43% of adult social care workers in England earn below the real #LivingWage. This week, we, alongside @livingwageuk.bsky.social, published an open letter, urging the Gov't to pay all social workers at least the real #LivingWage. Read the coverage 👇 chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...

All care workers need to earn at least the real #LivingWage. Today, we published an open letter with @livingwageuk.bsky.social to urge the Gov’t to guarantee that all adult social care workers are paid at least the real Living Wage now. Read the full letter 👇 www.citizensuk.org/about-us/new...

💬 Aid can’t fix poverty, but a Living Wage can. ✍️ Matthew Bolton, Chief Executive & Lead Organiser for Citizens UK, and Katherine Chapman, Executive Director @livingwageuk.bsky.social, write on the growing global #LivingWage movement. www.alliancemagazine.org/blog/aid-can...

Aid can't fix poverty, but a Living Wage can. Living Wage Executive Director Katherine Chapman and Citizens UK Chief Executive Matthew Bolton write for Alliance on the growing global Living wage movement. ✍️ https://www.alliancemagazine.org/blog/aid-cant-fix-poverty-but-a-living-wage-can/

On Tuesday 21 October, 1000 community leaders across South London Citizens gathered at St George’s Cathedral in Southwark for a powerful assembly filled with testimony, music, theatre and energy for change. 🙌

The new Living Wage rates are here: 👉 £13.45 (UK) 👉 £14.80 (London) Set by @livingwageuk.bsky.social, the real #LivingWage is calculated according to the cost of living in the UK. Over 16,000 employers already pay it. Find out more ⬇️ citizensuk.org/campaigns/th...

Happy Diwali to our friends, colleagues, and members who celebrate! We hope this special time of year brings you and your loved ones happiness, joy, and light. 🕯️✨

On 4th July, one year after the General Election, young leaders from Greater Manchester Citizens hosted the region’s first Youth Assembly. Find out about the commitments they secured on youth mental health, tackling hate & discrimination, and community safety. 👇 www.citizensuk.org/chapters/gre...

Yesterday, community leaders from Citizens UK dressed as builders 👷‍♀️👷‍♂️ gathered in Parliament Square Gardens to deliver a powerful message to Martin McCluskey MP at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Fix It First.

Citizens UK welcomes the Government’s £84 million cash boost to help prevent homelessness and support families this winter, including a £11 million commitment to help families with children living in temporary accommodation (TA) to access basic facilities.

🎉 Campaign Win 🎉 After years of action, Birmingham Citizens celebrate a huge win for English language education, including people who have been in the UK less than three years being eligible for all English language courses. Find out how they did it 👇 www.citizensuk.org/chapters/bir...

Communities are working together to win change. Over the last 30 years, we have worked in diverse alliances in towns and cities across England and Wales, winning hundreds of campaigns, from new zebra crossings and improved playgrounds to building the world’s most successful Living Wage movement.

We are horrified by this attack on Yom Kippur, a holy day of peace and reflection for the Jewish community. Our hearts are with those grieving and afraid.

We welcome the Health Secretary taking pay for social care workers seriously, but three years is a long time to wait. For years, Citizens UK leaders have been campaigning for a real Living Wage that reflects the skilled and demanding nature of care work. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Today, as always, we stand in solidarity with our neighbours - no matter their status, or where they were born. Up and down the country, our communities are filled with people who have migrated to the UK and made this country their home.

Nkem’s story is one many carers share. When carers earn a real Living Wage, they can spend more quality time with their children and families. 💙 Learn more about the difference a real Living Wage would make for carers in the link below- bit.ly/3VSk0qG #ProfessionalCarersWeek

We were delighted to join the North London Citizens Listening event @finchleyreform.bsky.social as members of @citizensuk.org. It was an inspiring event where 130 people from schools, faith groups, foodbanks & community organisations came together to share ideas & build campaigns for justice.

We attended the #HousingCommunitySummit to spotlight our report ‘A long way from home’ on temporary accommodation. Citizens UK leaders are calling for: the Five Basics, joined-up support & less time in TA. Read the report 👇 www.citizensuk.org/about-us/new...

🌡️ The UK just had its warmest summer ever. 5.5 million children live in homes at risk of overheating, says @resfoundation. For many, home is no longer a safe haven. Keisha’s flat hits 43°C, & air conditioning is out of reach. We need to future-proof homes. 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🗣️ How can we shape the future of student mental health through people, not just policy? With @studentmindsorg.bsky.social, we’re training students in community organising to build power and take action on the underlying causes of poor mental health. Find out how: wonkhe.com/blogs-sus/st...

💬 “Everyone mattered. Every voice lit up the room.” Young leaders from West London Citizens brought their safety campaign to life at the Youth Assembly. Now the park’s being redesigned, & relationships are growing with MPs, schools & allies. Read the blog: www.citizensuk.org/chapters/wes...

Young Somerset Citizens leaders have led a powerful campaign to make their local park in Taunton safer. Read more,on how young leaders, leading community action is helping transform their local town🏘️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #SomersetCitizens #MakingChange

One year on from the riots of 2024. Today UCL Policy Lab @citizensuk.org and @moreincommonuk.bsky.social launch a new report as part of the This Place Matters project on the future of social cohesion. Covered by Anoosh Chakelian in the @newstatesman.com. www.newstatesman.com/cover-story/...

🎉 Campaign Win 🎉 Citizens Cymru Wales celebrates £1 bus fares for all children and young people in Wales. Following months of organising, ages five to 15 will now be included in the Welsh Govt’s pilot scheme. Find out how they made it happen: www.citizensuk.org/about-us/new...

3 years on from the London Olympics, we ask: did the Games really deliver the promise of regeneration to local communities? ✍️ @pennybernstock.bsky.social, co-chair of the East London Citizens Olympic Strategy Group, writes for The Big Issue. www.bigissue.com/news/social-...

🎉 Win! All 16 and 17-year-olds will be able to vote at the next general election! Citizens UK is delighted that the voting age will be lowered across the UK, which means around 1.5 million 16 and 17-year-olds will be able to vote at the next general election.

Big day today at Dixons with @citizensuk.org to mark one year since the general election. First up this morning, Bradford Citizens spoke to @annelongfield.bsky.social about anti-racism and inclusion in schools. Students from four school trusts shared the proposals they've worked up. Thanks Anne!

You're never too young to create change in your communities! 💪 From today, community leaders across Citizens UK chapters have been leading assemblies on #mentalhealth, #housing, #citizenship & more! Stay tuned for updates!

🗣️ “Instead of helping people thrive, our immigration system creates barriers to opportunity, belonging and dignity for those entitled to be here.” @warinderjussmp.bsky.social on #PathwayToCitizenship campaign. Watch the full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmPa... #RootedToRecognised

It was an absolute joy to meet Pope Leo XIV this week in Rome. Papal endorsement for our work at @citizensuk.org - huge thanks to everyone who has been part of this journey. The next steps are already being planned - Catholic schools with community organising at their heart.

We can’t end poverty, homelessness, or inequality without fixing the UK’s broken citizenship system. This week, community leaders met MPs in the Citizenship Network to share their experiences of a broken immigration system & ways to tackle it together. www.citizensuk.org/campaigns/mi...

Today, a delegation of community leaders from @citizensuk.org chapters across the country met Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican City. During the encounter, he signed a picture given to him by schoolchildren from St Antony's Primary School in East London.

Wonderful moment of recognition as the organising work of @citizensuk.org alliances was recognised by Pope Leo today. Great to be able to share with him the amazing work that’s going on in our city!

📸 Ordinary people, extraordinary change. From winning cheaper bus fares to welcoming refugees, the 'All Rise' photo exhibition showed how communities from Tyne & Wear Citizens are organising for change - rooted in faith & action. 👇 www.indcatholicnews.com/news/52574

Nottingham Citizen's veteran community leader, Reverend Clive Foster MBE, has been announced as the first Windrush commissioner by the Government. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

What can this Government actually do to reduce poverty for migrant children? Find out in our briefing with @citizensuk.org and @migration-exchange.bsky.social⬇️ www.praxis.org.uk/briefings/nr...

🏠 In hot summer spells and cold winter snaps, our homes should protect us. Cardiff Citizens ran their first energy action workshop: practical advice on common housing issues, and a united push for long-term change with the council. Find out more: www.citizensuk.org/chapters/cym...

Why do so many people in Britain feel disconnected from society? Polling part for This Place Matters with @uclpolicylab.bsky.social and @moreincommonuk.bsky.social finds key drivers including wealth inequality, the cost of living & remote working. Read the story 👇 news.sky.com/story/people...

🎉 Great to see 27% of Next shareholders back @shareaction.bsky.social’s‬ call for transparency on how many workers earn below the real #LivingWage. With so many struggling to make ends meet, more businesses must step up & pay wages people can live on. Read more 👉 shareaction.org/news/investo...

👉 See local and national coverage of our new report with @trustforlondon.bsky.social on the UK’s temporary accommodation (TA) crisis. TA should be a lifeline for those who need it, yet thousands of families are stuck in a broken system. One in 49 Londoners is homeless and in TA.

A powerful launch event of our new report with @trustforlondon.bsky.social on the #TemporaryAccommodation crisis in the UK. Community leaders, MPs, and partners came together at our roundtable to demand better for those in TA. Read the report: citizensuk.contentfiles.net/media/docume...

Great research from @citizensuk.org & @trustforlondon.bsky.social . A quote from a frontline worker from our research described what it's really like for families living in temporary accommodation ⬇️

Horrendous findings in this research from @citizensuk.org - more than 70,000 households now living in temporary accommodation across London. Some children spend their whole childhoods there, living alongside homeless pensioners well into their 90s in some cases www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...

🚨 A new report launched today 'A long way from home: Improving the experiences of people in temporary accommodation' by @citizensuk.org & @trustforlondon.bsky.social reveals the dire realities of #TemporaryAccommodation (TA) in the UK. Thousands of families are trapped in a broken system. 🧵

We believe the UK should offer dignity and security to all those for whom this country is home. The Government’s recent Immigration White Paper misses that mark. "Fairness, kindness and opportunity go hand in hand. We deserve better than this false choice." Vyga, Nottingham Citizens.

🎉 Great to see London Citizens' campaign for more accessible travel for people seeking asylum feature in the Evening Standard! 👏 This win is a step toward a London for everyone & shows the power of communities coming together to deliver change. www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...

Nice write up in Standard of the @citizensuk.org celebration of easier access to existing young and older peoples’ travel concessions for Asylum Seekers at City Hall on Friday. “Is there room on the bus?” “For all of us”

Wonderful to be at City Hall with @citizensuk.org standing in love and solidarity with community leaders, faith groups, and charities—united in our call for free bus travel for asylum seekers. This would allow people to move beyond survival and start rebuilding their lives #roomonthebus4allofus

This is people power in action. 🔥 One year since the launch of the #LondonCitizens manifesto, community leaders gathered to celebrate big wins & hold decision-makers accountable on #MigrantJustice & the real #LivingWage. 🧵

We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Pope Francis. He will be remembered for his compassion, humility, & tireless commitment to justice. Our thoughts are with all those mourning his loss, especially the Catholic community & all those he inspired.