Our social action is always informed by listening to residents and communities in the local area first. Through our community research, people accessing our services and working with local groups, we identify the issues communities see as important and support them to take action. We do this by working with local residents and people accessing both our services and those of our partners to provide coaching, practical support, and training.

We support communities to lead a range of collective social action campaigns. In the past this has included petitions, protests, to roundtable discussions and events. We have supported residents of St. Martins Estate in campaigning to address damp and mould issues in their homes, resulting in repairs totalling almost two million pounds. We also assisted residents in campaigning for refunds on overcharged water bills, leading to hundreds of thousands of pounds returned to affected residents.

Currently, we are facilitating support for local groups to build more active, represented and civically engaged communities. Additionally, through the Lambeth Peer Action Collective, we are supporting young people in addressing the root causes of violence affecting their community.