Align is a strategic consultancy for progressive movements.

We support organisations to imagine and build new worlds.

OUR VISION & MISSION

We envision a world where everyone working towards transformative change feels deeply supported, rooted in effective strategy and strong relationships, held by high-functioning organisational cultures and able to draw on their own creativity, inner wisdom, and imagination in order to make the leap we need into a new world. 

PAST COLLABORATIONS INCLUDE:

At Align, we provide mission-driven organisations, groups, individuals and coalitions with:

Skills

to identify new ways of working and being, define purpose and roles in the broader ecosystem and clarify long-term success and impact.

New Ideas

through frameworks, narratives, experiments and strategies that help realise their long-term visions.

Space

to unpack challenges, dream together, and recuperate.

Support

to find alignment within themselves and with each other, tell their unique stories and transform their visions into practical projects that ‘rehearse’ the future.

Our work is rooted in SIX KEY TOOLS:

Research and Writing

Facilitation

Organisational Design

Coaching

Communications

Strategy

See our work in action

We work with a diverse range of partners, from global institutions and grassroots movements to advocacy groups and research organisations. Explore our case studies

  • "From the outset of the relationship, Align were professional, thorough and insightful, laying out a detailed project plan and being clear and communicative about the work they were doing.

    NEON worked closely with Align to produce our Covid-19 & Social Movements report in summer 2020. From the outset of the relationship, Align were professional, thorough and insightful, laying out a detailed project plan and being clear and communicative about the work they were doing. The project remained on track and the report produced was of a very high standard and matched the brief perfectly - and the many stakeholders that Align worked with on behalf of NEON were treated in line with our values of solidarity, generosity and respect, which are clearly values Align lives and works by also. I would absolutely recommend Align as partners, and will definitely be seeking to work with them again in the future!” 

    Ayeisha Thomas-Smith, Executive Director / Strategy and Fundraising, NEON

  • "From day one, we had confidence that we were in the best hands. Hoda brings a legendary sense of calm and order to her work, and a level of grace that is incredibly rare in today’s work culture.

    The Leap worked with Hoda Baraka on an intense and ambitious contract for the film “A Message from the Future II: the Years of Repair.” In a dizzying couple months together, we launched a short film with an innovative global strategy to engage a constellation of partner organisations across a spectrum of different movements. From day one, we had confidence that we were in the best hands. Hoda brings a legendary sense of calm and order to her work, and a level of grace that is incredibly rare in today’s work culture. We benefited from her strategic brilliance, generosity with her web of relationships, and her stunningly quick grasp of our culture and methods. We’d work with Hoda again at the drop of a suitable project.

    Avi Lewis & Katie McKenna, The Leap

  • "She uniquely brings her skills in creative writing to front-line organisers who rarely have a space to explore the question of what if?

    Hanna has been a vital part in co-designing and facilitating a Migrants in Culture programme of sci-fi writing classes for social movement leaders. She uniquely brings her skills in creative writing to front-line organisers who rarely have a space to explore the question of what if? With care, rigour and encouragement, she helps organisers build new worlds, not only resist the status quo. I look forward to continuing to grow this work with her! “

    Joon-Lynn Goh, Migrants in Culture

  • "Her deep listening skills, strong insights, and organisational experience was just what we needed to navigate the multiple layers of this change.

    We worked with Hoda to assist us with a major transition in our communications team. Her deep listening skills, strong insights, and organisational experience was just what we needed to navigate the multiple layers of this change. I especially was impressed with the emotional intelligence she brought, which ensured us to be sensitive to often hidden issues, and allowed us to make the best decisions for our staff and organisation.”

    Christina Leaño, Associate Director, Laudato Si Movement

  • "It has been a remarkable journey working with them as strategic advisors, where they guided our team in envisioning and structuring our portfolio of work"

    Hanna and Hoda carry a unique blend of strategic and creative approaches to support individuals and organizations in their transformation. It has been a remarkable journey working with them as strategic advisors, where they guided our team in envisioning and structuring our portfolio of work, assisting us with everything from thinking about creative practice for organizational change to media planning and gathering buy-in for new ideas. They grounded their support in care and openness — balancing strategy with radical imagination to help us seed innovation in the UN system. I am grateful to have been in collaboration with them, having learned so much, and will continue to embody their futures-oriented lens in my work.” 

    Lauren Parater, Creative Strategy Lead, UN Global Pulse

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