Who’s behind Change from the Ground Up?

Nicola Browne is creator of Change from the Ground Up. She lives in Whiteabbey in Northern Ireland. Nicola has worked in human rights and campaigning for almost 20 years, working across academia, international and local non-government organisations, and digital campaigning. Nicola has a strong commitment to grassroots and people-powered work. She was a founder staff member of the ground-breaking Participation and the Practice of Rights organisation in Belfast, including seven years as the Director (Policy) and has supported groups from the most economically deprived communities to design and win campaigns to make real change for those living in social housing and for people using mental health services. Nicola holds an LLB (Hons) degree from the University of Dundee and an LLM in International Human Rights Law from the University of Nottingham. 

Nicola is a Senior Atlantic Fellow for Social and Economic Equity at the London School of Economics and a Fellow with The Social Change Initiative’s Leadership for Social Justice and Peace in Northern Ireland programme.  She is currently the Founding Co-ordinator of Act Now, a new people-powered campaigning community for Northern Ireland.

Nicola tweets at @nicolajbrowne

Sponsor

The Social Change Initiative (SCI) was established in 2015 and is an international charity. Based in Belfast (Northern Ireland), it draws together people with deep experience of grassroots activism, peace building, advocacy and strategic philanthropy. The organisation works both globally and locally to secure progressive social change, so that communities become more inclusive, fairer and peaceful.

SCI focuses on influencing policy, practice, behaviours and attitudes and believes that social change is most effective and sustainable when those most impacted are involved in defining and securing the change they need. It supports the development of effective and sustainable activism to bring about social change. It also supports maximising the impact of funding to support social change. More information on SCI can be found here: www.socialchangeinitiative.com