What is campaigning?
INQUEST was founded by families campaigning. This is its history, and is something that shapes the organisation to this day. The original campaigns were set up by the friends and family of Blair Peach, Jimmy Kelly and Liddle Towers after deaths following contact with the police, and Mathew O’Hara and Richard Campbell following deaths in prison.
Some examples of family campaigns
Family campaigns rely on individuals and groups finding ways to change things. They share much in common such as demands for justice, truth, and reform but also vary in what they want to achieve in the long term, tactics, size of the campaign and the amount of support they receive.
Tips on campaigning
Decide what you want to achieve before getting involved and set that as your objective or aim. Do some research in advance – find out what’s going on already, what the government is doing on the issue, policy, other groups, or families who might have been affected.