​What is Phonebanking?

​Phonebanking is a way for us as a branch to reach out to our community, talk, check-in, and invite each other to events.

It sits at the core of what we do at London Renters Union following our first priority: Community.

Training is provided each night and people can take on as much or as little as they would like. Sometimes its about building confidence before building the community!

An excerpt from our Story and Strategy in LRU:

We are organising to grow a powerful community that fights for the changes we need to the housing system.

​We’re building a vibrant branch in Hackney and across the city that are rooted in the places we’re organising in.

​We build power by:

• ​Standing up to the rich and powerful is hard work so we prioritise building strong relationships with each other and creating vibrant, caring spaces that people want to spend time in together.

• ​Being a community helps us to understand that we share the experience of being a renter, and our shared interests. This shared sense of identity is a source of power, and politicians are already starting to see renters as a political subject that they have to listen to.

• ​We use a community organising approach and work hard to build our base and to make sure our branches are rooted in local neighbourhoods and communities.

• ​We prioritise organising with people who are most impacted by the housing crisis and those who aren’t already politically active.