Wondering what to give the passionate changemaker in your life… including yourself?! Here is a list of ideas to get you started.
Gift Ideas
Support the Causes They are Passionate About
If you want to show care and appreciation for people working for justice – get on board with them!
Say Thank you and investigate the campaigns and organisations they support and consider volunteering or donating.
- If getting involved in social change is a new adventure check out these Tips for New Activists.
Give some Reading Inspiration
Buy yourself or others an inspiring book!
For adults:
- Books to Read if you are Interested in Activism, Social Change & Justice
- See book reviews on the Commons to give you ideas.
- Books about Women and Leadership
For kids and teens:
- How to inspire a young activist? A collection of books for kids and teens
- Understanding Politics, Government, Elections and Activism Through Books for Australian Children
Have a Film Night
Watch inspirational films together with others or have some down time for yourself. We have collated lists for you:
- Films about social movement struggles, victories and leaders
- Insider Outsider Activism: Films to Inspire
- Films about Women & Social Change
- Documentary Films for Social Change
Look after their Wellbeing
Changing the world is hard work and we need to look after ourselves and each other for the long haul.
- Consider giving a voucher for a massage, health treatment, exercise class, or delicious food.
- Help them reflect on this big year with Reviewing your activist year processes and worksheets.
- Plus plenty more wellbeing resources here.
Pay for a Training Session
Set them up for a powerful new year by booking them into a training or give them a voucher they can redeem from you later. You can also ‘pay it forward’ by sponsoring a place for an unknown low income activist.
- Many of the Commons Collection contributors run training – see the Collections on our Browse page for ideas, for example, Australian Progress training.
- Also, browse the worldwide Training Directory collated by the Democracy Resource Hub.
Support the Commons
- Make sure the activists in your life know about the Commons Library, to help make their change efforts smarter and stronger.
- You can also give a gift that keeps on giving – donate to the Commons so we can put more resources in the hands of activists!
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