The Show Up Movement - Our Online Community
A community of people
Taking positive action
With authenticity
Without social media
A community of people Taking positive action With authenticity Without social media
Showing Up - The Movement - The Idea
Showing up: Taking positive action, with authenticity. For yourself, for others or the environment. Whether that’s looking after your mental health, helping a friend in need, or picking up litter in your community. Showing up matters and showing up is a choice.
The Movement: A platform to celebrate and share inspirational positive actions. Showing up is inspirational and contagious. A movement starts with a simple step, show up and others will follow your example. We’re showing up and we want you to join us.
The idea: We are building a community. Real people who are proudly showing up. We want to spread positivity by sharing showing up stories and inspiring others to take positive action. We want to make the world a little bit better. Show up, share your showing up stories and inspire others to do the same
Check out our full story below
Features and Stories
Share your showing up story.
The Show Up Movement is a community. We want to hear from you. What’s bought you here? What’s inspired you today? What positive action did you take? Has anyone shown up for you?
We’ll be sharing as many of your stories as we can through our blog posts
Wear your reminder to show up .
By wearing one of our products, you’re doing these amazing things
1 - Joining the movement: recognising that if we all showed up a little more, we could make the world a bit better
2 - Spreading the word: We’re working with amazing artists to create conversation sparking pieces. Each comes with it’s own unique story for you to share.
3 - Giving to charity: For each sale, money will be added to our donation pot, this will be given to charity each month.
Added bonus: You’ll also be supporting real artists who have helped create these stunning designs.
We know you won’t always feel like showing up, some days are harder than others. Our artist Rory has created this incredible piece, it’s a reminder that you can still take positive action, even if you have to carry your pain with you.
FAQs
What is showing up?
It’s hard to describe, but I like to think of it as ‘taking a positive action, with authenticity. For yourself, others or the environment’. The truth is, showing up will look different for everyone, it can be getting out for a run and looking after your mental health, it can be raising thousands of pounds for charity or buying an portion of the amazon rainforest, just to keep it safe. Once you spot it, you’ll recognise it straight away.
Why aren’t you on social media?
In the interest of keeping this brief, I’ll add a link to the blog post about this, but, since you asked: It added stress to my life that I couldn’t cope with, chasing likes, overthinking, worrying, and taking time away from more important things in my life.
How can you expect to grow the Movement without Instagram?
Maybe I won’t, but it has to be this way. I truly believe in this, and I know others do to. It takes a small step to start a movement, i just need a few people to take a leap with me, have conversations about showing up and sharing this website. If it resonates with people, it will grow naturally.
Do people even read emails or websites anymore?
Honestly - I don’t know, but I’m excited to find out.
What do you get out of this?
Firstly, it means I will belong to a community that is full of positivity. As a family man, I feel a duty to show up for my kids and inspire them to show up for themselves, being the best they can be. I’ll also be donating money to charity, in a clear and transparent way. If I can do this, I will be winning.
What can I expect as a member?
My gratitude that you’re willing to take this step with me. An email each week(ish) that shares some positivity from me personally and maybe from positive stories from around the world.
Membership - Is there a charge?
Yes, as soon as you provide your email address, I will automatically take £30 per day from your bank.
Ok - No… I call it membership because the movement should feel like a community. I want you to share your showing up stories, inspire others and help the movement grow. I don’t ask for anything other than your time and to ask you to show up.
What’s the big picture?
I want my email inbox to overflow with positive stories from you all. I want you to buy a T-shirt and then go and show up. I want to see crowds of people wearing a Show Up Movement branded shirt/hoodie/hat, showing up for something they believe in. I want to share those stories with people via email and I want to feel like I’ve made a difference. I want to build a community or real people in the real world making a real impact.
How do I get in touch?
You can email me simon@theshowupmovement.co.uk, you can fill out the contact form on the website, you can reply to the emails that I send out. I do have a social media presence that simply acts as a landing page, I won’t be checking them very often, but I’ll probably see a message there too.