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!
✍️ 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
In May 2025, we launched ‘This Place Matters’ with @uclpolicylab.bsky.social and @moreincommonuk.bsky.social to provide a blueprint of what good cohesion looks like.
By bringing together local organisations, community leaders across our network are making changes big and small, and #BuildingHope 💫
By bringing together local organisations, community leaders across our network are making changes big and small, and #BuildingHope 💫
December 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
In May 2025, we launched ‘This Place Matters’ with @uclpolicylab.bsky.social and @moreincommonuk.bsky.social to provide a blueprint of what good cohesion looks like.
By bringing together local organisations, community leaders across our network are making changes big and small, and #BuildingHope 💫
By bringing together local organisations, community leaders across our network are making changes big and small, and #BuildingHope 💫
@bhcitizens.bsky.social celebrate an additional £200,000 investment in school-based counselling.🎉
This brings the alliance’s total wins on this issue to £600,000!
Find out more about the campaign and how leaders have been #BuildingHope on this issue 👇
bit.ly/3Mo6rOk
This brings the alliance’s total wins on this issue to £600,000!
Find out more about the campaign and how leaders have been #BuildingHope on this issue 👇
bit.ly/3Mo6rOk
December 9, 2025 at 2:21 PM
@bhcitizens.bsky.social celebrate an additional £200,000 investment in school-based counselling.🎉
This brings the alliance’s total wins on this issue to £600,000!
Find out more about the campaign and how leaders have been #BuildingHope on this issue 👇
bit.ly/3Mo6rOk
This brings the alliance’s total wins on this issue to £600,000!
Find out more about the campaign and how leaders have been #BuildingHope on this issue 👇
bit.ly/3Mo6rOk
This is what community cohesion and building trust across difference looks like. Daniela, CEO of Roma Roots, member of West Yorkshire Citizens reflects on her story of #BuildingHope 👇
December 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This is what community cohesion and building trust across difference looks like. Daniela, CEO of Roma Roots, member of West Yorkshire Citizens reflects on her story of #BuildingHope 👇
We welcome the measures announced yesterday in the government’s Child Poverty Strategy to reduce the impact of homelessness on families with children.
🔗 Read our full statement: www.citizensuk.org/about-us/new...
🔗 Read our full statement: www.citizensuk.org/about-us/new...
December 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
We welcome the measures announced yesterday in the government’s Child Poverty Strategy to reduce the impact of homelessness on families with children.
🔗 Read our full statement: www.citizensuk.org/about-us/new...
🔗 Read our full statement: www.citizensuk.org/about-us/new...
We are proud to have been chosen for The Guardian 2025 Christmas Charity Appeal.
This year’s theme is ‘Hope’ and will aim to tell the stories of community cohesion up and down the country, highlighting what communities have in common - not what divides them.
This year’s theme is ‘Hope’ and will aim to tell the stories of community cohesion up and down the country, highlighting what communities have in common - not what divides them.
December 5, 2025 at 12:53 PM
We are proud to have been chosen for The Guardian 2025 Christmas Charity Appeal.
This year’s theme is ‘Hope’ and will aim to tell the stories of community cohesion up and down the country, highlighting what communities have in common - not what divides them.
This year’s theme is ‘Hope’ and will aim to tell the stories of community cohesion up and down the country, highlighting what communities have in common - not what divides them.
Discounted travel can be a lifeline for many young people across the UK.
Community leaders from Cambridge Citizens and Peterborough Citizens are campaigning to retain the Tiger Pass, which offers £1 bus fares to under-25s across the region.
Find out more 👇 www.cambsnews.co.uk/news/a-lifel...
Community leaders from Cambridge Citizens and Peterborough Citizens are campaigning to retain the Tiger Pass, which offers £1 bus fares to under-25s across the region.
Find out more 👇 www.cambsnews.co.uk/news/a-lifel...
‘A lifeline for young people”: Cambridgeshire rallies behind Tiger Pass - News for Peterborough and Cambridgeshire
Coalition of heads, principals and civic leaders urges Mayor Paul Bristow to protect affordable £1 bus fares for under-25s in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
www.cambsnews.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Discounted travel can be a lifeline for many young people across the UK.
Community leaders from Cambridge Citizens and Peterborough Citizens are campaigning to retain the Tiger Pass, which offers £1 bus fares to under-25s across the region.
Find out more 👇 www.cambsnews.co.uk/news/a-lifel...
Community leaders from Cambridge Citizens and Peterborough Citizens are campaigning to retain the Tiger Pass, which offers £1 bus fares to under-25s across the region.
Find out more 👇 www.cambsnews.co.uk/news/a-lifel...
Everyone should have a warm and healthy home. This #FuelPovertyAwarenessDay, we’re asking @RachelReevesMP to deliver the full £13.2m for the Warm Homes Plan.
November 26, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Everyone should have a warm and healthy home. This #FuelPovertyAwarenessDay, we’re asking @RachelReevesMP to deliver the full £13.2m for the Warm Homes Plan.
This is local people making change 💫 Peterborough Citizens was on @BBCCambs radio breakfast show this morning to celebrate the council’s announcement that Peterborough has NO children in hotels and B&B 🎉
November 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
This is local people making change 💫 Peterborough Citizens was on @BBCCambs radio breakfast show this morning to celebrate the council’s announcement that Peterborough has NO children in hotels and B&B 🎉
We welcome the Government’s commitment to give voluntary and community groups a greater role in refugee protection through named sponsorship.
November 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
We welcome the Government’s commitment to give voluntary and community groups a greater role in refugee protection through named sponsorship.
This #LivingWageWeek, local businesses & employers across Preston marked one year of being the first #LivingWage city in Lancashire. 🎉
With 38 employers across the city paying the real #LivingWage, a quarter of low-paid workers in & around the city have now seen a pay increase!
With 38 employers across the city paying the real #LivingWage, a quarter of low-paid workers in & around the city have now seen a pay increase!
November 14, 2025 at 11:59 AM
This #LivingWageWeek, local businesses & employers across Preston marked one year of being the first #LivingWage city in Lancashire. 🎉
With 38 employers across the city paying the real #LivingWage, a quarter of low-paid workers in & around the city have now seen a pay increase!
With 38 employers across the city paying the real #LivingWage, a quarter of low-paid workers in & around the city have now seen a pay increase!