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What next? Your ideal role

We hope the Foundation Programme has inspired you to volunteer either for a role in your nearest Local Group see this map, or for a role in a regional, national or UK-wide team, as advertised on the Volunteer website.

Roles listed on the Volunteer Website can be filtered by:

  • Role Type (from home or in-person)
  • Types of Work
  • Region/Nation
  • Hours per week

It’s fine to try out more than one role to experience different aspects of XR. It’s also ok to leave a role if you find you no longer have capacity, or you would prefer to move to a different role, but please give your team a little notice.

You will have learnt about Our Structure in the Foundation Programme and how you can explore this using the Organism, where you can read the mandates for all the groups and teams.

If you would like advice on which role to apply for, please email us at volunteer@extinctionrebellion.uk. And if you've applied for a role but have not heard back from the team after a week, please let us know and we will chase them up for you - their integrator may have been on holiday. We would really welcome feedback on your experience as a volunteer.

Group roles

From the Rebellion Academy module Working Group roles,, you will have read that teams have the following Core roles in accordance with our Self-Organising System:

  • External Coordinator
  • Internal Coordinator
  • Group admin

XRUK's default roles can be found here - click on the + sign to read the role mandate.

The other team roles are:-

Secretary / Minute-taker : this role requires reasonable keyboard skills and very good listening skills. The secretary:

  • arranges meetings and take minutes
  • deals with day to day running of the team
  • ensures that Action Points are clearly communciated to the team
  • might act as facilitator if no-one has filled that role (but it is not expected)

Facilitator : this role requires training since XR meetings run in a specific way. The facilitator ensures that:

  • meetings run smoothly according to the group agreement
  • every voice is heard
  • the agenda is covered as well as possible
  • the meeting does not run over time

Integrator : the person in this role makes sure that the team/Local Group has members to fill its roles by recruiting and onboarding new members (often supported by the Foundation Programme course). Find more about this role in the Integrator Handbook.

Budget holder : a good understanding of figures and banking is required, or a willingness to train. The budget holder:

  • understands what budget is available to a team and what it must be spent on
  • approves expense claims from receipts for goods and services
  • approves VLE (volunteer living expenses)
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