Citizens UK
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We are the UK's biggest, most diverse, and most effective people-powered alliance. Bringing everyday people together to win change since 1989.
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Citizens UK
@citizensuk.org
· Jan 17
Hello!👋We're delighted that Citizens UK has officially joined Bluesky.
Citizens UK is the UK's biggest, most diverse, and most effective people-powered alliance. We bring everyday people together to win change on the issues that matter.
Stay tuned for updates from Citizens UK!
Citizens UK is the UK's biggest, most diverse, and most effective people-powered alliance. We bring everyday people together to win change on the issues that matter.
Stay tuned for updates from Citizens UK!
At Citizens UK, we are calling for a more inclusive national curriculum, to co-design educational reforms, and for more support for staff and schools to address racial inequity.
Read more about our Racial Equity in Education campaign here: https://bit.ly/458qC9n
#BuildingHope
Read more about our Racial Equity in Education campaign here: https://bit.ly/458qC9n
#BuildingHope
December 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
At Citizens UK, we are calling for a more inclusive national curriculum, to co-design educational reforms, and for more support for staff and schools to address racial inequity.
Read more about our Racial Equity in Education campaign here: https://bit.ly/458qC9n
#BuildingHope
Read more about our Racial Equity in Education campaign here: https://bit.ly/458qC9n
#BuildingHope
Our campaign for the Five Basics for temporary accommodation has been #BuildingHope, securing an £11 million commitment by the Government in October 2025 to help families access basic facilities.
Find out more 👇
https://bit.ly/4p0pAn1
Find out more 👇
https://bit.ly/4p0pAn1
December 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Our campaign for the Five Basics for temporary accommodation has been #BuildingHope, securing an £11 million commitment by the Government in October 2025 to help families access basic facilities.
Find out more 👇
https://bit.ly/4p0pAn1
Find out more 👇
https://bit.ly/4p0pAn1
Citizens UK brings people together to win change, from housing to the real #LivingWage. 💪
We’re proud to be part of this year's Guardian Christmas Appeal on ‘Hope’. What does hope mean to you today's world? Share your thoughts. #BuildingHope
https://ow.ly/bbTL50XMymP
We’re proud to be part of this year's Guardian Christmas Appeal on ‘Hope’. What does hope mean to you today's world? Share your thoughts. #BuildingHope
https://ow.ly/bbTL50XMymP
Citizens UK selected for The Guardian 2025 Christmas Charity Appeal - Citizens UK
This year’s theme is ‘Hope’, which focuses on the stories of what communities have in common rather than what divides them.
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December 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Citizens UK brings people together to win change, from housing to the real #LivingWage. 💪
We’re proud to be part of this year's Guardian Christmas Appeal on ‘Hope’. What does hope mean to you today's world? Share your thoughts. #BuildingHope
https://ow.ly/bbTL50XMymP
We’re proud to be part of this year's Guardian Christmas Appeal on ‘Hope’. What does hope mean to you today's world? Share your thoughts. #BuildingHope
https://ow.ly/bbTL50XMymP
Earlier this year, Tyne & Wear Citizens held their youth assembly, inviting local MP and Secretary of State for Education, Bridget Phillipson.
Students won commitments on a range of issues affecting them and their communities.
Read more here: https://bit.ly/4qaLWDg
#BuildingHope
Students won commitments on a range of issues affecting them and their communities.
Read more here: https://bit.ly/4qaLWDg
#BuildingHope
December 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Earlier this year, Tyne & Wear Citizens held their youth assembly, inviting local MP and Secretary of State for Education, Bridget Phillipson.
Students won commitments on a range of issues affecting them and their communities.
Read more here: https://bit.ly/4qaLWDg
#BuildingHope
Students won commitments on a range of issues affecting them and their communities.
Read more here: https://bit.ly/4qaLWDg
#BuildingHope
Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all!
Let us continue #BuildingHope and welcoming communities for everyone, this coming year and onwards 🩷🎄
Let us continue #BuildingHope and welcoming communities for everyone, this coming year and onwards 🩷🎄
December 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all!
Let us continue #BuildingHope and welcoming communities for everyone, this coming year and onwards 🩷🎄
Let us continue #BuildingHope and welcoming communities for everyone, this coming year and onwards 🩷🎄
Angela Moore, Headteacher and East London Citizens leader, joined her students in meeting Pope Leo XIV as part of the diverse Citizens UK delegation, an inspiring moment of faith in action.
Join us as a faith & religious community: https://bit.ly/4s9yO3i
#BuildingHope
Join us as a faith & religious community: https://bit.ly/4s9yO3i
#BuildingHope
December 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Angela Moore, Headteacher and East London Citizens leader, joined her students in meeting Pope Leo XIV as part of the diverse Citizens UK delegation, an inspiring moment of faith in action.
Join us as a faith & religious community: https://bit.ly/4s9yO3i
#BuildingHope
Join us as a faith & religious community: https://bit.ly/4s9yO3i
#BuildingHope
Earlier this year, students, leaders and organisers from Citizens UK met Pope Leo XIV, sharing our work and showing faith in action.
Energised and ready to win change, together we continue #BuildingHope and power in our communities.
Read more here: https://bit.ly/3KT3Tra
Energised and ready to win change, together we continue #BuildingHope and power in our communities.
Read more here: https://bit.ly/3KT3Tra
Faith. Hope. Struggle. The Common Good - Citizens UK
A Reflection on meeting Pope Leo XIV by Caroline Verdant, Community Organiser for Newham Citizens
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December 23, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Earlier this year, students, leaders and organisers from Citizens UK met Pope Leo XIV, sharing our work and showing faith in action.
Energised and ready to win change, together we continue #BuildingHope and power in our communities.
Read more here: https://bit.ly/3KT3Tra
Energised and ready to win change, together we continue #BuildingHope and power in our communities.
Read more here: https://bit.ly/3KT3Tra
Announced at the South London Citizens assembly in October, the Southwark Equity Neighbourhood aims to improve health outcomes by bringing together local people, the NHS, businesses, Southwark Council, & King's College London expertise. 🙌
Find out more: https://ow.ly/rYCU50XMyfI
#BuildingHope
Find out more: https://ow.ly/rYCU50XMyfI
#BuildingHope
December 22, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Announced at the South London Citizens assembly in October, the Southwark Equity Neighbourhood aims to improve health outcomes by bringing together local people, the NHS, businesses, Southwark Council, & King's College London expertise. 🙌
Find out more: https://ow.ly/rYCU50XMyfI
#BuildingHope
Find out more: https://ow.ly/rYCU50XMyfI
#BuildingHope
With community organising, you can turn anger into action. In North Shields, a walk around will fill you with local pride - from Tyne and Wear Citizens leaders winning zebra crossings & £1 bus fares to safer parks and mental health support.
Read the article: https://ow.ly/FzyK50XMEoh
Read the article: https://ow.ly/FzyK50XMEoh
December 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
With community organising, you can turn anger into action. In North Shields, a walk around will fill you with local pride - from Tyne and Wear Citizens leaders winning zebra crossings & £1 bus fares to safer parks and mental health support.
Read the article: https://ow.ly/FzyK50XMEoh
Read the article: https://ow.ly/FzyK50XMEoh
Young leaders from Citizens Somerset are making waves in their community, taking action to make their local park safer for children and families 🙌
Find out how: https://ow.ly/c7ct50XMy2e
Find out how: https://ow.ly/c7ct50XMy2e
December 21, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Young leaders from Citizens Somerset are making waves in their community, taking action to make their local park safer for children and families 🙌
Find out how: https://ow.ly/c7ct50XMy2e
Find out how: https://ow.ly/c7ct50XMy2e
✍️ Kacey, a Citizens Somerset community leader, shares why housing repairs must be included in the Govt’s Warm Homes Plan.
Read the reflection: https://www.citizensuk.org/chapters/Somerset/citizens-somerset-news/for-so-long-it-felt-like-our-struggles-didnt-matter-to-anyone-with-authority/
Read the reflection: https://www.citizensuk.org/chapters/Somerset/citizens-somerset-news/for-so-long-it-felt-like-our-struggles-didnt-matter-to-anyone-with-authority/
December 20, 2025 at 10:01 AM
✍️ Kacey, a Citizens Somerset community leader, shares why housing repairs must be included in the Govt’s Warm Homes Plan.
Read the reflection: https://www.citizensuk.org/chapters/Somerset/citizens-somerset-news/for-so-long-it-felt-like-our-struggles-didnt-matter-to-anyone-with-authority/
Read the reflection: https://www.citizensuk.org/chapters/Somerset/citizens-somerset-news/for-so-long-it-felt-like-our-struggles-didnt-matter-to-anyone-with-authority/
At Citizens UK, community leaders put their faith into action, drawing on their religious teachings & traditions to build a fairer society.
We’re delighted to congratulate Richard Moth on his appointment as Archbishop of Westminster by Pope Leo XIV.
We’re delighted to congratulate Richard Moth on his appointment as Archbishop of Westminster by Pope Leo XIV.
December 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
At Citizens UK, community leaders put their faith into action, drawing on their religious teachings & traditions to build a fairer society.
We’re delighted to congratulate Richard Moth on his appointment as Archbishop of Westminster by Pope Leo XIV.
We’re delighted to congratulate Richard Moth on his appointment as Archbishop of Westminster by Pope Leo XIV.
For years we've been a part of a broad coalition of organisations & politicians, including @stellacreasy.bsky.social, campaigning to make misogyny a hate crime.
From next April, the law will recognise that misogyny causes crimes against women and girls.
Read more about the campaign bit.ly/4j2UlGw
From next April, the law will recognise that misogyny causes crimes against women and girls.
Read more about the campaign bit.ly/4j2UlGw
December 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
For years we've been a part of a broad coalition of organisations & politicians, including @stellacreasy.bsky.social, campaigning to make misogyny a hate crime.
From next April, the law will recognise that misogyny causes crimes against women and girls.
Read more about the campaign bit.ly/4j2UlGw
From next April, the law will recognise that misogyny causes crimes against women and girls.
Read more about the campaign bit.ly/4j2UlGw
Community leaders from Cambridge Citizens and Peterborough Citizens have been winning change, securing another year of funding for the Tiger Pass, which offers £1 bus fares to under-25s across the region 💫
December 19, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Community leaders from Cambridge Citizens and Peterborough Citizens have been winning change, securing another year of funding for the Tiger Pass, which offers £1 bus fares to under-25s across the region 💫
Reposted by Citizens UK
For @theguardian.com 2025 Christmas Charity Appeal, @citizensuk.org is sharing stories of hope.
Our story of hope began nearly 25 years ago in East London, when cleaners like Abdul spoke truth to power and helped found the Living Wage movement. 🌟
What is your story of #BuildingHope?
Our story of hope began nearly 25 years ago in East London, when cleaners like Abdul spoke truth to power and helped found the Living Wage movement. 🌟
What is your story of #BuildingHope?
December 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
For @theguardian.com 2025 Christmas Charity Appeal, @citizensuk.org is sharing stories of hope.
Our story of hope began nearly 25 years ago in East London, when cleaners like Abdul spoke truth to power and helped found the Living Wage movement. 🌟
What is your story of #BuildingHope?
Our story of hope began nearly 25 years ago in East London, when cleaners like Abdul spoke truth to power and helped found the Living Wage movement. 🌟
What is your story of #BuildingHope?
Peterborough Citizens has been #BuildingHope, celebrating an announcement in November that there are NO children in hotels & B&Bs in Peterborough. This follows a two-year campaign, where schools and local organisations came together to win change. Read more 👇
bit.ly/44e4OZu
bit.ly/44e4OZu
December 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Peterborough Citizens has been #BuildingHope, celebrating an announcement in November that there are NO children in hotels & B&Bs in Peterborough. This follows a two-year campaign, where schools and local organisations came together to win change. Read more 👇
bit.ly/44e4OZu
bit.ly/44e4OZu
Last week, Citizens UK community leaders celebrated the Making London a Living Wage City project 🎉
Over the past four years, they've been leading on conversations & engaging decision-makers to pay workers the real #LivingWage 🙌
Read the impact: citizensuk.org/about-us/new...
Over the past four years, they've been leading on conversations & engaging decision-makers to pay workers the real #LivingWage 🙌
Read the impact: citizensuk.org/about-us/new...
December 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Last week, Citizens UK community leaders celebrated the Making London a Living Wage City project 🎉
Over the past four years, they've been leading on conversations & engaging decision-makers to pay workers the real #LivingWage 🙌
Read the impact: citizensuk.org/about-us/new...
Over the past four years, they've been leading on conversations & engaging decision-makers to pay workers the real #LivingWage 🙌
Read the impact: citizensuk.org/about-us/new...
Reposted by Citizens UK
A fabulous, resonant account of good work in my community, led by school students and by parents with @citizensuk.org, to respond to anger with hope - focused on teen mental health, bus fares, a local playground and dog poo. All v local matters with much wider import, as the achievements show.
‘People will listen’: turning anger into community pride in North Shields
A tour of local ‘wins’ shows how the charity Citizens UK is working with residents to build a better, fairer society
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
A fabulous, resonant account of good work in my community, led by school students and by parents with @citizensuk.org, to respond to anger with hope - focused on teen mental health, bus fares, a local playground and dog poo. All v local matters with much wider import, as the achievements show.
Reposted by Citizens UK
Pupils from St Cuthbert’s Primary, North Shields and St Thomas More High have recently featured in The Guardian for their involvement in positive community action through Citizens UK.
🔗 Read the full article in The Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
@theguardian.com @citizensuk.org
🔗 Read the full article in The Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
@theguardian.com @citizensuk.org
December 15, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Pupils from St Cuthbert’s Primary, North Shields and St Thomas More High have recently featured in The Guardian for their involvement in positive community action through Citizens UK.
🔗 Read the full article in The Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
@theguardian.com @citizensuk.org
🔗 Read the full article in The Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
@theguardian.com @citizensuk.org
One of our favourite aspects of #CommunityOrganising is that anyone can do it 🙌
Find out how young leaders from a primary school in Small Heath, part of Birmingham Citizens, started a movement to tackle rising unemployment in the region:
www.citizensuk.org/chapters/bir...
#BuildingHope
Find out how young leaders from a primary school in Small Heath, part of Birmingham Citizens, started a movement to tackle rising unemployment in the region:
www.citizensuk.org/chapters/bir...
#BuildingHope
How Primary School children from Small Heath sparked a new movement for work - Citizens UK
How Primary School children, are bringing jobs to Small Heath.
www.citizensuk.org
December 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM
One of our favourite aspects of #CommunityOrganising is that anyone can do it 🙌
Find out how young leaders from a primary school in Small Heath, part of Birmingham Citizens, started a movement to tackle rising unemployment in the region:
www.citizensuk.org/chapters/bir...
#BuildingHope
Find out how young leaders from a primary school in Small Heath, part of Birmingham Citizens, started a movement to tackle rising unemployment in the region:
www.citizensuk.org/chapters/bir...
#BuildingHope
In North Shields, the ‘Walk of Hope’ will show you how Tyne and Wear Citizens leaders are taking democracy into their own hands.
Read the full story here: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Read the full story here: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘People will listen’: turning anger into community pride in North Shields
A tour of local ‘wins’ shows how the charity Citizens UK is working with residents to build a better, fairer society
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:20 PM
In North Shields, the ‘Walk of Hope’ will show you how Tyne and Wear Citizens leaders are taking democracy into their own hands.
Read the full story here: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Read the full story here: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
🙌 Over 14,000 health & social care workers receive a pay rise through our Making London a Living Wage City project.
www.carehomeprofessional.com/care-workers...
www.carehomeprofessional.com/care-workers...
www.carehomeprofessional.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
🙌 Over 14,000 health & social care workers receive a pay rise through our Making London a Living Wage City project.
www.carehomeprofessional.com/care-workers...
www.carehomeprofessional.com/care-workers...
We're pleased that the government’s Homelessness Strategy builds on the Child Poverty Strategy’s commitments to improve the lives of families in temporary accommodation.
These steps reflect recommendations from our report, ‘A long way from home’, published in May 2025. 🧵
These steps reflect recommendations from our report, ‘A long way from home’, published in May 2025. 🧵
December 12, 2025 at 10:07 AM
We're pleased that the government’s Homelessness Strategy builds on the Child Poverty Strategy’s commitments to improve the lives of families in temporary accommodation.
These steps reflect recommendations from our report, ‘A long way from home’, published in May 2025. 🧵
These steps reflect recommendations from our report, ‘A long way from home’, published in May 2025. 🧵
We’ve published a new report that celebrates the impact of the Making London a Living Wage City project – a success story that brought together civil society, businesses and Government to tackle in-work poverty across London.
Read more: www.citizensuk.org/about-us/new...
Read more: www.citizensuk.org/about-us/new...
December 11, 2025 at 10:37 AM
We’ve published a new report that celebrates the impact of the Making London a Living Wage City project – a success story that brought together civil society, businesses and Government to tackle in-work poverty across London.
Read more: www.citizensuk.org/about-us/new...
Read more: www.citizensuk.org/about-us/new...
Reflecting on a big year at Citizens UK, one of our top highlights has been working on the Cable Street affordable housing development. We’re so grateful for the countless community champions who have led this work 🙌 @londonclt.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Reflecting on a big year at Citizens UK, one of our top highlights has been working on the Cable Street affordable housing development. We’re so grateful for the countless community champions who have led this work 🙌 @londonclt.bsky.social