a Campaigns and Mobilisation Officer (£31,018 - £34,464) to deliver campaigns locally and nationally. Closing date 11 Nov 2025. https://smk.org.uk/what-we-do/connect/community-noticeboard/

Want to build solidarity in your campaign? Sign up for the 18th Nov workshop, facilitated by Katie Roberts. https://smk.org.uk/training-events/lived-experience-solidarity-social-change/ #campaigntraining

It’s that time of year again! SMK’s TENTH Annual Campaigner and Changemaker Survey is open! It should take approximately 20 minutes to complete. The deadline is 3rd Dec 2025. https://forms.office.com/e/M2L9N2HUyZ #SMKCampaignerSurvey

To read more about our new Chair and Treasurer, visit https://www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/who-s-moving-mermaids-smk-joseph-rowntree-and-more.html

CAMPAIGNING EVENT: The Campaigning Forum (ECF) event is a chance to step back from the day-to-day, meet peers who face the same challenges, and return to work with fresh insights and renewed energy. Sign up here: https://fairsay.com/campaigning-forum-2026-oxford/?mc_cid=e82266037e&mc_eid=ee01f77963

Sign up for 12th and 26th Nov at https://smk.org.uk/what-we-do/deep-dive-theory-of-change-a-framework-for-effective-social-change-nov-2025/

Want to influence parliament? Sign up for the 11th Nov workshop, facilitated by Abdi Mohamed, Deb Hermer, and Jo Gibbons. https://smk.org.uk/training-events/influencing-parliament-and-central-government/ #campaigntraining

CAMPAIGNING JOB ALERT: We Own It looking for Communications and Campaign Support (£32,690 pro-rata) by  Sun 9 November 2025. Apply here: https://weownit.org.uk/about-us/vacancies Submit your job opening to our Community Noticeboard here: https://smk.org.uk/what-we-do/connect/community-noticeboard/

Systems of Impact, Ajaya Haikerwal, and Fossil Free Parliament have led a data analysis looking at the first year of Labour's Ministerial meetings. Read it here: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/oct/16/uk-labour-ministers-fossil-fuel-lobbyists-analysis?mc_cid=e82266037e&mc_eid=ee01f77963

CAMPAIGNING EVENT ALERT: Lunch and Learn: Communicating Hope, A Resource For Action by Rene Cassin on 11th Nov. Sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lunch-and-learn-communicating-hope-a-resource-for-action-tickets-1780587267449?aff=oddtdtcreator&mc_eid=ee01f77963&mc_cid=e82266037e

Want to learn how to use the legal system to achieve change? Sign up for the 4th Nov workshop, facilitated by Shauneen Lambe. https://smk.org.uk/training-events/using-the-legal-system-to-achieve-change/ #campaigntraining

CAMPAIGNING JOB ALERT: Wildlife and Countryside Link looking for a Head/Director of Campaigns and Media (£40,000 - £50,000). https://www.charityjob.co.uk/jobs/wildlife-and-countryside-link/head-of-director-of-campaigns-and-media/1040361?applyOnLoad=true&tsId=1&mc_cid=e82266037e&mc_eid=ee01f77963

CAMPAIGNING RESEARCH ALERT: NEON commissioned activist and SMK Associate Natasha Adams to complete a mini mapping of the migration justice movement. Read it here: https://thinkingdoingchanging.com/2025/10/20/mapping-the-uk-migration-justice-movement/?mc_cid=e82266037e&mc_eid=ee01f77963

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"Some chants expressed understandable anger, but I wondered if they repelled more than they invited. At the rally’s end, I found myself asking: are we building bridges or reinforcing divides?" To read the full blog, visit https://smk.org.uk/challenging-hate-unity-over-division/

Click here to read the full blog: https://smk.org.uk/top-3-mistakes-in-legal-campaigns/ To sign up for our Using the Law to Achieve Change workshop on 4th of Nov, visit https://smk.org.uk/training-events/using-the-legal-system-to-achieve-change/

To read the full blog, visit https://smk.org.uk/email-to-target-questions-to-ask/ To sign up for the Digital Campaigning, visit https://smk.org.uk/training-events/digital-campaigning/

To read the full blog, visit https://smk.org.uk/email-to-target-questions-to-ask/ To sign up for the Digital Campaigning, visit https://smk.org.uk/training-events/digital-campaigning/

Want to learn to make the best social media content? Sign up for the 22nd Oct workshop, facilitated by Chloe Green. https://smk.org.uk/training-events/social-media-to-win-campaigns/ #campaigntraining

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To read the full blog visit https://smk.org.uk/top-3-mistakes-campaigners-make-when-trying-to-avoid-burnout/ To sign up for the Resilient Campaigner workshop on Monday, visit https://smk.org.uk/training-events/the-resilient-campaigner/

Last week, Craftivist Collective's Sarah Corbett inspired us with her creative approach to gentle protest as grantees from the Oak Foundation’s Housing & Homelessness programme came together for our Connect Day.

Want to up your digital campaigning game? Sign up for the 16th Oct workshop, facilitated by More Onion's Jess Day. https://smk.org.uk/training-events/digital-campaigning/ #campaigntraining

To read the full interview, visit https://smk.org.uk/art-and-social-change-interview-matt-woodhead/

Want to understand local power? Sign up for the 8th Oct #DeepDive, facilitated by Abdi Mohamed and Lucy Caldicott. https://smk.org.uk/what-we-do/deep-dive-understanding-local-power-insider-perspectives-on-councils-mayors-and-grassroots-impact-9th-oct/

Want to understand local power? Sign up for the 8th Oct #DeepDive, facilitated by Abdi Mohamed and Lucy Caldicott. https://smk.org.uk/what-we-do/deep-dive-understanding-local-power-insider-perspectives-on-councils-mayors-and-grassroots-impact-9th-oct/

Want to become a resilient campaigner? Sign up for the 10th Oct workshop, facilitated by Luminous Learning's Jo Martyn. https://smk.org.uk/training-events/the-resilient-campaigner/ #campaigntraining

Want to learn more about evaluating what matters in you campaign? Sign up for the 8th Oct workshop, facilitated by James Noble. https://smk.org.uk/training-events/evaluating-what-matters/ #campaigntraining

Want to learn more about analysing your campaign's problem and plan for change? Sign up for the 7th Oct workshop, facilitated by Pragmatic Radicals' Julia Beart. https://smk.org.uk/training-events/analysing-the-problem-and-planning-for-change/ #campaigntraining

Sign up for these campaign training workshops today at https://smk.org.uk/what-we-do/support/campaign-training/open-training/ Students receive 15% off!

Wild to think it's been almost 2.5 years since Natalie Lee released her book "Do Good, Get Paid!" She wrote a blog for SMK all about it, and we still think both are a great read! To read the full blog, visit smk.org.uk/book-do-g....

To read the full blog, visit https://smk.org.uk/top-3-mistakes-leaders-make-when-trying-to-influence-local-power-and-what-to-do-instead/

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