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02. Group Building

Quickly and confidently taking on the values, qualities & intentions of an XR Rebel group can seem daunting
Here on Shelf 2, are the resources you need to get yourself and your group up and running quickly and efficiently

Start and develop your group into a resilient, robust and innovative team, able to mount effective actions using these resources

As with all the content here, contact us at xrcommunities@gmail.com if there's something we need to add, remove or explain

Building Local Groups

Resources on starting up new Local Groups, organising in Local Groups and growing your groups.

Building Teams

Self-Organising System, mandates, healthy teams and meetings. Resources for you and your team. From starting off, to resolvi...

Integrator Handbook

This is an Onboarding Tool for Integrators from any Working Group (WG) or Local Group (LG). In this handbook, you should find t...

Rebel Starter Pack

The Rebel Starter Pack may be your very first link to Extinction Rebellion. It covers some of the basics of what XR is and a fe...

Rebel Next Steps Pack

This pack is for rebels who have read the Rebel Starter Pack, agree with what we stand for and now want to get more involved wi...

Action Network for XR

Email lists (via Action Network software) for local, regional, national groups and also for campaign groups. All lists form par...

Fundraising for Local Groups, Regions and Nations

Local groups have many demands on their time. This fundraising information below is not meant to be one more job for rebels, b...

Guidelines & Booklets - Art

Art and creative guidance in all its XR glory.

Connecting with the Community

So mobilising people to join the Rebellion is only one side of the coin. We need to offer an alternative so that those in our c...

Community Building Tested Methods

Has your Group tried one of the ideas in the Toolkit or have you come up with your own to add? Please create a page in here out...

Mobilising the Community

Keep it simple, focus on mobilising energies where we know itโ€™ll work โ€“ reaching and energising Local Group rebels, and bringin...

Affinity Groups - building, joining and support

An AG is a group of people who support each other to take part in nonviolent direct action (NVDA)

Project Management : how to manage projects successfully

This book holds tips for anyone accountable for the success of a project, i.e. a project manager. A project is defined as a te...

Risk Management - learn to use it

How to plan for everything that can go wrong, ensuring your circle or project's mandate remains secure and achievable. ๐Ÿ˜Œ

Online Tools

How to use When2meet. How to apply for a your-group@extinctionrebellion.uk email address. For the XR-specific tools, see Shel...

A Guide to Group Chats on Signal, WhatsApp and Telegram

This book gives guidelines on how to set up and run a secure and effective XR Group Chat if your group refuses to use our XR ho...