1. Using Social Policy to
Campaign for Change
Holly Padfield-Paine - Law Centres Network
Catherine Dempsey - Hackney Citizens Advice Bureau
Sophie Hostick-Boakye - The Young Foundation

2. Session Outline:
 Presentations on campaign work - 30
mins
 Small group discussions on identifying
social policy issues - 10 mins
 Campaign planning - 10 mins
 Feedback to workshop group - 20 mins

3. Identifying social policy issues
 What are the issues in your sector?
 What are the issues in your organisation?
 Have you noticed an increase in a particular
demographic or enquiry?
 What do you want to change?
 Are you involved in campaigning at the
moment?
 What are the barriers?
 Select one issue in your group to focus on
planning a campaign

4. Building a campaign
 What’s your aim?
 How will you engage your local
community?
 Who could you partner with?
 Who already has resources and data you
could tap into?
 Who do you need to influence?