Welcome to the Lobbying & Advocacy topic in the Commons Social Change Library. This article guides you through a wide range of materials to inform the public in relation to lobbying, advocacy and policy-making.
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Government – Members of Parliament MP – Meeting
Lobbying Playbook: How to Guides, Stories and Examples
This guide is useful for anyone who is new to lobbying and wants to learn more. It includes how to guides, stories and examples.
Make the First 100 Days Count: Steps for Holding the New Government Accountable
Resources gathered to make the first 100 days count after an election and hold the new government to account and bring about change.
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Rights for Moms [Bravo Za Mama]: Serbian campaign case study
An empowering case study of how hundreds of mums in Serbia lobbied their government MPs to fix a maternity leave payment problem.
How to Present a Petition to Parliament
A guide developed by ActionStation to support community members with petitions. Some information is specific to the New Zealand parliamentary system and OurActionStation petition platform but many of the steps are relevant for other circumstances.
How to get your Local MP to Listen to Your Community: ACF Community Toolkit
This toolkit describes the nuts and bolts of implementing advocacy tactics to put pressure on your local state or federal MP and to plan effective campaigns locally.
Lobbying Workshop Guide
A process guide to be used in training workshops and planning sessions to introduce participants to lobbying in an experiential way; identify lobbying as just one tool in a community organiser’s toolkit of skills and techniques for change; provide resources and information for future reference.
Lobbying: A Tactic for Social Change
Lobbying is one method of raising public awareness of an issue and enlists support for a particular cause. The objective of lobbying is to persuade decision makers to take or not to take particular actions. This handout covers the skills, knowledge and qualities of effective lobbyists, as well as the essential steps to preparing for lobbying.
The Unicorn Activity: Political Lobbying Role Play
This role play activity outlines an interactive session to help people experience a political lobbying meeting, in a light-hearted way. The role play involves people being from either the Minister for Magical Creatures, or the NGO “Unicorn Revive”.
Lobbying and Advocacy: Start Here
Welcome to the Lobbying & Advocacy topic in the Commons Social Change Library. This article guides you through a wide range of materials to inform the public in relation to lobbying, advocacy and policy-making.
Lobbying Playbook: How to Guides, Stories and Examples
This guide is useful for anyone who is new to lobbying and wants to learn more. It includes how to guides, stories and examples.
Make the First 100 Days Count: Steps for Holding the New Government Accountable
Resources gathered to make the first 100 days count after an election and hold the new government to account and bring about change.
Rights for Moms [Bravo Za Mama]: Serbian campaign case study
An empowering case study of how hundreds of mums in Serbia lobbied their government MPs to fix a maternity leave payment problem.
How to Present a Petition to Parliament
A guide developed by ActionStation to support community members with petitions. Some information is specific to the New Zealand parliamentary system and OurActionStation petition platform but many of the steps are relevant for other circumstances.
How to get your Local MP to Listen to Your Community: ACF Community Toolkit
This toolkit describes the nuts and bolts of implementing advocacy tactics to put pressure on your local state or federal MP and to plan effective campaigns locally.
Lobbying Workshop Guide
A process guide to be used in training workshops and planning sessions to introduce participants to lobbying in an experiential way; identify lobbying as just one tool in a community organiser’s toolkit of skills and techniques for change; provide resources and information for future reference.
Lobbying: A Tactic for Social Change
Lobbying is one method of raising public awareness of an issue and enlists support for a particular cause. The objective of lobbying is to persuade decision makers to take or not to take particular actions. This handout covers the skills, knowledge and qualities of effective lobbyists, as well as the essential steps to preparing for lobbying.
The Unicorn Activity: Political Lobbying Role Play
This role play activity outlines an interactive session to help people experience a political lobbying meeting, in a light-hearted way. The role play involves people being from either the Minister for Magical Creatures, or the NGO “Unicorn Revive”.