Training & Support

We highly recommend that in the run up to your assembly, you pull together volunteers who want to help facilitate and/or note-take and run practice sessions face-to-face, or even online. Offer practice sessions in the run up to the community assembly to help your facilitation and note-taker team feel confident.

Recorded Trainings & Open Calls

Trust the People

THE expert trainers inspiring and empowering people everywhere to really bring democracy home, Trust the People run excellent training sessions to give people the knowledge and resources, try out new skills, and feel confident in their ability to organise and run an effective Community Assembly. We highly recommend their training.

Talking To Local Politicians

If considering involving politicians and officers in your community assembly or escalation plans check out the Local & Regional Authorities Map.

Also, check out Hope For the Future’s website. They run regular trainings, which are very informative.

If you are contacting a Member of UK Parliament (MP), XRUK's Political Advisor can provide general guidance to help you find out the most effective approach. Contact political@extinctionrebellion.uk.

Let Us Know

We’d love to know if you are planning a Community Assembly in your local area so that we can support you with any questions you have, help obtain expert advice and possibly help provide facilitation. Please:

Further Training and Support

More and more trainings are popping up regularly. If we are missing some great training resources, please message us to request adding links here.

Just Go For It!

While we hope that everything you need to know is here, it is worthwhile remembering that every assembly is different because it reflects your community’s particular needs.

Deliberative democracy is a learning curve for all of us. Don’t let perfection be the enemy of progress. Just give it a go, do your best, then enjoy the process. Your effort will really be appreciated by participants who are not used to being listened to and who enjoy getting to meet like minds in their community.

You may find that there is demand for more assemblies. Trust the process and go for it!


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