Action Planning
Before, During and After an Action - what do you need to think about when planning your action
First things first
Strategy & Guidance
UK Actions Strategy 2024/25 Details of the current Actions Strategy can be found here: Action Str...
Get inspired!
Look at XR’s rich history of actions Here’s a flavour of different actions to get your creative j...
Things to consider before you start
Start simple If you are new to action planning, don’t try to run before you can walk. Start with ...
The Actions Community - Get help and advice
Don't panic! You have reached this page because you want to drive change through action - the ver...
Planning the action
All you need to know about action design and planning, so you can design and execute your own action
Initial action design
Outcome, audience, message, tactics, plan. So you have an idea for an action or you picked one up...
Access & Inclusion
Making actions accessible is the simple act of asking, "what do you need?" Quote from a disabled...
Vibe and creative elements
XR actions are creative and visual - this can make them incredibly powerful and impactful! Action...
Recruiting and coordinating your team
Now that you have your initial action design in place, you can work out what roles need to be fil...
Comms for your action (internal)
When planning an action, you need to think about: How to mobilise your group and supporters to p...
Media for your action (public)
It's very, very important to consider how your action will come across and prepare your public me...
Getting support from XRUK
There are hundreds of actions a month across the UK. Supporting and promoting every one is imposs...
Logistics and scheduling
Timeline Do a full detailed timeline of the action- eg. from van drop off to debrief. Do this ear...
How to do a recce
Recce is another term for reconnaissance. At its most basic reconnaissance is preliminary surveyi...
Organising coaches & other transport to actions
Introduction Group transport to events and actions have many advantages. Much of the work and str...
Advertising your local group transport
So you’ve booked your coach, that’s great! Perhaps you used the Organising Transport to Actions g...
On the day
How to ensure your action runs smoothly, achieves the planned outcomes and you cope with the unex...
On-the-ground coordination
On-the-ground coordinators Ideally you will have assigned someone to this role during the plannin...
Dealing with police and security
The Protest Liaison and De-escalation roles helps keep police and other authority or security fig...
Sharing news as it happens
Hopefully much of your planning will kick in. Those with roles to coordinate the media, photograp...
After an action
Debriefs; tidying up on the ground and virtually; regeneration and rest
Looking after arrested rebels
Arrest support If you have had arrests, hopefully you were expecting them and have Back Office an...
Tidying up - physically and virtually
Physical cleaning We work hard to minimise the environmental impact of our physical actions. Thi...
How to debrief
As the movement grows, it is important that we learn from our achievements and our mistakes. A de...