Reweaving the Fabric of Society

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Albert Medal Lecture

Reweaving the Fabric of Society: The unfinished story of Citizens UK, Civil Society, Democracy and Power

The 2018 Albert Medal is awarded to Neil Jameson for services to community organising for the common good.

Over the last 30 years Citizens UK has trained and supported over 5,000 civic leaders in what it calls ‘the art of politics in action’.

This has led to one of the most significant developments in politics and public life since the creation of the Welfare State – thousands of citizens organising together, permanently, for the Common Good.

All this has been possible without a penny from local or national government. It has also delivered the largest and most diverse alliance of Organised people and their institutions in the UK.

Neil Jameson’s Albert Medal address will summarise this story. It will focus on the universals for radical change that apply to any organisation or business with an ambition to organise for a fairer and more relational world.

The Citizens 30-year story would be impossible without a growing number of brilliant people choosing the revived vocation of Citizens Organising and the Philanthropic Community investing in them. The search for more is relentless and continues.

The RSA Albert Medal is awarded for innovation in the fields of creativity, commerce and social improvement. 

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