Archive – Jonathan Ellis
Jonathan has developed a distinctive approach to campaigning over the past 25 years, which he uses as a campaigner, teacher and catalyst.
As a campaigner, he leads Detention Forum, a network of over 50 NGOs, challenging the use of immigration detention in the UK, and recently led the development of the Campaign Organising Network for Together with Refugees.
As a teacher, he has supported Bond, NCVO and SMK; leadership training for Shpresa Programme; and is author of a global advocacy toolkit and train the trainers course for the International Federation of Red Cross. He has online campaigning courses on Udemy (over 5,000 students in 138 countries). He has also published books on campaigning and public speaking, and was a visiting lecturer on the MA in political communication at City University in London.
As a catalyst, he helps people across the world to campaign for change. He is currently supporting the London Refugee Community Organisations’ Forum at the Refugee Council, the Voices Network at the British Red Cross, and City of Sanctuary UK with both their Politics in Sanctuary and Speak up for Sanctuary courses.
http://jonathanelliscampaigns.com
2026
February – Overcoming challenges to campaigning
January – My key learning from 2025 – using my top campaigning tools
2015
August – ‘Senegal 15’
2015
June – ‘Great question’
January – ‘Monitoring and Evaluating Advocacy’
2014
December – ‘Supporting Advocacy in East Africa’
October – ‘Where is Sombath?’
September- ‘Building a Movement’
August – ‘Political Education’
July – ‘Advocacy in Lithuania’
April – ‘Enthusing me to vote’
March – ‘Keeping the passion alive’
February – ‘Bangladesh’
2012:
Late August – ‘Bringing your theory or change to life’
August – ‘Getting the right balance’
July – ‘Informal Influencing’
June – ‘The Campaigning Staircase’
May – ‘Influencing the faces of power’
February – ‘Obstacles to effective campaigning with some answers’
January – ‘Obstacles to effective campaigning’
2011:
December – ‘Campaigning in Somalia’
September – ‘So what next?’
May – ‘Building capacity for advocacy campaigning’
March – ‘Don’t lose the fire in your eyes’
February – ‘Developing your theory of change’
January – ‘Definitions’
2010:
November – ‘The need for campaigning focus’
September – ‘6 Pathways’
August – ‘Citizens – real activism’
May – ‘Which campaigner inspires you?’
April – ‘Campaigning is all about the failure?’
January – ‘Using Opposition’ (Part 3)
January – ‘Using Opposition’ (Part 2)
January – ‘Using Opposition’ (Part 1)
2009:
October – ‘Young Uprisers’
August – ‘Campaigning using New Media’
May – ‘Support for campaigners – better than ever’
January – ‘ActionAid’s campaigning postcard’
2008:
September – ‘Hope for campaigners’
May – ‘The danger of co-option’
April – ‘Surprising Allies’
March – ‘Campaigning is just about stunts’
2007:
December – ‘Another postcard?’
October – ‘Marketing campaigns – is it really campaigning?’
August – ‘Is campaigning a global activity?’
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