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Dirty Water
Dive in! Take direct action to demand the following: - Climate change and nature loss should inform planning nationally and locally - Water is to be treated as a precious natural life-source - The creation of legal Rights of Nature for all natural entities ...
Directory of Talks and Training
Many talks, workshops and training sessions are delivered regularly via Zoom. You may also find links to recordings of previously trainings to watch at your leisure.
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 Any questions? Visit https://organise.earth/uk/channels/self-organising-system
Messaging
Designing your messaging and XRUK messaging packs
People's Assemblies
A people’s assembly is on a very small scale. Perhaps a group of activists must decide whether to continue or change their protest. They hold a people’s assembly for everyone to discuss the pros and cons and make a joint decision. This takes 30 to 45 minutes. ...
Upgrade Democracy
Get your tents and sleeping bags ready for a 3 day occupation which targets the failing system and finally brings citizens’ assemblies to the top of the agenda!
Insure Our Survival
Insurance is the Achilles heel of the global fossil fuel industry.
Restore Nature Now
June 22nd 2024 - London - March for nature involving over 350 different organisations.
Miscellaneous
Various resources - messaging, actions and more - filed by year
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.
Lakenheath Peace Camp
A two-week peace camp, protesting against the return of US nuclear weapons to Britain. The camp will be entirely based on nonviolent direct action. It is organised by the Lakenheath Alliance for Peace (LAP) made up of 56 organisations, including XR Peace.
Guide to Assemblies
This book will contain info on the UK Assemblies team and the difference between Assemblies
Movement Assemblies
Using the Community Assembly format to 'walk the talk' within XRUK to involve all rebels in participatory democracy.
The Hub
Mattermost
Movement Calendar and Events Map
How to: - find events of interest near you - add events - share events, calendars or maps
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
2023
Notes and links from Open Calls during 2023
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...
Design Elements Index
Index of the action design elements, grouped in categories to help you find what you need. Some ideas are in multiple categories.
Outreach Trainings
For any general questions about our training, please email us on actions.outreach@extinctionrebellion.uk
Regenerative Cultures Sessions
If you have any general questions about our training, please email us on xr.regenerativeculture@gmail.com
Zoom
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
Privacy and Security
How private is your data on the XR communication services? Data on our new services is held in an encrypted partition on a server in Switzerland (which has excellent data protection laws). Should we receive the statutory 24 hours notice of a data access reques...
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
Low risk, high impact visual action that can be done at 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. If it isn’t...
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 page for instructions. Click in the text at the point where you want the image to appear. Click the "Ins...
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 ...