435:(ICO) as part of its Centre for Civil Society (established in 2010) in response to growing demands for its training. The ICO is the first operating division of the Centre and was established to offer a series of training opportunities for those who wish to make community organising a full or part-time career and also for Community Leaders who wish to learn the broad philosophy and skills of community organising and who are in a position to put them into practice in their institutions and neighbourhoods. The Institute provides training and consultancy on a commercial basis to other agencies which wish to employ the skills and techniques of community organising in their institutions. The ICO has an Academic Advisory Board and an International Professional Advisory Body drawn from the global network of Community Organising Institutes in the UK (Citizens UK), USA (Industrial Areas Foundation) and Germany (DICO).
244:
established. Over time larger campaigns were undertaken. Before
Mayoral elections for the Greater London Authority in 2000, 2004 and 2008 major Accountability Assemblies were held with the main mayoral candidates. They were asked to support London Citizens and work with them on issues such as London Living Wage; an amnesty for undocumented migrants; safer cities initiatives and development of community land trust housing. South London Citizens held a citizens enquiry into the working of the Home Office department at Lunar House and its impact on the lives of refugees and migrants. This resulted in the building of a new visitor centre at Lunar House in Croydon.
407:
General
Election a major campaign was mounted over the number of children being held in detention with their families seeking refugee status. Over 1,000 children were being detained annually. Promises to end this practice were made by all three political leaders at the General Election Accountability Assembly held by Citizens UK in May 2010 at Westminster Central Hall. This resulted in the ending of the practice of holding children of refugee families in detention by the Coalition government and a law was passed in 2014 to prohibit this.
375:, Citizens lobbied to gain a lasting legacy for Londoners from the billions of pound to be spent. Following on from hundreds of one-to-one meetings and a listening campaign across member institutions, in 2004 London Citizens signed an agreement with the London 2012 bid team, which specified what the people of East London could expect in return for their support in hosting the Olympic Games. The People's Promises, as they are known, had the following demands:
176:
working multiple jobs and still struggling to make ends meet. Leaders organised rallies, charity music gigs and actions calling for employers to pay all staff and contracted staff a real Living Wage. A march down the Mile End road was organised calling for all staff working in East London hospitals to be a paid a Living Wage. These hospitals were among the first employers to join the movement, followed by local schools and big City firms.
38:
260:
was a political advocacy campaign by London
Citizens which ran from February 2007 to May 2010. The campaign called for undocumented migrants in the United Kingdom to receive a work permit if they had been resident for four years. The campaign became definitively and formally defunct in the year 2013.
228:
is the largest civil alliance in the
Citizens UK network. The oldest of the four London chapters is The East London Communities Organisation, better known as "TELCO", formed in 1996 at a founding assembly gathering over 1,300 people from 30 different institutions. The other London Chapters are South
193:
when all three leaders of the UK's three largest political parties addressed a large meeting of its members in what it billed as the "fourth debate", in reference to the three TV debates. Each candidate for Prime
Minister was questioned on stage concerning their willingness to work with Citizens UK
406:
Citizens UK set up the
Independent Asylum Commission to investigate widespread concern about the way refugees and asylum seekers were being treated by the UK Borders Agency. The report made a series of over 200 recommendations for change which are still being negotiated. In the lead up to the 2010
148:
The organisation has 18 chapters across
England and one in Wales. These are made up of local institutions, including schools, universities, churches, mosques, synagogues, parent groups, health trusts, charities, and unions. They also support a Guild of Community Organisers and the Centre for Civil
175:
campaign. Members from schools, mosques, churches and other local civil society institutions came together to discuss issues in their local community. Low pay was one of the key issues that consistently came up. At the time, the London minimum wage was £3.70 an hour which meant some people were
339:
Launched in 2001, the Living Wage campaign calls for every worker in the country to earn enough to provide their family with the essentials of life. As a result of the campaign's success, other cities began to adopt the campaign and
Citizens UK set up the Living Wage Foundation (LWF) in 2011 to
243:
London
Citizens has in its four chapters over 240 organisations in membership. In local neighbourhoods small actions are undertaken such as those to prevent a factory from contaminating the area with noxious smells, stopping drug dealing in school neighbourhoods and getting safe road crossings
152:
They have worked on several campaigns, including building up over £2 billion of wages through the UK Living Wage campaign, winning a legal cap on the cost of credit, and ending the detention of children for immigration purposes. They have previously campaigns in areas including the Living Wage
217:. Community organising and the role of the professional Community Organiser is seen as working out how to take back power from the State and the Market by holding them accountable. In a democratic society there is a need for a genuine public discourse concerning justice and the common good.
167:
The first branch of
Citizens UK was in East London. This was an alliance of organisations in Dagenham, Hackney, Newham, Redridge and Tower Hamlets. They became known as The East London Communities Organisation (TELCO). Other branches followed throughout London.
194:
if elected. Each undertook to work with Citizens UK and come to future assemblies to give account of work achieved. In particular they agreed to work to introduce the Living Wage and to end the practice of holding children of refugee families in detention.
422:
In 2022, Citizens UK started the Communities for Ukraine scheme in response to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. As of February 2023, the scheme had resettled more than 700 Ukrainian refugees in the UK.
938:
432:
153:
Foundation, Parents and Communities Together (PACT), and Sponsor Refugees. In 2023, campaigns include Climate Change, Homelessness, Housing, anti-Misogyny and school-based counselling.
347:
Rates are independently calculated every year to meet the real cost of living with an hourly London rate and another rate for the UK, outside London. In the capital it is set by the
164:
Citizens UK formed in 1989 by Neil Jameson and was originally known as the Citizens Organising Foundation (COF). Jameson was the Executive Director of the organisation until 2018.
205:
Citizens UK works to build permanent alliances of citizens to exercise power in society. It sees its role in the UK's political system as determinant of the distinction between
359:. Since launching the campaign has accredited 12,000 employers to pay the living wage and has won over £2 billion of additional wages, lifting over 430,000 people out of
882:
895:
1051:
415:
At the height of the Syrian refugee crisis in September 2015, Citizens UK called for the introduction of sponsorship of refugees based on the Canadian model of
978:
281:
419:. This was launched in July 2016. Citizens UK Foundation for Community Sponsorship of Refugees (Sponsor Refugees) was established in October 2017.
385:
The University of East London to be main higher education beneficiary of the sports legacy and to consider becoming a Sports Centre of Excellence.
634:
796:
912:
1041:
483:
590:
1046:
924:
298:
190:
102:
310:
711:
601:
74:
734:
273:
953:
694:
658:
121:
179:
The campaign has since won over £2 billion of additional wages, lifting over 430,000 people out of working poverty.
1036:
81:
939:"'Communities for Ukraine' scheme celebrates resettlement of over 700 Ukrainian refugees on invasion anniversary"
17:
982:
450:
In 2023, the organisation runs online and in-person training courses. Several of these are in partnership with
59:
451:
306:
88:
294:
55:
70:
356:
778:
844:
671:
624:
495:
293:
The campaign attempted to influence the policies of the political parties and candidates in both the
269:
800:
394:
That the Lower Lea Valley is designated a 'Living Wage Zone' and all jobs guaranteed a living wage.
382:
Money from the Olympic development to be set aside to improve local schools and the health service.
348:
352:
48:
334:
302:
444:
416:
277:
443:
In 2013, Citizens UK created a Master's course in Community Organising in affiliation with
8:
236:, an urban Community Land Trust and CitySafe havens in high streets as a way of tackling
95:
372:
290:
newspaper, all three being enthusiastic supporters of the political advocacy campaign.
229:
London Citizens (2004), West London Citizens (2005), and North London Citizens (2011).
214:
602:
https://www.london.cylex-uk.co.uk/company/citizen-organising-foundation-15611736.html
237:
722:
301:. During the London mayoral election, the campaign was supportively endorsed by the
156:
In September 2018, Matthew Bolton became the new Executive Director of Citizens UK.
647:
612:
232:
London Citizens' most high-profile campaigns included those to establish a London
760:
318:
314:
286:
265:
210:
351:. The rate outside London is calculated by the Minimum Income Standard team at
183:
1030:
579:
341:
322:
206:
822:
738:
276:, and as such had strong links with amongst others the Cardinal Archbishop,
706:
689:
629:
360:
233:
172:
568:
371:
When it was announced that London would bid to be the host city for the
470:
845:"Media - key information and statistics | Living Wage Foundation"
496:"Media - key information and statistics | Living Wage Foundation"
410:
1003:
37:
551:
137:
is a grassroots alliance of local communities working together in
530:
512:
138:
894:
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (31 March 2007).
142:
1019:
858:
712:
General election 2010: Battered Gordon Brown finds his voice
672:"People can play their part in the governance of the nation"
625:"People can play their part in the governance of the nation"
954:"ChangeMaker Chat with Jonathan Cox: Scale and Organising"
951:
952:
Tattersall, Amanda; ChangeMakers; Cox, Jonathan (2021).
189:
The organisation came to national prominence during the
197:
The youngest branch of Citizens UK is in Peterborough.
426:
484:
UK Charity Commission website, Retrieved 2023-05-23
411:
Sponsor Refugees & Community Sponsorship scheme
62:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
1004:Citizens UK training website, Retrieved 2023-05-23
659:The Guardian Newspaper website ‘’Citizens’s Gain’’
388:At least £2m set aside for a Construction Academy.
823:"[The] Mail pays Church aide libel costs"
797:"London Mayoral Election 2012 | Citizens UK"
282:Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales
1028:
401:
391:At least 30% of jobs set aside for local people.
379:Permanently affordable homes for local people.
268:, a former director of public affairs for the
27:UK broad-based community organising alliance
893:
1052:Recipients of the European Citizen's Prize
366:
252:
182:In 2005, organisation opened an office in
723:Citizens UK website, Retrieved 2023-05-23
398:In 2023, the demands have yet to be met.
328:
122:Learn how and when to remove this message
340:provide companies with intelligence and
669:
507:
505:
200:
14:
1029:
546:
544:
502:
191:2010 United Kingdom general election
60:adding citations to reliable sources
31:
1042:Progressivism in the United Kingdom
883:Citizens UK website, Olympic Legacy
637:from the original on 17 April 2023.
541:
24:
433:Institute for Community Organising
427:Institute for Community Organising
317:in their personal capacity, being
220:
171:In 2001, TELCO launched the real
25:
1063:
1011:
825:. BBC News, BBC. 30 January 2009
36:
997:
971:
945:
931:
917:
906:
887:
876:
851:
837:
815:
789:
771:
753:
727:
716:
699:
682:
670:Jameson, Neil (24 March 2010).
663:
652:
641:
617:
606:
595:
274:Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor
47:needs additional citations for
584:
573:
562:
523:
488:
477:
463:
264:The campaign was organised by
13:
1:
1047:Organisations based in London
958:Commons Social Change Library
859:"London Community Land Trust"
457:
452:Newman University, Birmingham
402:Independent Asylum Commission
295:2008 London mayoral election
247:
7:
863:London Community Land Trust
438:
10:
1068:
735:"TELCO | Citizens UK"
357:Joseph Rowntree Foundation
332:
159:
979:"MA Community Organising"
925:"Communities for Ukraine"
270:Archbishop of Westminster
513:"Living Wage Foundation"
349:Greater London Authority
1037:Community organizations
431:Citizens UK set up the
367:People's Olympic Legacy
353:Loughborough University
258:Strangers into Citizens
253:Strangers into Citizens
517:Living Wage Foundation
335:Living Wage Foundation
329:Living Wage Foundation
695:General election 2010
591:Civil Society website
445:Queen Mary University
417:community sponsorship
299:2010 general election
278:Westminster Cathedral
240:and street violence.
201:Political philosophy
56:improve this article
913:Citizens UK website
896:"Sponsor a refugee"
803:on 6 September 2013
648:Citizens UK website
613:Citizens UK website
569:Citizens UK website
355:, supported by the
315:Mayoralty of London
313:candidates for the
552:"Sponsor Refugees"
373:2012 Olympic Games
985:on 5 October 2013
633:. 24 March 2010.
303:Liberal Democrats
132:
131:
124:
106:
16:(Redirected from
1059:
1023:
1022:
1020:Official website
1006:
1001:
995:
994:
992:
990:
981:. Archived from
975:
969:
968:
966:
964:
949:
943:
942:
935:
929:
928:
921:
915:
910:
904:
903:
891:
885:
880:
874:
873:
871:
869:
855:
849:
848:
841:
835:
834:
832:
830:
819:
813:
812:
810:
808:
799:. Archived from
793:
787:
786:
775:
769:
768:
757:
751:
750:
748:
746:
737:. Archived from
731:
725:
720:
714:
703:
697:
686:
680:
679:
667:
661:
656:
650:
645:
639:
638:
621:
615:
610:
604:
599:
593:
588:
582:
580:Official website
577:
571:
566:
560:
559:
556:Sponsor Refugees
548:
539:
538:
527:
521:
520:
509:
500:
499:
492:
486:
481:
475:
474:
471:"Local Chapters"
467:
127:
120:
116:
113:
107:
105:
64:
40:
32:
21:
1067:
1066:
1062:
1061:
1060:
1058:
1057:
1056:
1027:
1026:
1018:
1017:
1014:
1009:
1002:
998:
988:
986:
977:
976:
972:
962:
960:
950:
946:
937:
936:
932:
923:
922:
918:
911:
907:
892:
888:
881:
877:
867:
865:
857:
856:
852:
843:
842:
838:
828:
826:
821:
820:
816:
806:
804:
795:
794:
790:
777:
776:
772:
759:
758:
754:
744:
742:
741:on 9 April 2012
733:
732:
728:
721:
717:
704:
700:
687:
683:
668:
664:
657:
653:
646:
642:
623:
622:
618:
611:
607:
600:
596:
589:
585:
578:
574:
567:
563:
550:
549:
542:
529:
528:
524:
511:
510:
503:
494:
493:
489:
482:
478:
469:
468:
464:
460:
441:
429:
413:
404:
369:
361:working poverty
337:
331:
319:Ken Livingstone
287:Catholic Herald
266:Austen Ivereigh
255:
250:
226:London Citizens
223:
221:London Citizens
203:
162:
128:
117:
111:
108:
65:
63:
53:
41:
28:
23:
22:
18:London Citizens
15:
12:
11:
5:
1065:
1055:
1054:
1049:
1044:
1039:
1025:
1024:
1013:
1012:External links
1010:
1008:
1007:
996:
970:
944:
930:
916:
905:
886:
875:
850:
836:
814:
788:
770:
761:"South London"
752:
726:
715:
710:, 3 May 2010,
698:
693:, 4 May 2010,
681:
662:
651:
640:
616:
605:
594:
583:
572:
561:
540:
522:
501:
487:
476:
461:
459:
456:
440:
437:
428:
425:
412:
409:
403:
400:
396:
395:
392:
389:
386:
383:
380:
368:
365:
333:Main article:
330:
327:
325:respectively.
254:
251:
249:
246:
222:
219:
202:
199:
184:Birmingham, UK
161:
158:
130:
129:
44:
42:
35:
26:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1064:
1053:
1050:
1048:
1045:
1043:
1040:
1038:
1035:
1034:
1032:
1021:
1016:
1015:
1005:
1000:
984:
980:
974:
959:
955:
948:
940:
934:
926:
920:
914:
909:
901:
900:www.canada.ca
897:
890:
884:
879:
864:
860:
854:
846:
840:
824:
818:
802:
798:
792:
784:
780:
779:"West London"
774:
766:
762:
756:
740:
736:
730:
724:
719:
713:
709:
708:
702:
696:
692:
691:
685:
677:
673:
666:
660:
655:
649:
644:
636:
632:
631:
626:
620:
614:
609:
603:
598:
592:
587:
581:
576:
570:
565:
557:
553:
547:
545:
536:
532:
526:
518:
514:
508:
506:
497:
491:
485:
480:
472:
466:
462:
455:
453:
448:
446:
436:
434:
424:
420:
418:
408:
399:
393:
390:
387:
384:
381:
378:
377:
376:
374:
364:
362:
358:
354:
350:
345:
343:
342:accreditation
336:
326:
324:
323:Boris Johnson
320:
316:
312:
308:
304:
300:
296:
291:
289:
288:
283:
279:
275:
271:
267:
262:
259:
245:
241:
239:
235:
230:
227:
218:
216:
212:
208:
207:Civil Society
198:
195:
192:
187:
185:
180:
177:
174:
169:
165:
157:
154:
150:
146:
144:
140:
136:
126:
123:
115:
112:February 2017
104:
101:
97:
94:
90:
87:
83:
80:
76:
73: –
72:
71:"Citizens UK"
68:
67:Find sources:
61:
57:
51:
50:
45:This article
43:
39:
34:
33:
30:
19:
999:
989:17 September
987:. Retrieved
983:the original
973:
961:. Retrieved
957:
947:
933:
919:
908:
899:
889:
878:
866:. Retrieved
862:
853:
839:
827:. Retrieved
817:
807:17 September
805:. Retrieved
801:the original
791:
782:
773:
764:
755:
743:. Retrieved
739:the original
729:
718:
707:The Guardian
705:
701:
690:The Guardian
688:
684:
676:The Guardian
675:
665:
654:
643:
630:The Guardian
628:
619:
608:
597:
586:
575:
564:
555:
534:
525:
516:
490:
479:
465:
449:
442:
430:
421:
414:
405:
397:
370:
346:
338:
311:Conservative
292:
285:
263:
257:
256:
242:
231:
225:
224:
204:
196:
188:
181:
178:
170:
166:
163:
155:
151:
147:
134:
133:
118:
109:
99:
92:
85:
78:
66:
54:Please help
49:verification
46:
29:
783:Citizens UK
765:Citizens UK
297:and in the
238:knife crime
234:living wage
173:Living Wage
135:Citizens UK
1031:Categories
829:30 October
745:24 January
458:References
149:Society.
82:newspapers
678:. London.
248:Campaigns
209:from the
635:Archived
439:Training
305:and the
284:and the
213:and the
963:23 June
868:7 March
160:History
139:England
96:scholar
531:"PACT"
307:Labour
280:, the
215:Market
98:
91:
84:
77:
69:
211:State
143:Wales
103:JSTOR
89:books
991:2013
965:2022
870:2016
831:2013
809:2013
747:2012
535:PACT
321:and
309:and
141:and
75:news
344:.
186:.
58:by
1033::
956:.
898:.
861:.
781:.
763:.
674:.
627:.
554:.
543:^
533:.
515:.
504:^
454:.
447:.
363:.
272:,
145:.
993:.
967:.
941:.
927:.
902:.
872:.
847:.
833:.
811:.
785:.
767:.
749:.
558:.
537:.
519:.
498:.
473:.
125:)
119:(
114:)
110:(
100:·
93:·
86:·
79:·
52:.
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
