MObilise!
Exploring the power of stories to inspire political and civic engagement
Mobilise! was a project that wanted to encourage active citizenship and increase people's confidence about engaging in political and civic life. The project was a partnership between Global Link, a development education charity who work with asylum seekers and refugees in Lancashire, and the team at Lancaster University.
The project explored historical and contemporary stories of activism collected by two Heritage Funded projects, Documenting Dissent and Remembering Resistance to create online resources and activities about active citizenship. To do this we worked with volunteers & local communities of asylum seekers and refugees, and aimed to enable everyone to feel more confident about participating in political and community life.
The project started in 2019 and the course was launched in October 2020
The project explored historical and contemporary stories of activism collected by two Heritage Funded projects, Documenting Dissent and Remembering Resistance to create online resources and activities about active citizenship. To do this we worked with volunteers & local communities of asylum seekers and refugees, and aimed to enable everyone to feel more confident about participating in political and community life.
The project started in 2019 and the course was launched in October 2020
The project was guided by a number of ideas
PARTICIPATionMobilise! was a partnership between the community, the charity sector & the university. It was collaborative & was committed to being positive, rewarding & ethical
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CREATIVityWe believe that creative methods, heritage & storytelling are great ways of supporting active citizenship & political engagement
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IMPACTThe project wanted to create real change, for those involved in the project & for others interested in civic engagement. To enable this, we created resources to share our learning
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Mobilise! was funded by an Economic and Social Research Council Impact Acceleration Account grant