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06. The Arts
Art, Design, Music and Performance. The heart of XR is colourful and engaging arts. XR Art and Creative groups range from Design, Art Blockers, Paint The Streets to Theatre, 3D Makers, Red Rebel Brigade and more!
07. Media and Messaging
One stop shop for all your Media, Messaging and Communications needs.
02. Group Building
Build a healthy, resilient, empowering and enjoyable Local Group, Community Group, Affinity Group etc.
04. Actions
Everything to help you plan and execute your own action (before, during and after). Information on attending an action as a participant, volunteering in an Action Support role and arrestee and legal support guidance. Also included are many examples of desi...
10. Tech and Data
Support guides and information for using XR's online platforms, and other online tech tools that you are likely to use within XR.
01. Intro to XR
Begin your journey from couch to rebel!
08. Outreach and Integration
Growing our movement from initial contact to involvement in supporting to taking part in NVDA
05. Talks and Training
Talks, training and workshops [TTW] are vital to a new joiner's engagement with XR and their understanding of the movement. Talks can engage and inspire whilst training and workshops can familiarise and prepare. They can give you time to develop stronger ti...
11. XRUK Circles Resources
This shelf has some publicly available books. It is also available for teams to store books with specialised information which will only be viewable when a user logs in to the Rebel Toolkit with a Hub login.
09. Access and Inclusion
Guidance on including marginalised groups in all areas of XR. Also info on mental health support available.
12. Archive
Open Calls and older resources and info from actions packs etc which could be useful to refer to, reflect upon, reuse, recycle!
03. Current Campaigns
How to contribute to the Rebel Toolkit
A new vision for the toolkit has arrived!
Welcome & Onboarding Handbook (integration)
This is an Onboarding Tool for Integrators from any Working Group (WG) or Local Group (LG). In this handbook, you should find the resources you need to welcome new and existing Rebels to your team or LG.
Painting, Making and Art Blocking
Physical art and making - woodblocks, painting, flags, banners!
Paint The Streets
Our longstanding flyposting & subvertising campaign. A great low-risk first NVDA action.
Design
Design Programme, fonts, logos, woodblock images, colours. Leaflet and poster designs.
Action Network for XR
XRUK's mailing system containing separate 'email lists' for Nations & Regions, Local Groups, Campaigns, Volunteers, Talks and Training, all connected in one big 'network'. This book contains guidance for how to become an admin of a list, to send emails, how...
Internal Comms
To be successful, you need great lines of communication with your group and supporters.
Community Alliance Building
Resources for helping Local Groups to build alliances with community groups in their area.
Community Assemblies
Community Assemblies provide a way for people to organise locally and to experience the power of deliberative democracy to make progress on the issues that are most important to a community. To choose our future, mitigate power and empower our communities,...
Rebel Ringers Handbook
Learn what Rebel Ringers do, and how to sign up and make calls. Come along to one of our sessions to get trained and get started! Sign up via: https://actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns/rebel-ringing-events
The Foundation Programme
In this book, you will find information about: - applying to the Foundation Programme - joining the Hub (our one-stop-shop for all XR tools & services) and finding your course schedule there - the Foundation Programme Team - help using Zoom
Social Media
Since the mainstream media refuse to cover the majority of our work, an important way we can share our message is through social media. This book contains everything you need to know about social media platforms and how to use them as an activist or a local...
Action Planning
Before, During and After an Action - what do you need to think about when planning your action
Design, Develop and Deliver Training
Post Training Resources
M&M Get Started
This book gives an overview of how to do media and messaging for an XR group
Press and Spokesperson
Learn to talk to journalists and get the traditional media (newspaper, TV, radio) to run your stories
Photography, Videography and Livestream
This book is about creating and sharing visual media, for both professionals and amateurs. There are two ways to contribute your photos to XR UK, directly to the XR Media Library ‘Picture Desk’ or via XRUK Live Action Content Telegram channel. Please avoid ...
Action Support
Volunteer roles to support actions : stewarding, well-being, protest liaison, production, outreach and more!
Intro to Technical and Data Services
Ways to do outreach
Preparing for new volunteers
Recruiting new volunteers
Welcoming new volunteers
Core Design Programme
The principles of graphic design to produce XR's destinctive look, and artwork to use. See also the Global Media Library page for artwork samples.
Block Printing
XR Art Blockers have developed these facilities to help you provide prints for your actions !
Hub Admin Guides
This chapter is only relevant for people with the role of Hub Admin.
Contributing - The Technical Side
Editing, Markdown, images, links etc
Group Admin Guides
This chapter is only relevant for people with the role of Group Admin.
Writing and Sending Emails on Action Network
Technical, style, content and accessibility advice. Plus automatic welcome emails.
Reports and Viewing Activist Data
Information on how to access and collect data on rebels in the Action Network system
Adding Subscribers
Known Issues and Error Messages with Action Network
Advanced
Extra information for people wanting to dig a little deeper in to what Action Network is capable of.
Start Here
Overview, training, admin access and contact details
Events and Forms
These are called 'actions' in Action Network jargon.
Messaging Apps: Administrating & Moderating Chats
Welcome to XR for Speakers
Resources For Local, Regional or National Group Talks Scripts; Slide Sets; Support Video for Local Group delivery
Guide to A&LS Back Office for BO volunteers
Note: This document supersedes the document known as the Step-by-Step Guide [sometimes referred to as The Back Office Bible]. It has been written on behalf of the Back Office operated by A&LS, formerly known as ‘Central Back Office’. Regional Back Offices ma...
XR UK Constitution guides and resources
Resources and guidance referenced by the XR UK Constitution
Principles Of Inclusivity
In order to build an inclusive approach towards involving all sections of society in the struggle to highlight the climate emergency, it is necessary for XR to pay particular attention to five activity areas: Organisation and running of meetings The product...
Doorknocking
Door Listening Why Door-to-door Listening? You may want to consider approaching members of your local community to invite them to take part in Actions or Community Assemblies. The process of knocking on people’s doors and simply listening to what they have to ...
Editing Pages
The Rebel Toolkit was originally designed and a 'wiki' - a collaborative space for any rebel with a Communications Hub login to add and update. But over the years it got out of date and repetative with no overal vision to hold it together. So from Sep 2023 onw...
Welcome to the Rebel Toolkit!
What is the Rebel Toolkit? A one stop shop for individual Rebels and members of Local and Community Groups. Containing everything you need to know in order to learn more about XR, get training and advice, set up and run a group, take action with XR and more. ...
How to debrief
As the movement grows, it is important that we learn from our achievements and our mistakes. A debrief after an action gives us the opportunity to recognise our skills and weaknesses and to develop ourselves both as individuals and part of a team within the mo...
How to Host a House Meeting
What do you feel about the Climate Crisis? And what does it mean to you to be part of Extinction Rebellion? Then, there’s how do your family, friends, neighbours and colleagues feel, too? Sometimes, it can be hard to have a conversation about all this because ...
Talking about the Crisis on the Street
When Nonviolent Civil Disobedience has been most effective, it has taken place on a foundation of connected and organised communities. Actions are our primary way to get into the public eye but our actions alone are not enough. We need to use these actions to ...
Contact the Rebel Toolkit team
Contact the Rebel Toolkit project team: On Mattermost, the Rebel Toolkit Reception channel in the UK Team. It is a public channel, so you can join yourself to it. By email : LGsupport@extinctionrebellion.uk
Organising Inclusive Meetings
When considering an accessible and inclusive meeting, there are 3 aspects you need to think about: Planning and preparation The equipment and information The conduct of the meeting. You should always build access in from the start of your planning. Not ...
Website Accessibility
Text Use a sans serif typeface, like Arial or Karla as it is easier to read for visually impaired people. A large font equivalent to Arial 14 is a good size – the alternative is to have a Large Print button at the top of the home page. The text should be colou...
Good Practice in Communicating with Disabled People
The following information is a guide to issues which affect different groups of people with impairments in terms of communication. It is important to remember each individual has their own needs and strategies – ask them what their particular needs or issues a...
Communication Checklist
Written communication Is text colour contrasted with background? Is typeface sans serif? Is text large enough for most people to see (Are community languages in large print)? Is layout clear and easy to follow – avoiding columns and box inserts – (althoug...
Not in a Working Group but want to add your resources to the Toolkit?
The Rebel Toolkit is a resource for everyone, built by our rebels. Therefore, if you are a Rebel in a Local Group, a Community Group or in anyway involved and you feel like you have something to add, then please let us know! What to Add? So your group has done...
Access & Inclusion
Making actions accessible is the simple act of asking, "what do you need?" Quote from a disabled rebel Before You Start Planning Is there a wide array of disabled voices in the discussion space, reflecting the diversity of the movement? Is there sufficie...
Colours
We have a standard set of colours for our publications, which are documented in the Design Programme. As it is a large PDF, here is a summary of the colour scheme. This page also has the hex values of the colours. If you need CMYK or PMS codes, they are in th...
What is a Local Group?
Extinction Rebellion organises in autonomous groups distributed around the world. We are working to build a movement that is participatory, decentralised, and inclusive. Local Groups bring a feeling of togetherness and shared purpose to local people and are a ...
Find or Start a Local Group
Find a Local Group near to you You can look for a group close to where you live on the Local Group map. If you can't find a pin on the map close enough to you, then click on the hourglass symbol to contact your Nation or Region. Local Group Support team is her...
Integrator Resources
Integrator (Onboarder) training: Here's the link to the slides used in the Integrator Training sessions for Local Groups and Integrator Training sessions for Working Groups Resources for new rebels: Intro to XR Foundation Programme Sign-up For info and...
Supporting your new Volunteers
Access needs Find out about your new volunteer's access needs and any other ways they may need to be kept safe. These may include any disclosed disability that might affect their participation in our community (such as the use of assistive technologies to read...
Why do we need new volunteers?
For a movement that aims to mobilise 3.5% of the population, that seems like a daft question! However, it can be useful to think about why we need new people beyond just the obvious. New volunteers are the lifeblood of every team We know we need numbers to win...