LocalMotion

LocalMotion is a social, economic and environmental justice movement by communities, for communities. We aim to tackle the root causes of issues in six places across England and Wales. Our movement is about bringing people, organisations and institutions together, so that communities in six places can benefit from joined up thinking, pooled resources and long-term collaboration and planning with six established funders in the UK. LocalMotion was created in response to funding squeezes and the increasing demand on charities and local grassroots organisations to plug the gap; people and communities who traditionally have little power, minimal resources and are often working in silo from one another. Our movement seeks to understand local strengths in the places where we live and work. We aim to challenge typical power structures and hierarchies that become barriers to a community’s progress and hold us back. The task is huge. There are plenty of moving parts, conflicting agendas, varying priorities and old practices to overcome. With the clear vision, determination and commitment of the people behind LocalMotion, the imagination to see things differently and the will to rethink current processes and systems, it is our collective hope that lasting positive change can come about.