These are made up of local institutions, including schools, universities, churches, mosques, synagogues, parent groups, health trusts, charities, and unions.

They have previously campaigns in areas including the Living Wage Foundation,[4] Parents and Communities Together (PACT),[5] and Sponsor Refugees.

At the time, the London minimum wage was £3.70 an hour which meant some people were working multiple jobs and still struggling to make ends meet.

A march down the Mile End road was organised calling for all staff working in East London hospitals to be a paid a Living Wage.

[13][14] Each candidate for Prime Minister was questioned on stage concerning their willingness to work with Citizens UK if elected.

In particular they agreed to work to introduce the Living Wage and to end the practice of holding children of refugee families in detention.

It sees its role in the UK's political system as determinant of the distinction between Civil Society from the State and the Market.

The campaign was organised by Austen Ivereigh, a former director of public affairs for the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor,[20] and as such had strong links with amongst others the Cardinal Archbishop, Westminster Cathedral, the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales and the Catholic Herald newspaper, all three being enthusiastic supporters of the political advocacy campaign.

Launched in 2001, the Living Wage campaign calls for every worker in the country to earn enough to provide their family with the essentials of life.

The rate outside London is calculated by the Minimum Income Standard team at Loughborough University, supported by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

In the lead up to the 2010 General Election a major campaign was mounted over the number of children being held in detention with their families seeking refugee status.

Promises to end this practice were made by all three political leaders at the General Election Accountability Assembly held by Citizens UK in May 2010 at Westminster Central Hall.

This resulted in the ending of the practice of holding children of refugee families in detention by the Coalition government and a law was passed in 2014 to prohibit this.

[26] Citizens UK set up the Institute for Community Organising (ICO) as part of its Centre for Civil Society (established in 2010) in response to growing demands for its training.

[27] In 2013, Citizens UK created a Master's course in Community Organising in affiliation with Queen Mary University.