Archive – Jonathan Ellis
Jonathan has developed a distinctive and practical approach to campaigning over the past 25 years, which he uses as a campaigner, teacher and catalyst to support people around the world to campaign for change.
His recent portfolio includes work supporting the development of global advocacy for Caritas, Concern and Helvetas, and in the UK for the Detention Forum challenging the use of immigration detention, Together with Refugees on a new nationwide organising project, for Zarach on a new campaign to tackle bed poverty among children, campaign training for refugee community leaders, and a migrant-led leadership programme.
He is also working on his new book and video shorts on campaigning incorporating feedback and ideas since the publication of his last book. See his website for the latest updates.
He is author of Campaigning for Change – an Essential Guide for Campaigning around the World (2017), and has developed a Global Advocacy Toolkit for the International Federation of the Red Cross/ Red Crescent.
Previously, he led advocacy campaigns for the British Red Cross, Oxfam, the Refugee Council, and Action on Empty Homes. He has also stood twice as a Parliamentary candidate in the UK.
Born in South Africa, he was educated at Durham (BA Hons History), Leicester (PGCE), Loughborough (MBA) and City (PG Certificate in Academic Practice) universities. He is a qualified teacher in both secondary and higher education.
Follow Jonathan on Twitter: @JonathanMHEllis
2026
August – Excited By a New strategy
July – The Life Essence for Campaigning
June – Putting Life Into Your Campaign Plans
May – I Want You To Fail In Your Campaigning
April – What To Look For In A Campaigner
March – Reflections On Campaigning Across The Globe
February – Overcoming Challenges To Campaigning
January – My Key Learning From- 2025 – Using My Top Campaigning Tools
2015
August – ‘Senegal 15’
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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Just heard that @GuardianJobs are winding down their operation this week. In the 90s the place to go for all charity jobs. But in the last 10 years, pretty poor results for charity recruitment.
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