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Barbara Crowther

Director of Policy and Public Affairs at Fairtrade Foundation   Apart from your current organisation which other organisations that campaign do you admire and why? So many! Greenpeace continues to be both brave and innovative – not least the Russian illegal detention of the Arctic Sunrise 30, but also their ability to drive serious issues […]

Tim Linehan

Whilst Policy and Campaigns Consultant at Independent Age Generally are organisations getting better at campaigning since you began your career? If so, what’s changed? Yes they are. People understand that campaigning is good for organisational growth; supporters can engage in more activities more easily than they ever could in the past. Both have their downsides too. […]

Mark Farmaner

Director at Burma Campaign UK Apart from your current organisation which other organisations that campaign do you admire and why? I really admire campaign groups like the Western Sahara Campaign UK and Free West Papua Campaign which keep campaigning relentlessly on issues that governments would rather forget. Thanks to their campaigning these issues are kept […]

Roma Hooper

Whilst Director of Make Justice Work Apart from your current organisation which other organisations that campaign do you admire and why? 38 degrees for its simplicity and straightforward focus. Prostate Cancer for their awareness raising and movember initiative. Macmillan Breast Cancer Campaign – world’s biggest coffee morning. Involves those that perhaps don’t work Get London […]

Vicki Hird

Whilst Senior Campaigner at Friends of the Earth Apart from your current organisation which other organisations that campaign do you admire and why? The Feeding5K (and their latest campaign @ThePigIdea) has been so impressive in engaging hugely diverse audiences – from grassroots and the public chopping veg at seriously fun events across the globe to high level […]

Gus Baldwin

Whilst Head of Public Affairs for Macmillan Cancer Support Apart from your current organisation which other organisations that campaign do you admire and why? Like most people I think the mental health community has had a pretty raw deal for far too long.  I’m full of admiration at the way that, despite repeated ‘false-dawns’, mental health organisations like […]

Emma Gibson

Deputy Head of Campaign at Greenpeace Apart from your current organisation which other organisations that campaign do you admire and why? I’ve been really impressed by the ‘no more page 3’ campaign set up by Lucy Holmes. She’s never run a campaign before but has chalked up huge successes already just by giving it a go. Truly […]

Matt Downie

Whilst Head of Parliamentary and Public Affairs at Action For Children Apart from your current organisation which other organisations that campaign do you admire and why? I admire organisations and people that have a clear mission, underpinned by compelling evidence, and then have the resilience to stick to a campaign plan. Pfeg (Personal Finance Education […]

Kate Hudson

General Secretary of  the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Apart from your current organisation, which other organisations that campaign do you admire? There are many organisations today that bring something positive and dynamic to the campaigning table. To mention just a few that I have a regard for: the Stop the War Coalition for articulating the […]