Funding rebellions, actions, campaigns and events

A rebellion comprises several actions and other co-ordinated activities. There may also be ad hoc self contained actions. Rebellions and actions are agreed in the 2 or 3 months leading up to a rebellion or other major action and should be in proportion to the expected extra fundraising from the rebellion or action.

A reserve of 10,000 is set aside for initial rebellion costs in case there are insufficient funds at the start but this reserve must later be replenished and so is not shown in the cash flow. This is a contingency to prevent the cash flow becoming negative or if income from a rebellion or action is substantially below estimate. It must gain approval from Finance before being used.

Requests for funding a rebellion or a specific action or event should be prepared by the Budget Holder for the requesting circle. They complete a budget request form for which there is template, see Cloud budget requeust and Gdoc budget request. When complete, the form must be discussed with Actions and the outcome added to the form against Q 7. The form contains contains questions about the strategic nature of the activity as well as amounts for each type of expense that is needed. Depending the nature of the activity, it may need to be also discussed with Relationships and Legal circles. The BH or a representative from the appropriate circle then brings the funding request to IBG. When the request has been discussed, the amounts funded by IBG must be entered against each expense item. After the activity has ended, actaul amounts spent must be entered for comparison.

It's very important to understand the terms of bank accounts used to fund a rebellion, which must not bank money for illegal use. This can be managed by only publicising spend against costs such as training, art materials etc, and NOT locks and glue.

If a request is agreed, responsibility then goes to Finance who liaises with the BH and releases the funds to their nominated bank account. Finance then controls expenditure and collects receipts from the BH.