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Adding Calendar Events - Directly in TeamUp If you only rarely add events to the calendar, it is probably easiest to just complete the calendar form. If you regularly add events for your group/team/community then you will be assigned a private edit link for th...

Sharing an Event from the Calendar From within an event details window, click 'Share' and then 'As Page'. This will give you a webpage with all the event details on. Sharing More of the Calendar This is a useful feature if you want to share a pre-filtered ver...

The events map shows events across the whole UK. It's helpful to bookmark this on your phone for use during Outreach. Finding Events On a mobile device click the down arrow to see search options On a desktop or mobile device click the down arrow again to see ...

Helpful YouTube videos on all things Zoom! For accessing and using on your computer For accessing and using on phone Tech support direct from Zoom Zoom's technical support pages will always give you the most up-to-date information. If you need to learn t...

Whilst there is no specific ‘right to protest’ in law, everyone does have the right to peacefully protest. This right is enshrined in the rights to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, freedom of expression, and freedom of assembly and association, whi...

It is acknowledged and understood that the issue of talking to the police at all is a sensitive one, not least because of the findings in many reports (e.g. The Casey Review) that police forces are institutionally racist and misogynistic. It is recognised that...

The role of Protest Liaison is usually performed by an experienced rebel who has undergone the relevant training. The qualities needed are as follows: Embodies non-violence, calm, non-threatening Confident communicator with authority figures and rebels alike ...

Resources for Air Pollution themed actions Graphics info and designs for making these signs like the one below Flyers to edit and print These flyers are in photoshop format - so you can add your own Local Group info. If you require support in editing these, ...

Don't panic! You have reached this page because you want to drive change through action - the very essence of Extinction Rebellion. You might have an idea and want help to make it a reality, or you might be looking for pre-packaged 'flat pack' action plans. T...

Outcome, audience, message, tactics, plan. So you have an idea for an action or you picked one up from Design Ideas for Actions or the Action Themes. And hopefully you’ve got a few friends to start planning with. You’ll want to start by agreeing some core elem...

When on any action with a risk of arrest, DO NOT take your regular phone. This is because the police can (and will) seize the phones of most people arrested, and as well as ending up with no phone, if the security on the phone is not super tight, they can copy...

Timeline Do a full detailed timeline of the action- eg. from van drop off to debrief. Do this early as it gives people a really good idea of what the action will be like. And then revise it as you go. Work out where really precise timings are needed and where ...

The Protest Liaison and De-escalation roles helps keep police and other authority or security figures calm, remind them of our nonviolence, and helps keep them occupied rather than information gathering on all the activists or organisers present. Civil-disobe...

Great to have you here! This online 'book' aims to explain what Extinction Rebellion is, what we do and why, our aims, methods, principles and strategy. You may be reading this because you are thinking of becoming involved with Extinction Rebellion (XR) and wa...

Do's and don'ts for talking about citizens' assemblies Based on research done for a number of democracy organisations including XR. You can find more detail in Reforming the political system - A Messaging Guide Do say: "Politics" / "political system" Don't sa...

Important messaging points to get right Do say: UK-wide citizens' assembly Don't say : National citizens' assembly Only the United Kingdom government can pass laws on the scale neeeded to address the crisis. The CA must include all 4 nations - Wales, Northern...

Use simple, positive language Do say: Selected like a jury and then sorted to reflect the population Don't say: Sortition/stratified sampling Do say: A group of people that reflects the diversity of our society Don't say : Demographically representative Do ...

Physical cleaning We work hard to minimise the environmental impact of our physical actions. This includes tidying up the site at the end. We are all crew. The packing up should not be left to those who have worked the hardest during the day. Encourage others...

It's very, very important to consider how your action will come across and prepare your public messaging. You need to get in touch with your local M&M team, or a create an M&M team for the action, well in advance, so that they can prepare a press release and s...

Start simple If you are new to action planning, don’t try to run before you can walk. Start with something simple, or get some experience helping another more experienced action planner out with their action planning first. Bounce it around When you have an id...