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• Nice picture of UK campaigners.

CAFOD VISION, MISSION,VALUES

• Our world is a world transformed to reflect the Kingdom of God

• Challenge those with power to adopt policies and behaviour that promote social justice and end poverty.

• Solidarity - We share our resources, and we work together to challenge the policies and systems that keep people poor so that the whole of humanity can flourish

The power of campaigning• Fairtrade 3000 products £800m worth and 70% recognition rate.

• $110bn of debt cancellation 3000 years worth of CAFODs income

Trade Justice - significant change in British government policy on trade liberalisation.

60,000 actions taken by supporters and 7 high street jewellers signed up to the Golden rules

£54.8 million = Estimated 'pension power' leveraged by UJ campaign A year of Comic Relief Red Nose day

Climate change

Ed miliband slide

Effective Campaigning

• Reflects issues of concern of our partners north and south• Politically effective - influencing key targets to leverage

maximum change• Communicated in popular ways to engage and mobilise

supporters • Based on intelligent and flexible policy/campaigning and comprehensive political analysis

Proactive planning - flexible response - maximum leverage Success is judged on impact on poor communities

Challenges (External)

The financial crisis and its impact on the poor, our partners. Reduced public support for ODA.

• An upcoming general election and the possibility of a new Government who may be less open to a progressive development agenda.

• Slow rates of progress in terms of a Climate change deal. The general public have not sufficiently engaged in the need to make lifestyle changes.

Challenges (Campaigns)

• The need for a new approach to campaigning.

• An ageing supporter base taking fewer regular actions.

• A variety of competing campaigns and organisations.

• “Brixton needs to realise that it takes more than a year for a campaign to reach the parishes”

• “ Campaigns needs to integrate their work with other teams”

• “Our campaigns communications need to relate to our older traditional supporters as well as the younger ones”

• “Why do we change campaigns so much – we need to stick with our campaigns for longer ”

• “ Ask too much and don’t give enough time to plan”

• We value our supporters • We value you and your contribution to campaigning• We will resource your campaigning activity. • We will feedback on your campaigning activity.

Campaigns 2010-2014

• Climate change - post Copenhagen lobbying

Election manifesto (BOND) work in local constituencies (2010)

Unearth Justice – Private Sector work

Campaigns Goals 2010 -2015

• To recruit more MPCs and to cover 70% of constituencies in England and Wales.

• To increase the number of campaign supporters and for them to take action more regularly.

• To launch a new campaign by 2015.

• “The church cannot remain silent when it sees these injustices…

What we are talking about are substantial things, not something of little or no importance. This is a question of life or death for the kingdom of God on this earth.”

Oscar Romero July 24 1977