Get the skills, community and confidence you need to run campaigns that matter.
Learn how to run effective campaigns
We run a range of trainings to make it easy for you to learn how to run effective campaigns.
The Campaign Bootcamp Residential
Bootcamps are week-long residential trainings which cover everything you need to know to run a successful campaign.
Everyday Activism
A brand new training programme designed to give people the skills and confidence to run their first campaign.
Training For Trainers
Do you want to revolutionise the way you do training, while learning loads about yourself along the way? Then we might just have the thing for you.
Sara Chitseko
Campaign Bootcamp helped me to see how self-care and caring for each other paves the way for longevity in a movement.
Samia Dumbuya
Samia is an environmentalist living in East London; she's used the skills she learnt at Bootcamp to create an online presence for her new campaign, Our Air Our Health.
Mohaned Elnour
Mohaned is a lawyer from Sudan, who sought asylum in the UK a few months before applying for Campaign Bootcamp. He came to learn more about campaigning for asylum seeker rights.
Jessica Donohoe
I would encourage anyone who even has the slightest bit of interest in campaigning to apply… if nothing else, you’ll get to meet and spend a week with a very ace group of people!
Shaun Mitchell
Shaun is a health activist living in Glasgow; since Bootcamp they've become interested in training and have returned to facilitate on Bootcamp 9 and assist with Selection for Bootcamp 11.
Rachael Gibbons
Rachael is based in Manchester and works for Reclaim, an organisation supporting young people from working class backgrounds to develop their activism skills and become leaders of social change.
Angela Fonso
Angela campaigns for cleaner air in London. She got into campaigning because she has two young children and was concerned about what emissions from asphalt in her local area will do to their health.
Christine Hyde
Christine is an activist from West Yorkshire who campaigns to protect the NHS. She started campaigning at the age of 59, after an enlightening chat with her elderly mother.
Clarissa Regede
The skills I gained through the Bootcamp helped me position myself to continue advocating for youth engagement globally at different platforms.
Dalia Omer
Dalia found out about Bootcamp through her work at the Refugee and Migrant Centre in Wolverhampton, where she volunteers with refugees, migrants and asylum-seekers.
Jake Woodier
Jake is an activist from Brighton who has been involved in a range of campaigns, from housing and renters rights activism to campaigning for Palestinian solidarity.
James Hiwatari
James is a trans LGBTQ+ rights campaigner based in Glasgow. He has campaigned for Equal Marriage with the Equality Network, and continues to work with them and the Scottish Trans Alliance to press for Equal Recognition for trans people.
Everyday Activisim
Our exciting new training programme based in Yorkshire, training up to 400 people a year to run powerful campaigns. Click here to find out more.
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Featured Resources
Our resources are being developed as part of the Everyday Activism programme; they are free and downloadable.
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What is a campaign, and how to start one
The place to start if you want to run your first campaign.
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How to raise funds to help with your campaign!
Fundraising can supercharge your campaign -- giving you money to buy supplies for events, travel to meet decision makers or promote your campaign with
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The three steps to a great campaign
The most important thing with a campaign is that you start! This guide will show you the key steps to go through to make your campaign great!
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How to use email in your campaigning!
Many campaigns find it really powerful to get help from supporters -- and find new supporters -- using email.
News from the blog
We update the blog regularly with the latest news from our programmes. Check out the latest posts below:
Scholarship Spotlight: Scholarships for BAME/POC Campaigners Outside of London
We want to redress the imbalance society systematically imposes on those from marginalised backgrounds.
What’s a Bootcamp like? Our curriculum and training style
A lot of applicants contact us ahead of Bootcamp to ask what our training is like, so here's a guide to our curriculum and training style - and how and why we do it!