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 budgets 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 startstart. but thisThis reserve must later be replenished and so is not shown in the cash flow.flow because it is never actually an expenditure. This reserve 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

These should be prepared by the Budget Holder for the requesting circle or rheir delegate. They complete a Funding Request form for which there is a template, see the Funding Request template in the Cloud. For the equivalent Gdoc template, copy the Cloud template into a Gdoc spreadsheet. Make sure you take a copy of the template and give it an appropriate name. The form has instructions written as comments inside some cells on how to answer each question, which are being developed. The completed form must be discussed with Actions before coming to IBG and the outcome added to the form against Q 8. The form contains questions about the strategic nature of the activity as well as amounts for each type of expense that are needed but exact figures are not needed, e.g. the BH is not expected to look up every train fare. Depending on 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 and condtitions of the 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.