What Speak Does
51 of the world's 100 biggest economies are Multinational Enterprizes - they are richer, and often more powerful than governments. The problem with this is, governments, in theory, are there for the good of their people. Companies are there to make money. We are campaigning for laws in the UK and Europe that make companies accountable for the way they treat people and the environment, wherever they operate.
Decision makers have been telling us recently that they need to hear the voice of normal people, not just businesses. If you've got some spare time over the summer, why not use it to make a real difference?
The Big Dress
The Big Dress is a key part of SPEAK's campaign for corporate accountability and is one aspect of our wider Trade Justice Campaign. It is the world's largest dress, and a massive creative petition as well as a campaign and educational tool...Trade Justice Campaign
Martin Luther King Jnr once said: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in a network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects others indirectly." We want to acknowledge these ties, and use them for good...Arms Trade Campaign
The Campaign Against the Arms Trade estimate that by the end of the 1990s, nearly 90% of war-victims were non-combatants, and at least half of these were children. We want to campaign for export controls to stop the spread of Arms being produced in the UK to areas of conflict and human rights abuse...Speak Groups and Links
SPEAK Groups meet together regularly for action and prayer. They take campaigning and prayer further by organising campaigns to raise awareness of global injustice in their local area. They motivate people to demand change from decision makers whilst also acting as a catalyst for mobilising people to pray.