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Mental Health and Wellbeing Support
XR UK Ways of Working and Constitution
How rebels in XR UK work together. 1. The Principles and Values are the core propositions that we need to commit to in order to act in the name of XR. 2. The Ways of Working guide how we relate to each other in all teams across the UK. 3. The Constitution...
SOS: making it work for you
How to use our Self-Organising System (SOS) effectively to organise teams and evolve an effective movement through reflection and learning. Note: If you are looking for the Constitution itself, that is in a separate book. This is to make a distinction betwe...
Messaging
Designing your messaging and XRUK messaging packs
People's Assemblies
A people’s assembly is a group decision making process usually taking around 30-45 minutes. It is to help weigh up pros and cons and make a joint decision. For instance, deciding whether to continue or change an action that is in progress.
XRUK 2023-24 Strategy
Here Comes Everyone
Welcome and Integration
How to welcome and involve new members in to your Local Group (or Community Group).
Feedback and Learning
Collation of movement-wide surveys and feedback from specific actions
XRUK 2025-26 Strategy
Discover our roadmap for the journey ahead, to spark and sustain a spirit of creative, nonviolent rebellion.
Guide to Assemblies
What, why, how?
Movement Assemblies
Using the Community Assembly format to 'walk the talk' within XRUK to involve all rebels in participatory democracy.
Guide to Polis for XR
Welcome to a new kind of conversation! Polis is an interactive democratic platform used around the world to gather, understand and analyse what large groups of people think.
Introduction to Regenerative Cultures
This Regenerative Cultures shelf has been developed by the Regenerative Cultures circle. If you would like to get in touch, please contact us at xr.regenerativeculture@gmail.com.
Rebels Personal Regenerative Work
How to be a happier, more effective rebel.
Resources
Useful tools and links to further information.
Community Building
This might not be what you think it is!! Learn more about this kind of work and the tools to help you get involved.
Relationships with Wider Ecosystem
Attending to relationships with other-than-humans.
Relationships With Fellow Rebels
This book focuses on our relationships - within XR; with other rebels, in our groups, in actions , with our allies and others outside the XR movement.
World Water Wedding
The World Water Wedding is an opportunity for anyone who cares about one of our most precious resources to come together to honour our relationship with this wonderful element. Wedding vows often include a commitment to love ‘for better or worse, in sickne...
The Trilogy
A TRILOGY is a set of three distinct works that are connected and may be seen either as a single work or as three individual acts of storytelling. A Better World is Possible - A Creative Vision as we move from 2025-2026
After an Action
Debriefs; tidying up on the ground and virtually; regeneration and rest.
First Things First
On the Day
How to ensure your action runs smoothly, achieves the planned outcomes and you cope with the unexpected.
Design Elements
The long list of elements to include in your action design. See the index above for inspiration.
Tips for talking about Citizens' Assemblies
Guidance on effective communication of CAs
Learn More
Applying for and using extinctionrebellion.uk email accounts
Get Involved in Your Community
Geographical, interest, skill or profession based groups are great ways to connect to others.
Comment threads: how to engage with the public on social media
Commenting on social media requires patience and emotional control. You are not just replying to the person you are responding to. You should always keep in mind all the other people who are watching and learning from the interaction. It is an opportunity t...
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Post arrest support
Volunteering with Arrestee and Legal Support
For opportunities other than those described below, see the Volunteer website
Planning an action?
The majority of the things you need to think about are in the Action Planning book, elsewhere on the Toolkit. However there are two things that are relevant to providing arrestee and legal support at an action. - Legal Observer support - Back Office support
Elements of Paint the Streets
Paint the Streets Messaging Focus
Meetings and Decision Making
Using elements of our Self Organising System (SOS) in your group
Assets
Ex-squid-it leaflets, posters, stickers, masks, puppets & more.
All Porpoise Actions
Find action designs in the Waves however there are more beautiful actions to showcase!
General SOS guidance
Advice on how to organise and make decisions within XR UK using our Self-Organising System
Role-specific SOS guidance
Advice mainly aimed at the three Core Roles of the Self-Organising System, to help carry out their mandates
Building Onboarding into your Team
We know that one of the main reasons that volunteers stay with XR is that they find a community with us. So how can we ensure that we are as welcoming to as many people, and as many different people, as possible? The Job of Welcoming It is an integrator's job ...
Same page two + contributors
For those that may be working on a doc at the same time as another Rebel. If at the top of the page you are working on you see an image like the one below pop up at the top right-hand corner then we strongly advise that you work on a separate page. There is a...
Our Childrens Future / Pram Rebellion
This is a low risk, high impact visual action that can be done at a local group level or by individual rebels. What? Paint a pram or buggy white (or another colour), put a printed message in it, lock it and leave it in a town, or where there is high footfall....
Adding Images
To add an image to a page: Prepare a suitably-sized image. Most photos need their resolution reducing for publishing on the web. See the [Resizing Images](/books/about-the-rebel-toolkit/page/resizing-images) page for instructions. Click in the text at the po...
Behaviour and Good Practice
General responsibilities of Group Admins Group Admins have a responsibility to make sure that the Hub and communcation platforms are being used correctly and responsibly by members of their Hub Group. This document describes some 'best practices' that you may...
Visuals Generator Aktivisda
Generate a XR-branded poster or banner in minutes! The Visuals Generator (Aktivisda) is a web application which will create custom images with words and coloured backgrounds. extinctionrebellion.aktivisda.earth How to use Aktivisda READ: Step by Step Tutorial ...
Exit Process
Emergency Summary Help I need to step back! Step 1 Tell your Coordinator. Step 2 Fill out This Doc to help your team pick up where you left off. Step 3 Breathe. We are all volunteers in XR. This comes with some benefits and also some drawbacks. The benefits ...
Library (UK Cloud)
What is it? The Library is a shared read-only area for all Rebels on UK Cloud. You can view and download documents, images, and other files from the Library but you do not upload material direct to the Library. The Library is being gradually replaced by this R...
Adding a Google document
If you have something useful in a Google document which you would like to make available on the Rebel Toolkit, you can't upload it directly. You have a choice: Turn the google doc in to a RT page If possible, especially with more 'evergreen content' it is bes...
Links within RT
You can use markdown to create links within the Rebel Toolkit using a combination of square and curved brackets e.g. [View the Media and Messaging shelf](https://rebeltoolkit.extinctionrebellion.uk/shelves/07-media-and-messaging) which will then look like this...
Rebel Toolkit
Searching the Rebel Toolkit The Rebel Toolkit has a search function available from the box at the top of every page, or, on narrow screens, from the menu. Below is an example of this. Search : nonviolent direct action View result here - this picks up part of t...
When to use the Forums instead of Mattermost
What is the difference between chat and discussion? Chat (Mattermost) and discussion (Forums) are two very different things. This document attempts to explain their individual uses. Think of chat (Mattermost) as being a bit like conversations around a table ...
How to set up a Telegram-Mattermost link
We have a Matterbridge service, which enables you to link a Telegram channel or group to a Mattermost channel. The purpose of this service is to reduce the number of communication tools you have to use. Rebels who are comfortable with Mattermost can keep in to...
Online Behaviour Guide
XR's Regenerative Culture We owe each other a duty of care to make our presence on our communications platforms a comfortable and beneficial experience. This includes a healthy focus on mutual support through: Self care – how we take care of our own needs Mut...
Can I move my existing email list to Action Network?
Your Existing Mailing List If you have been using mailing list management software, like MailChimp or have a list of addresses stored on Gmail, you won't want to lose contact with those people. The only email addresses that we'll be able to move across immedia...
Introduction to writing emails
Start here for a quick overview If you don't have access to your email list yet click here This chapter ...
Automatic welcome email for your group
So, you’ve got your group up and running and people are signing up via the LGmap or the UK website page or your shortlink (joinxr.uk/localgroupname) or via your own tailor made sign up forms. Nice! Questions? - head to this page. But how will they know when yo...
Formatting, readability and accessibility
Writing clear, readable emails for everyone and with focus on readers with visual impairments, dyslexia etc. Text and Style guide Use sans serif fonts (such as Arial and Calibri). Once you have chosen a font it's best to stick to it; don't mix fonts in an e-ma...
Create reports on Action Network
Creating reports in Action Network lets you see what data subscribers have provided, and what actions* they have taken. *actions is Action Network jargon for interaction with emails, forms or events created in Action Network. To view current reports or create ...
Admin access to email lists
Introduction Anyone wanting to be an admin of any Action Network list must adhere to current policies (as maintained, monitored and implemented by the Action Network Data Team): 1 - Sign the XR UK VOLUNTEER AGREEMENT It doesn't matter if you don't remember if ...