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Titus Alexander

Titus Alexander is Convenor of Democracy Matters, an informal network of over 30 organisations promoting education for practical politics. He is Director of Policy at People Can, a social justice charity formerly Novas Scarman. Titus has been called a “one man think tank” on community action, citizenship, education, family learning, social innovation and global issues.

Publications include Campaigning is OK!, on why campaigning matters, where to get support and resources available, including training, materials, books and websites.

His Learning Power: a contribution to the national skills strategy (Campaign for Learning/Scarman Trust, 2007) argues that learning practical politics is as important as business education or law. Helena Kennedy, Bernard Crick, Francis Maude and others have said this report is timely, important and practical.

Other publications include his influential Demos report Family Learning: foundation of effective education (1997), Citizenship Schools: a practical guide to education for citizenship and personal develop, and Unravelling Global Apartheid: An overview of world politics (Polity Press 1996). He was a co-founder of the Parenting Education & Support Forum (now Parenting UK), Charter 99, a campaign for global democracy, Action for A Global Climate Community, the Self-Esteem Network, Brighton Community Resource Centre and many other projects.

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ResPublica’s submission to CMA

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ResPublica’s Response to the Autumn Budget 2018

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ResPublica Response to changes to the National Planning Policy Framework

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