It’s a busy time!
Well, after a slow and relaxing summer, things have really picked up for me this autumn! I am continuing in my role at Detention Forum, but I am also supporting the Refugee Council in the UK for a few months …
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Campaigning with your heart and your head
I recently came back from Almaty in Kazakhstan, where I was running an advocacy campaigns workshop for parent groups across the country. It was great to have the opportunity to do this in person, despite the temperature being 36 degrees! …
Climate refugees?
Over the past few months I have been doing some work for a global organisation working to support refugees to help them think through some of the advocacy angles around the challenge of climate change. This is a really important …
How do you make a campaign take off?
One question that I have been thinking quite a lot about over last few months is how do you make a campaign take off? In a lot of my work around the world, my initial focus for support is helping …
Biggest online assignment
Back in 2017 I was invited by the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) to develop an advocacy training programme for use around the world. After we had piloted it in Nepal, it was launched in 2018 and has, …
Digital advocacy
The final issue which we explored at the recent Helvetas workshop in Northern Macedonia with colleagues from across the Balkans was digital advocacy campaigns. In this short video, I offer some reflections on some simple principles for effective advocacy campaigns …
Polarised environments
Another issue which we explored at the recent Helvetas workshop in Northern Macedonia with colleagues from across the Balkans was running advocacy campaigns in polarised environments. Sadly this is the reality for many people around the world trying to run …
Future story video
Late last year I had the good fortune to travel out to Lake Ohrid in North Macedonia to support a regional advocacy workshop run by the Swiss INGO, Helvetas. This regional network had been running for several years and was …
Impact in Honduras
Firstly, I’d like to wish all the readers of my blog a happy New Year! I can only wish that we all have a better year and that travel once again becomes a possibility for those of us who can …
2021 what a year!
Despite all of the craziness of 2021, I have somehow managed to have an incredible year. My international work has grown wider even though I have only made one trip to North Macedonia for Helvetas in October. To give some …