By Jonathan Cox This week marks the launch of ‘Sponsor Refugees – the Citizens UK Foundation for Community Sponsorship of Refugees’.  The whole of our staff, membership and movement will be asked how they can promote the Foundation’s work by encouraging more groups to come forward and resettle a Syrian family through community sponsorship. There … Continue reading Five Ways Community Sponsorship of Syrian Refugees Makes Organising Sense

After 3 and a half years learning the craft of organising, I am both becoming competent at its basic skills and, by reading and observing experienced organisers, beginning to understand what I don’t know. Jane McAlevey, veteran US union organiser, sets a high organising standard. She has developed scientific systems to identify and develop leaders … Continue reading Mobilising or Organising?

By Neil Grant What did you get up to in the summer? The inevitable question we all get asked at some point. Where did you go? Who did you see? What did you do? Well, I know my answer so far. For the month of July, I occupied myself by having coffee with total strangers. … Continue reading Reflections on my Summer (organising) Internship

I was recently in Jerusalem on a hot Friday afternoon. In a religion-clogged city, I was having a conversation with a student rabbi about whether it was simply a waste of time to follow their chosen vocation, given how many people were turning away from God and Judaism. In 25 years’ time, who would still … Continue reading An atheist reminds us to be proud of our faith institutions