London Citizens is a diverse alliance of active citizens and community leaders organising for change. Members include faith groups, schools, student organisations, union branches and residents groups who share a commitment to action for the common good, and to nurturing leaders from all backgrounds.

London Citizens has three core community organising networks, which are supported by the Citizen Organising Foundation, a training and development institute. For more detailed network and campaign information, please click the links below to visit the relevant web site.

In East London, TELCO London Citizens has been actively organising and campaigning for over ten years. TELCO is a well established and respected force for democratic change, and last year helped East Londoner's secure a living wage commitment from the London 2012 Olympic project team. More recently TELCO launched a public enquiry into the proposed redevelopment of the Queens Market, ensuring local people and traders have a meaningful say in its future.

At South London's November 2005 Annual Assembly, members committed to campaign on housing, youth, living wages, dignity in hospital and immigration. Click here for more detail.

Last year London Citizens extended its reach even further, establishing West London Citizens, and building on the experience gained through our older networks. West London Citizens has been very active in the 2006 Local Elections, putting proposals determined by our diverse membership, to the party leaders in Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham, and Kensington and Chelsea. The next major event is our First Anniversary Assembly at 7.30pm on 4th October 2006. For an invitation please click here

Fighting poverty wages in London, the Living Wage Campaign has had some major recent successes, with large highprofile employers agreeing to pay the £7.05 per hour London Living Wage.

THOUSANDS IN CALL FOR ZIMBABWEANS IN UK TO BE ALLOWED TO WORK

Thousands called for the right for Zimbabweans to be allowed to work in the UK during a march and rally, organised by London Citizens, on Parliament Square on Friday 11th July 2008, as church leaders and MPs called on the Home Office to allow Zimbabwean Exiles to work and acquire new skills in the UK.

The Strangers into Citizens rally – which followed a service for Zimbabwe at St Margaret’s Church, opposite the Houses of Parliament - has followed a call by the Independent Asylum Commission, which has been conducting a two-year nationwide citizens’ review of Britain’s asylum system, for refused asylum seekers unable to return to their countries to be allowed to work.

Pleaseclick herefor the press release and more information about the rally.

The London Citizens Governance of London Campaign 2008

At the London Citizens Mayoral Accountability Assembly, all candidates, including the new Mayor, Boris Johnson, promised to work with London Citizens during their term in office.

All candidates promised to continue to fund the Living Wage Unit at City Hall.

All candidates publicly commited to the principle of including various forms of Community Land Ownership as one of the solutions to the city's affordable housing crisis.

All candidates backed a call for regularisation for 'undocumented migrants' who have lived in Britain for four years or longer.

All candidates agreed to actively support the CitySafe campaign and to work with London Citizens to develop the initiative.

Details of these commitments can be found in theCitizens’ Agenda.

Promises Made by Boris Johnson at the London Citizens Mayoral Accountability Assembly on 9th April 2008

Housing

In beautiful sunshine 100 London Citizens families camped out by City Hall to launch the Our Homes, Our London Campaign.
Prompted by the impending action, Mayor Livingstone announced that he would work with London Citizens to provide the first Community Land Trust on a site in Bow. Construction would start in 2009 on the 100 home pilot project, to be followed by thousands more CLT homes across London.
The pledge to develop CLT homes was made by Ken in 2004 but after little progress in 3 years, TELCO decided that pressure was necessary to make the promise count. The Tent-City, one of the most creative and ambitious CITIZENS actions, paid off in a big way.

For more information about Community Land Trusts, the 'Our Homes Our London' campaign and housing action, please click here

To read the Mayor’s CLT Press Release (30/07/07) click here