THE POWER OF ACTIVIST EDUCATION

Holly Hammond, a member of the Ulex advisory group and founder of Plan to Win, an activist training organisation in Australia helping to develop the skills, clarity and wellbeing we need to win, talks to Ulex about her work.

The Journey Begins: Ulex News

It has been an amazing year for the Ulex Project. In the spring 2017, we received the generous support of friends and colleagues to raise finance for the renovation of the new centre.

Burnout to Renewal

Kat Wall, co-Director of Organising for Change, a new UK-based training initiative, shares some reflections on the role of social change organisations in creating a regenerative approach to activism.

Crowdfunding Update – the power of collaboration to make change happen.

One of the key aims of the Ulex Project has always been about offering a space for activists to build new connections across Europe. A space where – away from the day-to-day slog of making change happen – people can take time to strengthen their networks and better understand how our struggles intersect, forming new friendships in the fight for a better world.

Supporting Sustainable Activism With Transgender Europe

As part of our series on Ulex Project Partners, we speak with Akim, Operations Officer from Transgender Europe (TGEU), about why sustainable activism is a key focus for 2017. With 105 member organisations in 42 different countries, TGEU works for the equality of all trans people by combating discrimination, raising awareness and supporting advocacy for trans people’s human rights.

Project Partners : Living beyond capitalism in Catalunya

For the second in our series of Project Partner Spotlights we speak with Daniel Negro from Cooperativa Integral Catalana (CIC), a collective which launched in Catalunya in 2010, with the aim to build from the bottom-up a self-managed society beyond capitalism.

Socis del Projecte: Viure més enllà del capitalisme a Catalunya

Les formacions del Projecte Ulex donen suport a organitzacions d’Europa que estan treballant cap al canvi en diferents contextos. En aquest segon article de la nostra sèrie sobre Projectes Associats parlem amb el Daniel Negre de la Cooperativa Integral Catalana (CIC), un col·lectiu nascut a Catalunya en 2010 amb la intenció de construir un moviment […]

Crowdfunding a new training centre to make change happen.

Crowdfunding update – 10 April – Within two weeks we have now reached over 50% of our target! Hundreds of people from all over the world have contributed and we’re now over half-way there and have until 09:00 am on May 2 to raise the remaining €20000. Will you help us create a unique new training centre to empower organisers and activists working on the most pressing issues of our times? Visit our campaign page to learn more. 

Project Partners: Spotlight on Women’s Rights in Georgia

Ulex Project trainings support a number or organisations across Europe who are pushing for change in a variety of different contexts. For the first in a series of Project Partner Spotlights we speak with Ekaterine Gejadze, Project Coordinator from Women’s Fund in Georgia (WFG), an organisation which has been successfully working to improve and defend women’s rights and gender equality in Georgia since 2005.