Developing a Local Group

Ideas for growing your group

The follow list is not a list of essentials and not necessarily in sequential order. Depending on the size, skills, time capacity and focus of your group, some of these will be more relevant to you. You are free to organise in whatever ways suit you.

• Connect to your Nation/Region Gardener for support
• Take a trip to join a nearby action or event nearby
• Read more about 'integrating' new rebels
• Plan some 'outreach' to find even more people near you
• Plan a 'People's Assembly' style meeting to collaboratively find a good focus for your group
• Arts and making activities.
• Organising some in-person training for your group (ask your Gardener help find a trainer to visit your group, or train to deliver these yourself) Example trainings are:
  • Heading for Extinction
  • Welcome to XR for Local Groups
  • NVDA (Nonviolent Direct Action)

With all your activities, think about how to advertise them. This could be via social media, posters, flyers, outreach on stalls or doing survey boards. It could be reaching in to your own current social networks (book club, choirs, walking group, sports teams, faith groups etc). Using and building your email list can also be effective.