People Power

People Power:
Find out how you can fight for local issues and make a difference in your community.

"This is a timely and useful book.
Local campaigners can benefit from precisely the sort of information and advice that is in this book when they are setting themselves up and when they are designing and implementing their campaigns."
- Friends of the Earth

Are you unhappy about your local playground being bulldozed to make way for a supermarket?
Or are you upset that your local Post Office is closing down?
Do you want to join with other parents to improve the quality of your kids' school dinners?
Or perhaps your local council plans to shut down the care home where your Mum is living?

If you want to campaign for local issues but don't know where to start, this book can help.
It's full of advice and tips from seasoned campaigners and professionals.

It tells you how to:

• Run a campain group
• Raise money
• Win good press coverage
• Campaign online
• Lobby politicians
• Use the law, if necessary, to your advantage
• Bring about change

"People Power will be an invaulable tool for all those seeking to get a campaign going.
It's full of information presented in an easy-to-read way."
- David Whiting, Chief Executive of the Environmental Law Foundation

• Structuring the group
• Decision-making
• Rallying the troops
• Planning for impact
• Developing the campaign strategy
• Handling money
• Creating a budget
• The techniques to raising money
• Managing events
• Working with the media
• Creating a good story
• Drawing up a petition
• Holding a public meeting
• Dealing with the government
• Campaigning online
• Conducting your own research
• Finding a lawyer
• Includes sample questionnaire, press releases and letters