Community Organisers is the national body established to support the training and development of community organising in England. Through our work on the ground by our members and with partners we are actively building relationships that will help us to fulfil our objectives. Our Objectives: To build a more active and democratic society where all people feel and are able to participate in the world around them To provide training courses and programmes that enable the study of the practice, theory, and techniques of community organising; To work with people to build their collective power to tackle poverty and injustice To promote and advocate for a more just society where people are able to challenge constructively for change Our Values: People Led - We believe in listening and putting the common agenda of people first in all that we do. We seek to create the conditions for making change possible and encourage individuals to take responsibility and ownership for creating the change that they want. Change - We are committed to support people in the belief that they have the ability and potential to create change and transform their community for the common good. Collaboration - We believe that through building strong relationships and powerful networks, that value individuals, people can achieve lasting social change. Equality - We believe in unleashing the potential of every human being in community and are ambitious to achieve equality of autonomy where every person should have the right to decide and control their life situation. Leadership - We believe leadership comes from many places, in many forms and that every person has the potential to be a leader. We will respect and nurture that and in our own work aim for the highest standards of leadership by balancing humility and an unwavering resolve to achieve change. Trust - We believe in being trustworthy and open, assuming that others are trustworthy and always start from 'Yes'.