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Campaign Starter Pack

Introduction

The ones who believe they can change the world are the ones who do.

This Campaign Starter Pack from Campaign Bootcamp UK contains information, inspiration and activity sheets, based on the experience and knowledge of people who have fought for change. They are designed to help people who need to make change happen in their communities to achieve it. The essentials covered in this Campaign Starter Pack include:

  1. Planning
  2. Finding out
  3. Working well together
  4. Reaching Out to Others
  5. How the System Works
  6. Putting Pressure on People in Power

As a set of tools we hope these resources will help you to use your experience, energy and resources to maximum effect, and to support you to achieve your goals.

Contents

  1. Planning a Campaign
    This sheet will guide you through the first steps in setting up a campaign, thinking through the key questions you need to answer to know what you want to achieve and how you’re going to do it.
  2. Getting Organised
    Most campaigns fail because the teams working on them didn’t think about how they’d work together. This section gives you the steps for making sure you are organised as a group.
  3. Finding Out
    The research behind a campaign is essential to making sure you can achieve the change you want to see. This section will help you think through the key areas you’ll need to research.
  4. Reaching out to Others
    No one is an island! To achieve the change you want to see you’ll need to reach out to other people. This section will help you take the first steps in finding other people to support your campaign.
  5. How the System Works
    This section looks at how political decisions are made in the UK and how you can influence them.v
  6. Putting Pressure on People in Power
    Once you have planned your campaign and started organising a group it’s time to turn the heat up and start putting pressure on those in power. This section will help you take steps to put pressure on those with power to help you achieve your change.

Campaign Starter Pack Excerpts

Here are a few sneak peeks into the starter pack.

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Campaign Starter Pack

About the Author

Campaign Bootcamp was a UK-based charity that gave people the skills, confidence and community to run powerful campaigns. The organisation, which closed in March 2022, ran campaigning training for marginalised activists and communities. You can still access their amazing collection of resources via the legacy website and the Commons Library.

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