The Change Agency

The Change Agency is an Australian community organisation which provides training and resources for environmental and social change campaigners. 

The Change Agency's website has an excellent set of templates and training workshop material that are helpful for people planning campaigns.  Some of these are derived from US based organisations such as George Lakey's Training for Change, while others are developed from Australian experiences.  If you use these materials, please acknowledge The Change Agency.  These links take you to the index pages from where you can access the mostly PDF file downloads.

• Big Picture Political Analysis: tools to assist people look at the wider context of their campaign, including power dynamics and theories of change.
• Social action skills: from activism to media strategies.
• Community Organising: this 21 page PDF file is a great resource to help people understand the purpose of community organising in comparison to individual advocacy, service delivery and community development.

Download it here: Community Organising PDF File (0.4MB, 21 pages)

• Organisational Development and Maintenance: Tools to keep your group working together, overcoming confict, making decisions, and good facilitation.
• Personal development and life skills: How to maintain sustainable activism for yourself.