Over the past five years, we have worked for a more connected, aligned and effective civil society through Common Cause, Campaign Lab and a number of other initiatives. We’ve published reports, created toolkits and run hundreds of workshops and training sessions for charities, think tanks, trade unions, artists and grassroots activists. And we’re eternally grateful for all the collaborations, support, and inspirations we’ve had on this journey!
Now, we’re developing a new branch of work and we’re hoping to be able to draw on, build on, and further strengthen these collaborations to create something great …
The Open Framing Project* seeks to give civil society powerful, participatory tools to change cultural stories and achieve lasting, transformational social change.
*Working title!
Summer Residential We recently met in London for our summer residential in the thick of the heatwave to reflect on our new not-quite-flat structure (more on this soon) with Kat Hobbs who supported our first steps towards unflattening last spring.…
The basics of narrative change, framing and testing for progressive social change. Working on communications and creative action when you’re trying to make change at the grassroots can often leave you feeling stretched. We’re rapid-responding, reacting to the latest news…
First, some big internal news — after ten years as a flat structure organisation, we’ve unflattened (just a little). We hope to put our reflections in writing soon; watch this space! You’ll likely know Hannah, previously our Curriculum Lead extraordinaire,…
We ate delicious food, watched Twilight and experimented with new learning styles, in a collective journey towards better UK-based narrative change infrastructure. How can we build communities of learning, growth and care, focused on narrative change? This is the question…
Join us to learn how to talk about modern slavery in ways that builds understanding and sparks effective change. Wednesday 18 December 2024, 12.30 – 14.00 (Online)
The recent wave of far-right extremism in the UK—manifesting as violent riots targeting mosques, places of refuge, Muslims, and people of colour—has been deeply troubling to watch. But for many, ourselves included, the events are unsurprising. These racist attacks resulted from years of divisive narratives pushed by the media and politicians, and repeated excessively throughout UK society.
It’s been five months since we officially launched Building Our Narrative Power (BONP) and began working with our cohort of 14 community organisers, campaigners, and activists. January We hosted our first residential in January, nurturing a space to build trust,…
Since launching Building Our Narrative Power last summer, we have had the incredible opportunity of working with 14 community organisers, campaigners and activists.
On a Wednesday afternoon, just before logging off, I received an email: save the date for a global convening on narrative change that IRIS and Puentes are co-organising this October in Bogotá. A work trip to Colombia? Yes please! The opportunity to learn about narrative change outside of the UK and to learn from global narrative change practitioners felt too good to be true!Â
Who is allowed to know things in our society? Why we need to ensure narrative change is led by those currently excluded from that work.