Citizens UK founder Neil Jameson CBE tells his story
03/23/21 • 48 min
Neil Jameson CBE is Founder of Citizens UK, the charity that inspired and successfully campaigned for the UK Living Wage. Setting up Citizens UK as his vehicle, Neil launched and grew the Community Organising movement across the UK, bringing together people of all ages and backgrounds, from faith groups, schools, trade unions and community groups, to participate in massive grassroots assemblies, rallies and citizens’ actions.
In this podcast you’ll hear how Neil took advantage of a Churchill Fellowship to learn from the US model of Community Organising, including training with a young Obama; how Neil brought these ideas to the UK, how he set up and then massively scaled Citizens UK from an idea, to city-based actions in Bristol, and then to a highly influential UK-wide movement, brand, organisation and legacy.
Alongside a fascinating 30 year perspective of social action in the US and UK, Neil gives us great advice and insights during this podcast, across all the founder stages, from start-up to scale-up, engagement and impact, funding, campaigning, networking and team-building, through to stepping down as CEO, and an exciting possible new venture too. Be inspired!
Follow Neil Jameson:
Twitter: @NeilJamesonUK
Instagram: @NeilJamesonUK
Facebook: @Neil.Jameson.London
Follow Citizens UK:
Twitter: @CitizensUK
Instagram: @citizens.uk
Facebook: @CitizensUK
And if you can please donate to Citizens UK here.
Neil highlighted the special impact of two organisations on his founder journey:
The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust's Churchill Fellowships.
Listen to Neil Jameson's founder story on the Social Founder Stories podcast, Episode 7 - on all podcast platforms via the links above or here. Enjoy, and please do send us your feedback. Sign up to the Social Founder Network newsletter here.
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Neil Jameson CBE is Founder of Citizens UK, the charity that inspired and successfully campaigned for the UK Living Wage. Setting up Citizens UK as his vehicle, Neil launched and grew the Community Organising movement across the UK, bringing together people of all ages and backgrounds, from faith groups, schools, trade unions and community groups, to participate in massive grassroots assemblies, rallies and citizens’ actions.
In this podcast you’ll hear how Neil took advantage of a Churchill Fellowship to learn from the US model of Community Organising, including training with a young Obama; how Neil brought these ideas to the UK, how he set up and then massively scaled Citizens UK from an idea, to city-based actions in Bristol, and then to a highly influential UK-wide movement, brand, organisation and legacy.
Alongside a fascinating 30 year perspective of social action in the US and UK, Neil gives us great advice and insights during this podcast, across all the founder stages, from start-up to scale-up, engagement and impact, funding, campaigning, networking and team-building, through to stepping down as CEO, and an exciting possible new venture too. Be inspired!
Follow Neil Jameson:
Twitter: @NeilJamesonUK
Instagram: @NeilJamesonUK
Facebook: @Neil.Jameson.London
Follow Citizens UK:
Twitter: @CitizensUK
Instagram: @citizens.uk
Facebook: @CitizensUK
And if you can please donate to Citizens UK here.
Neil highlighted the special impact of two organisations on his founder journey:
The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust's Churchill Fellowships.
Listen to Neil Jameson's founder story on the Social Founder Stories podcast, Episode 7 - on all podcast platforms via the links above or here. Enjoy, and please do send us your feedback. Sign up to the Social Founder Network newsletter here.
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/social-founder-stories.
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Twitter: @4refugeewomen @natasha_walter
Instagram: @4refugeewomen
Facebook: @WomenforRefugeeWomen
And if you can please donate to Women for Refugee Women here.
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Twitter: @edenproject
Instagram: @edenprojectcornwall
Facebook: @theedenproject
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