your tools
As a grassroots campaigner, you play a pivotal role in building the political will needed to drive change. By taking our monthly actions, you can directly target those with the authority to shape policies and allocate resources needed in the fight against poverty.
Here you will find a range of guides to help you take our monthly actions, ensuring your efforts can make a real impact towards the fight to end global poverty.
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Read more: 2024 election toolkit
Our 2024 election toolkit will help you learn all about influencing candidates ahead of the election and includes helpful tips to find and approach your PPCs.
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Read more: grassroots group guidance
RESULTS UK is a grassroots advocacy organisation with a long history of volunteer-based and volunteer-led advocacy and campaigning. We are committed to supporting all our volunteer advocates across the country to feel safe and secure when campaigning with RESULTS. These guidelines aim to help grassroots volunteers comply with RESULTS’ Safeguarding Policy. Volunteers should read through this…
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Read more: social media guide
Creating and running social media accounts in your local RESULTS group is easy, and we want everyone to be confident with the type of content they are posting in RESULTS’ name. To help you, we’ve put together these tips on using social media as an advocacy tool. We’ve also included some basics on setting up…
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Read more: Healthy Lives events resources
We know that lots of you are busy planning an exciting array of Healthy Lives events to help raise awareness of malnutrition in the run up to Rio. Here are some resources you may find useful for your event, including posters, brief talking points to get your conversations started, and a model MP letter to…
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Read more: working with the media: writing a letter to the editor
Most newspapers and magazines have a ‘letters page’ that gives readers the opportunity to express their views and opinions. The letters page is often the most frequently read page of a publication and provides you with a good opportunity to promote your cause to a wide audience. Check out our easy guide below for top…
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Read more: starting a new Results group in your community
The most difficult part of setting up a new RESULTS group can be finding other like-minded people to join your group. Check out our guide below for some top tips for recruiting members for your group and how to hold a successful first meeting.
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Read more: how to hold a successful meeting with your MP
Organising regular face-to-face meetings with your MP is one of the most effective ways to build a long-lasting and impactful relationship. A meeting gives you the chance to build a personal relationship, seek their support and ask them to commit to taking action. Check out our easy guide that you can follow to ensure your meetings with…
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Read more: blog guide
Creating and running a blog site in your local RESULTS group is easy, and we want everyone to be confident with the type of content they are posting in RESULTS’ name. To help you, we’ve put together these tips on using blogs as an advocacy tool. We’ve also included some basics on setting up and…
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Read more: welcome pack for volunteers
Are you interested in getting involved with RESULTS UK? Then check out our Welcome Pack for an overview of what being a RESULTS volunteer is all about! This is also a useful resource for existing volunteers.
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Read more: MP meeting preparation: draft agenda and planner
The following document is a template for RESULTS UK advocates planning to meet with their local Member of Parliament. Please refer to the relevant campaign Action Sheet and Background Sheets for more information, and see our guide, How to hold a successful meeting with your MP for more tips on securing a meeting and developing a long-term relationship with…
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Read more: gentle protest letter writing guide with Craftivist Collective
This guide is a collaboration between Results UK and Craftivist Collective. It can be used by campaigners to help think differently about letter writing as a campaign action, and works as a practical guide on how to do letter-writing with a twist. We know that many MPs in the UK have been hard to get…
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Read more: FCO-DFID talking points
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced (16 June) that the Department for International Development (DFID) will be merged with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) from September. RESULTS UK believes this decision is wrong and that it will undermine the effectiveness of UK aid spending and its focus on helping the world’s poorest and most…
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The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria is the world’s single largest financer of AIDS, TB and Malaria programmes worldwide. It has a unique organizational structure which sees it operate as a partnership between governments, civil society, the private sector and the people affected by these diseases. Check out our guide below to…
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Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance is a global public-private partnership involving donor governments, recipient country governments, UNICEF, WHO, the World Bank, philanthropic organisations, civil society and the private sector. Established in 2002, Gavi works to increase access to vaccines for children living in the world’s poorest countries. Check out our guide below to find out more about…
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Climate shocks – including increasingly severe and frequent droughts, heatwaves, storms and floods – are taking a disproportionate toll on people living in poverty, the majority of whom, an estimated two billion around the world, depend on smallholder farming. Climate risk insurance is an emerging tool to build resilience to extreme weather shocks among the…
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Undernutrition is a term which describes the various health conditions caused by the body not receiving enough energy (food) or nutrients. Undernutrition can affect people in a variety of ways; they can become too short for their age (stunted); dangerously thin (wasted); and deficient in vitamins and minerals (micronutrient deficient). Check out our guide below to…
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During the first five years of life, children are vulnerable to many deadly diseases, including pneumonia, diarrhoea, and malaria. In the poorest countries, these conditions are worsened by chronic under-nutrition, poor access to treatment and preventative care, and lack of access to clean water and basic hygiene and sanitation. Check out our guide below to…
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Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious airborne disease which commonly attacks the lungs but can affect any part of the body, from the bloodstream to the brain. Despite being preventable, detectable and curable, 10 million people were newly infected with the disease in 2020 alone and 1.5 million people died from it. Read on to find out…
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Education is a human right and is the main focus of Sustainable Development Goal 4. This campaign guide explores why education is important for an end to poverty, the progress and challenges to achieving SDG4, and what can be done to improve education globally.