Banking, Finance and Divestment
Resources collated from work by XR, Tipping Point and other organisations to help you access the information you need to plan your actions and choose your targets.
Fossil Finance
Focus on campaigning for organisation to stop banking with the worst banks.
Bank Better Campaign Handbook (by Tipping Point) Full Colour version / Text only version
Tailored support fromfor XR Local Groups offeredcan be accessed by Tippingby Pointcontacting
Contact bankbetter@tippingpointuk.org
This support consists of:
- campaign planning
- researching the current banking of the target organisation
- suggestions of what banks they could move to
- connecting them up with similar orgs that are also considering bank switching
- training for LGs in how to run presentations about banks and how to negotiate with decision-makers
- campaign planning (actions/petitions etc)
A WhatsApp community for bankpeople organisersinterested in getting organisations to switch banks - with little sub-group chats, e.g. Bank & Local Government, Banks & Universities, etc.
The link to the umbrella community is here
A recordingRecording of Tipping Point's How To Bankrupt A Fossil Bank training in January 2024, delivered in collaboration with Switch It Green:
- Access the webinar video here
- Passcode: Jte9Zr$1
Report on Barclays
Detail what's wrong with the new Barclays energy policy