MObilise!
Exploring the power of stories to inspire political and social change
Mobilise! is a project that wants to enable active citizenship and increase people's confidence about engaging in politics. It is a partnership between Global Link, a development education charity and a team based at Lancaster University.
We will be exploring historical and contemporary stories of activism to learn what inspires political engagement, what barriers exist and how they can be overcome. The stories have been collected by two Heritage Funded projects, Documenting Dissent and Remembering Resistance.
The outcome will be a Mobilisation Toolkit which supports community-based work, a public display to share what we create through the project, and greater capacity to carry out collaborative projects in the local area.
Most importantly, we want those we work with to feel a sense of empowerment and be more confident about engaging in civic and political life.
We will be exploring historical and contemporary stories of activism to learn what inspires political engagement, what barriers exist and how they can be overcome. The stories have been collected by two Heritage Funded projects, Documenting Dissent and Remembering Resistance.
The outcome will be a Mobilisation Toolkit which supports community-based work, a public display to share what we create through the project, and greater capacity to carry out collaborative projects in the local area.
Most importantly, we want those we work with to feel a sense of empowerment and be more confident about engaging in civic and political life.
The project is guided by a number of ideas
PARTICIPATionMobilise! is a partnership between the community, the charity sector & the university. It is collaborative & co-developed
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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 wants to create real change, first for those involved in the project & then for others interested in civic engagement
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Mobilise! is funded by an Economic and Social Research Council Impact Acceleration Account grant