Insure Our Future
ARCHIVED BOOK : Successful action targeting the global insurance industry is concentrated in the City of London in February 2024.
- Why target Fossil Fuel Insurers?
- How to get involved
- Volunteer for Action Support at IoF
- Messaging pack for IoF
Why target Fossil Fuel Insurers?
ARCHIVED BOOK - for latest campaign go to Insure our Survival
Why Insurance is Winnable (ie. Getting 100s of Millions of tonnes of CO2 cancelled)
Save the Date: 28th October 2024
Come and find out more from activists and insurance insiders. Get your questions answered, and hear the plans for actions starting 28th in London and UK wide. We need you, and you can have a massive impact!
In the UK London is where we can make the biggest impact, which is why we need everyone who can to be there. A major chunk of the global insurance industry is concentrated in the City of London, so here we can potentially make impacts that ripple across the globe!
So if you can join us to maximise pressure at the global heart of the beast - London - please do so, even for a day, and help us get even more carbon bombs cancelled. n Calls to learn more and get involved with various actions around the UK.
But if you can't get down to London don't despair, there are dozens of actions happening across the country on 1st-2nd March, (and more are being added by the day, so check the map more than once!), and Digital Rebellion has a whole campaign that you can join in from home!
How to get involved
ARCHIVED BOOK - for latest campaign go to Insure our Survival
All of the information on how to get involved in the week of insurance actions (26 Feb - 01 Mar 2024) in the City of London and across the UK:
Key information about joining actions in London and around the country, on the XRUK website.
Join the National Telegram Chat to get up to the minute information.
Amplify this week of actions from home via social media on the Digital Rebellion website.
Volunteer in one of many Action Support roles:
So a big thanks for the 120 volunteers so far spread across days and locations. We can always use more (especially in London Tue, Wed, Thu). These roles are an ideal way to be involved in an action and have a valuable purpose at events.
Details of all the Action Support crews are here
Give your availability on dates at locations for specific roles:
Stewarding
Wellbeing
First Aid
Production
DeEscalation
Roadtaking
Thur 22nd Stewards Training 7pm
If you want to be told about training and future events
Volunteer for Action Support at IoF
ARCHIVED BOOK - for latest campaign go to Insure our Survival
Sign Up For Crew Roles
We need Action Support crew to make this a successful and safe event. If you can join us, please sign-up and indicate which days / locations you plan on attending. Once you have signed up we will email you more details.
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Stewarding
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Roadtaking
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Wellbeing
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First Aid (you need to be certificated)
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Production, Logistics and Sound & Power
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De-escalation
For more details on what these roles involve see the Action Support section of Rebel Toolkit.
Training
Roles Fayre
If you're thinking about trying an Action Support Role but you have questions, concerns, or you're just not sure which role is right for you, come along to the
Action Support Roles Fayre on 15th February at 7pm!
When & Where
Plans are constantly evolving but this is what we know as of Tue 13 Feb:
- Mon - pm training hub, no Action Support needs
- Tue 10am-4pm, City of London, street march around occupations
- Wed 10am-4pm, City of London, short street march, then static protest
- Thu 11am-3pm, City of London, static protest Palestine & Fossil Fuels
- Fri various times: UK-wide:
- Glasgow
- Manchester
- Birmingham
- Leicester
- Gloucester
- Bristol
- Brighton
- Chipping Norton
- Oxford
- Tunbridge Wells
- Maidenhead
- Croydon
- Newcastle
- Darlington
- Leeds
- Hastings
- Colchester
- Chelmsford
- Reading
- Sat various times: UK-wide
- Bristol
Messaging pack for IoF
ARCHIVED BOOK - for latest campaign go to Insure our Survival
**Insurance is the Achilles heel of the global fossil fuel industry**. It’s what gives companies such as Shell, BP and Exxonmobil the confidence to drill as the planet burns - by covering their operations against financial losses when things go wrong.
Without insurance, major oil and gas projects would not be able to operate.
Just 20 companies insure 70% of fossil fuel projects and a large number of these companies are based in the UK, mostly in the City of London.
Messaging Pack contains
- links to websites and social media accounts of groups involved
- hashtags to use and follow
- ideas for messaging on banners
- design colour scheme
- information on the alliances behind the actions
- three special demands for these actions
- countdown to action social media plan
XR Insurance Week of Action Messaging Pack
Flyers
Download flyers for use in the upcoming Insure Our Future week of action.
On the link above you will find one design- "R&N flyer", which features only one-page, allowing the back side of the page to be your own local content if needs be. The other two were designed for use at the London actions (26-29th Feb), but can be altered for local use if you have someone locally who knows how to use design software.