When Sierra Leone launched the EVERY ONE campaign to save more children’s lives, it didn’t want to fall back on the tired, standard formula of simply pointing out a problem and looking to the government for solutions. What they really wanted, was CHANGE.
Following the success of the vaccines campaign earlier this year campaigners stopped only to catch their breath before crying: Vaccines won’t inject themselves Mr Cameron – the world needs more health workers!
A group of inspiring local campaigners from Witney, Oxfordshire, went to meet their local MP, Prime Minister David Cameron.
With the UN General Assembly (UNGA) fast approaching, we’ve been ensuring that the UK government not only attends the meeting but makes commitments to fund, train and deploy more health workers. We’ve been all over the country this summer asking people to take action, including signing our petition, adding voices to our audio/visual Time for Action campaign and holding local events with campaigners across the country.
A seasoned campaigner writes about the importance of our Tea time for Change lobby of Parliament on 9 June.
Just like making that perfect cup of tea, a successful campaign requires time, skill and dedication.
We’re preparing the tea, hanging the bunting and choosing the biscuits for this weekend’s Tea Time for Change training day. If you haven’t signed up yet, there is still time! This training day is open to anyone keen to learn new campaigning skills and get top tips for meeting their MP.
Here’s our videoblog from the end of the G20 Summit in Seoul. In it we talk about what we achieved here, what still needs to be done, and how Adrian managed to get a conversation that started with his being asked “do you know where the plates are?” to end with him being asked to go on primetime TV.
Adrian Lovett and I are at the G20 Summit in Seoul – reminding leaders that the economic crisis is a crisis for the poorest children most of all, and urging a global recovery package rooted in investing in children’s potential. Here’s our latest video blog from the summit. Hope you enjoy.
As I stumbled out of bed on Saturday at 5.30am, leaving my husband, head face-down in his pillow and my 20 month-old son and daughter still happily in dreamland, I was relieved that the day had finally arrived. Having talked about doing “grassroots campaigning” with Save the Children groups for years, we were finally doing it. But would it actually all come together…
