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Community Alliance Building Guidance for Local Groups
XRUK Strategy 2023-24 involves mass mobilisation, an essential component being building links with other groups. Alliances can be made at national and local levels. At a national level, XR Relationships circle reaches out to organisations, groups and moveme...
The Big Debrief
You told us what you thought, and we listened Click here to read The Big Debrief Survey about a survey? Yes please! Let us know what you think about The Big Debrief! Go...
Financial and Legal Services
Fundraising XR operates almost entirely on contibutions from individuals. We never accept corporte sponsorship. Raising enough money for the rebellion to function, to amplify our wider messaging, deepen our relationship with supporters and create powerful con...
Digital and IT Based Roles
Digital (UK Tech) Our computer services and technical team support and develop the following:- our websites email campaigns and newsletters using the Action Network application messaging systems such as MatterMost and social media the Hub, which holds dat...
Direct Support For Rebels
Local Group Support This circle supports XR groups across the UK, brought together by community, location or other affinity and includes teams such as Local Group Development 3.5 Campaign Rebel Toolkit Gardeners - helping goups at the local/region...
Sustaining and Growing the Movement
Regenerative Cultures This is about creating a self-perpetuating system grown through community, ferocious love and genuine courage which sustains the understanding, exploration, development, training and sharing of regenerative practices. UK Justice Steerin...
Making Connections - Local, Regional, National and International
Nations and Regions Roles may be for Scotland, Cymru Wales and Northern Ireland or for one of the UK regions - North East and Cumbria, North, Midlands, East of England, South West, South East, Bristol or London. You can find these roles quickly on the Volunte...
Ongoing and Specific Rebellions
Money Rebellion This exposes the economic systems that help to destroy life on earth and offer a path back to a regenerative economy. Its targets are organisations who support, develop or fund fossil fuels or other activities which damage the environment such...
1. Why Does XR Need Money?
Extinction Rebellion UK spends around £1m a year on its basic activities, which include: • Supporting a range of volunteers with essential costs, including people who support our movement through their involvement in UK wide teams, with: resources, training, ...
2. What Fundraising Does XR Already Do?
Fundraising is a crucial role in Extinction Rebellion. Without it we cannot make the impact and progress that we need to towards achieving our three demands and building the movement to act on the climate and ecological crisis. Our fundraising team support e...
3. Funding for Specific Activities
There is often ringfenced grant funding for certain activities in XR. If we do not use this grant funding it will be lost, so it is important to prioritise these funded activities whenever we can. Funding for Community Assemblies For example, through summer...
4. Why Regular Monthly Giving to XR is So Important
In the run up to The Big One in April 2023 some 50,000 people gave one off donations to XR raising £400,000. This was a fantastic response focussing on a specific event. Until now this has been our fundraising routine, to raise lots of money in the run up t...
7. XR Bank Accounts. What If You Don't Have One?
It is useful having a bank account for fundraising, particularly if you want to create Chuffed fundraisers, or use card/contactless payment devices, for example. If your local group has a bank account you can bank your own funds, make payments more easily, us...
8. Using donation tins and buckets
You can buy donation tins and buckets online, or make your own of course. Metal or plastic coffee or hot chocolate containers work well, with a slot in the top and some paper wrapped around and decorated. It is best to get one with a chain and small carabine...
5. Why Outreach to Get Sign Ups to XR's Action Network Mailing List Helps Fundraising
XR uses its Action Network emailing lists to send information to people who have previously 'signed up.' We also send emails asking for donations. Email is a hugely successful way of generating funding. In the run up to The Big One people responded to these ...
6. Should you Raise Money for Your Local Group? Your Region/Nation? Or For XR UK?
All local groups, regions and nations are autonomous and will make their own decisions about where to direct the funds they raise. Here we just set out the broader situation to help you decide what to do. XR UK spends it funds on: Supporting a range of ...
9. Contactless/Card Payment Devices
Contactless/card payment devices are very helpful for fundraising, now that fewer people carry cash. People can make payments easily using their cards or their phone and the contactless/card payment devices are very easy to use. Obviously you need a bank acco...
10. Using Chuffed and Stripe to Create Fundraisers for XR
Chuffed is a fantastic way to raise funds, as long as you have a bank account to receive the money. The main XR UK fundraising takes place through Chuffed. Should you raise money for your local group, your region/nation or for XR UK? QR code for XR UK Chuff...