Community Assemblies
Community Assemblies are a structured way for a group of people to discuss issues or make decisions collectively.
What are Community Assemblies?
Community Assemblies (also known by other names) are a structured way for a group of people to d...
Why run Community Assemblies?
It’s time to decide for ourselves, together! The current political system is failing to take th...
How to organise a Community Assembly
This manual outlines the various steps that you can take to run an assembly in your local communi...
Creating a Team
“I can’t change the world on my own, it’ll take at least three of us.” - Bill Mollison Below, we...
Budget & Funding
Example Budget Below is an example of a budget to help your planning. This is only a simple guide...
Connecting with the Community and Allies
Relevant teams: Alliance Building, Outreach and Integration Before you attempt to bring a communi...
Assembly Framing, Scope and Topic
Relevant teams: Your local group and ally organisations The exact framing and scope for the assem...
Assembly Planning
Advance Preparation Choose the venue Assemblies are usually held in public spaces like town squa...
Structure of a Community Assembly
There are three main phases of a community assembly, these are the input phase, the deliberation ...
Training & Support
We highly recommend that in the run up to your assembly, you pull together volunteers who want to...
Community Assembly Facilitation Guide
How to facilitate and moderate a Community Assembly. This is a summary of facilitating an assembl...
Roles
Each assembly needs: Main Facilitator (Ideally two with a gender balance) Sometimes called Lead F...
Hand Signals
Assemblies maintain inclusivity and ensure all voices are heard equally by using hand signals to ...
Main Facilitator
Input Phase What do you need to mention as the Main Facilitator in the Input Phase? Welcome ever...
Breakout Group Facilitators
Breakout Group Facilitators are mainly needed in the deliberation phase of a Community Assembly, ...
Dealing with Difficult Interactions
Sometimes when you are running assemblies, or doing community work in general, you might have dif...
5 Step Escalation Plan
The Vision Imagine a plan to make sure the interests of people and nature are taken into careful ...
Case Studies
Cornwall's NVDA Assembly to Local Government Representation
Cornwall local XR group were the first to really get success in using NVDA as a tactic, running a...
Massembly 2024
Over 450 people took part in our incredible Massembly at Upgrade Democracy, to discuss the quest...
More Case Studies
Haringey Community Assembly on Climate (2min video) Blaenau Gwent Climate Assembly, this was th...
Additional Learning
Guides to Deliberative Democracy XR's Citizen's Assembly Rebel Toolkit guidance Power With A...