{"id":566661,"date":"2010-05-17T11:46:39","date_gmt":"2010-05-17T15:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oxfam.org.uk\/applications\/blogs\/pressoffice\/?p=12761"},"modified":"2010-05-17T11:46:39","modified_gmt":"2010-05-17T15:46:39","slug":"free-leadership-training-how-to-be-a-changling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/566661","title":{"rendered":"Free leadership training: How to be a Changling!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"img alignnone size-medium wp-image-12762\" style=\"width:180px;\">\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfam.org.uk\/generationwhy\/cgi\/process_comp\/photos\/2010\/05\/flash-mob-birmingham-12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oxfam.org.uk\/generationwhy\/cgi\/process_comp\/photos\/2010\/05\/flash-mob-birmingham-12-180x135.jpg\" alt=\"Changlings in action last year\" width=\"180\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>Changlings in action last year<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;It was great fun sharing my Oxfam enthusiasm with other young activists and I leart loads of new campaigning skills that I have used in the Warwick Oxfam campaigning group&#8221; Jess Fullwood-Thomas, Changling 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Change activists build networks of people, motivating others to get involved in Oxfam\u2019s campaigns and inspiring them to rise to the challenge of overcoming poverty and to tackle climate change.<\/p>\n<div style=\"10px;\">\n<div class=\"img \" style=\"width:19px;\">\n\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oxfam.org.uk\/static\/img\/speech1.gif\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" width=\"19\" height=\"14\" \/><\/p>\n<div>&quot;&quot;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change <strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"img \" style=\"width:19px;\">\n\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oxfam.org.uk\/static\/img\/speech2.gif\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" width=\"19\" height=\"14\" \/><\/p>\n<div>&quot;&quot;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/strong>the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"xtra-info\">Nelson Mandela<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Change programme is aimed at young people aged 18-25, who can demonstrate a commitment to making change happen. They will attend a free, residential training event on 10-13 September 2010 in Birmingham, and then undertake a 6-month programme of campaigning in their town or university campus, on a voluntary basis. As part of their programme they will also help to organise a local one-day training event, to share their learning with others.<\/p>\n<p>Former Change activists have gone on to do amazing things, from founding the <a href=\"http:\/\/ukycc.org\/\"><span style=\"underline;\"><span style=\"#005baa;\">UK Youth Climate Coalition<\/span><\/span><\/a> and<a href=\"http:\/\/adoptanegotiator.org\/the-trackers\/united-kingdom\"><span style=\"underline;\"><span style=\"#005baa;\"> tracking climate negotiators<\/span><\/span><\/a> at UN conferences, to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfam.org.uk\/applications\/blogs\/pressoffice\/?p=8248&amp;v=newsblog\"><span style=\"underline;\"><span style=\"#005baa;\">creating local groups of people<\/span><\/span><\/a> taking action against poverty.<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in becoming a Change activist, please fill out an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfam.org.uk\/applications\/blogs\/pressoffice\/wp-admin\/downloads\/change_application_2010.doc\"><span style=\"underline;\"><span style=\"#005baa;\">application form<\/span><\/span><\/a> and return it to <a href=\"mailto:active@oxfam.org.uk\"><span style=\"underline;\"><span style=\"#005baa;\">active@oxfam.org.uk<\/span><\/span><\/a> by <strong>30 May 2010. <\/strong>Applicants will be interviewed, and successful candidates will be informed by the end of June.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are you waiting for? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfam.org.uk\/applications\/blogs\/pressoffice\/wp-admin\/downloads\/change_application_2010.doc\"><span style=\"underline;\"><span style=\"#005baa;\">Apply today!<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Changlings in action last year &#8220;It was great fun sharing my Oxfam enthusiasm with other young activists and I leart loads of new campaigning skills that I have used in the Warwick Oxfam campaigning group&#8221; Jess Fullwood-Thomas, Changling 2009. Change activists build networks of people, motivating others to get involved in Oxfam\u2019s campaigns and inspiring [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7104,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-566661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=566661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566661\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=566661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=566661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=566661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}