The Community Organising Fellowship is an intensive training program for experienced campaigners to expand their organising skills and build powerful networks. It’s an immersive six-month program that expands your skills and resources through practical individual and team-based exercises, digging into case studies and other resources, amazing guest speakers, peer learning and mentoring. Applications for the…
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September 3, 2020
Finding (just) what you need
Our collection of resources for campaigners and organisers has almost 1000 downloads and links, shared with us over the last 15 years. To help you find a resource that corresponds to your specific interest or need, be sure to click through to our Build Your Own Toolkit. It’s a quick and easy way to search…
August 27, 2020
Apply now for COF2021
Applications are now open for the 2021 Community Organising Fellowship for social and environmental justice campaigners. The Community Organising Fellowship is Australia’s most intensive training program for experienced campaigners seeking to expand their organising skills and build powerful networks. The Fellowship is an immersive six-month program that expands participants’ capabilities and resources through practical individual and team-based…
July 28, 2020
Cutting the issue: Why campaign on part of a problem?
The Change Agency team have been teaching campaigners to ‘cut the issue’ for 15 years. This strategising process challenges campaigners to differentiate between problems and issues. An issue is part of the problem, and also part of the solution. Our People Power Campaign Strategy Training Guide illustrates this distinction with examples. Under-funded public health is…
June 3, 2020
Build your own campaigner’s toolkit
The Change Agency website has been described as a “treasure trove”, a “one-stop shop” and a “best friend in the drawer”. It’s an extensive resource collection built over two decade. Definitely more than meets the eye. There are multiple ways to find what you’re looking for. The ‘search this site’ window appears on every page….
Lifting the hood on our Comm Org Fellowship
Monitoring and evaluation have been a focal point for the Change Agency’s Community Organising Fellowship since its inception in 2014. In this update, we lift the hood to share what we’re learning about the Fellowship’s impact. Our training team are guided by an evaluation ethos that lifts up transformation above transactions, and that doesn’t simply…
June 1, 2020
Apply now for SMT’s Digital Campaigning Certificate
Discounted registration is now available for the 9-month Digital Campaigning Certificate with Social Movement Technologies starting September 2020. The SMT team are recruiting an Australia-Pacific cohort and have generously offered registrations at one-third the regular rate. Sessions start in September with the option of monthly discussion sessions for an Australian cohort. All 30 sessions will…
April 29, 2020
tCA’s new training guides (drum roll please …)
activist education community organising strategy workshop resources
We’re super proud to announce the 2020 edition of the Campaign Strategy training guide, now available as a download and in beautiful hard copy. The Change Agency team have been designing, collecting and adapting activist education curriculum for more than 15 years. Working with Jason MacLeod and Pasifika, we’ve been striving to transform our combined…
April 21, 2020
Theories of change
A theory of change can help guide campaigners, their teams and communities. A well-crafted theory of change helps align the available energy, keeping your team focused and clear headed about the change you plan to make and how. In our workshops, we often use a basic three-part format to train campaigners to clarify their theory…
March 19, 2020
Covid-19 update
All face-to-face Change Agency workshops, including the launch of our new training guide, have been cancelled. During this time of physical isolation, we remain available to support social change organisations remotely. Contact us if you or your organisation seek support for virtual / remote meetings (phone or videoconference) coaching and mentoring online workshops in campaigning…