Volunteer

100+ Safe & Legal Ways to help save our planet

This page shows you the full range of roles and activities available for you to get involved here in Leeds. There is a form you can fill in to show your possible interests.

Coordination

Attend Meetings: In person / online
                            Local Group / Regional / National
Facilitate Meetings: Organise /Set-up / Support
Minute Taking: Record Meetings (full training given)
Language Translation: documents / in person

Administration: general / record keeping / filing
Finance: budgeting / tracking expenses / other
Develop Training: originate / compile / support 
Deliver Training: teach / tutor / support
Strategizing: Develop strategies for the Branch
Planning: Support event planning
Website: develop / create content / oversee

Events

Film Nights (monthly): steward / greet / support 
Talks (occasionally): give a talk / support talks
Theatre (occasionally): develop a play / support a production / provide a venue

Media

TV: write material / appear on TV / cover events

Press:write press releases / cover events

Radio: write material / appear on radio / create podcasts / cover events

Publicity

Posters: create / deliver / display 

Flyers: create / deliver / hand out 

Newsletter: create content / share with friends

Protests

Marches: attend / support

Pickets: gather outside key institutions / support

Climate Choirs: organise / join / support

Social Media

Create: content for one or more platforms

Post: content on one or more platforms

Share: content on one or more platforms

Like: content on one or more platforms

Alliance Building

Individuals: make or have connections with useful or sympathetic key people / provide useful contacts / promote XR to key people

Organisations: make or have connections, e.g. business / religious groups / schools & colleges / charities / other environmental organisations / garden centres / provide useful contacts / promote XR to other organisations

Retail Allies: make or have connections with, e.g. local shops / hair & beauty salons / cinemas / entertainment venues / pubs & bars / restaurants & cafes / provide useful contacts / promote XR to local retailers / display posters & flyers, etc.

Sponsors: make or have connections to individuals or organisations who would be interested in sponsoring XR events & activities in return for mutual promotion.

Craftivism

Posters: create / provide resources / support

Placards: create / provide resources / support

Postcards: create / provide resources / support

Banners: create / provide resources / support

Other: any other crafty skills?

Activist Support

Climate Anxiety Counselling: provide counselling (qualified) / provide counselling (lived experience)

Would like some counselling yourself or for someone you know

Listening Circles: facilitate / take part / can provide a space for

Buddying: provide support for new members

Socials: organise / facilitate / support / take part

Court Support: show support at court hearings

Environmental Prisoners: write to / write about

Hosting: provide accommodation to fellow Rebels (during specific events/protests)

Accessibility: support / advise (to ensure all Rebels’ needs are respected & accommodated). 

Lobbying

Councillors: contact / engage / write letters

Hustings: election campaigning / events

MPs: contact / engage / write letters

Inclusive Growth

Recruiting: promoting diversity / planning / strategy / contacting potential new members 

Become a Rebel Ringer: call existing members to help them remain engaged & active / keep existing members informed of activities / help revive engagement among those who have not participated for some time. 

Direct Action

For security and your own protection while draconian laws exist, please do not state any intention here. If you are keen to be involved in any future direct actions or could provide support, please speak confidentially with one of our coordinators. Thank you. 

Outreach

This is where we can get involved in our local communities to not only promote XR’s mission but also provide help with local projects or become more active in your neighbourhood. It is a really good way to feel less isolated, make good friends, build community resilience and help the places you love to thrive. 

Community Events: support an XR stall / talk to people / hand-out flyers / suggest opportunities / recruit new members

Community Assemblies: organise / facilitate / take part / provide a venue / suggest topics for discussion relevant to your community / feedback to local representatives / recruit new members

Freshers’ Fayres: talk to students / hand-out flyers / suggest opportunities / recruit new members

Schools & Colleges: If you are part of a school or college and want to get your students more engaged or have some ideas of your own, please tick here ▢  

Artists & Musicians: provide artwork / provide entertainment / take part or already take part in a Community Choir / take part at an XR or other fundraising festival or event / provide contacts / provide venues / other ideas

You may also be or like to be involved in the following groups:

Gardening Groups & Community Gardens

Conservation & Regeneration Projects   

Local Food Movement & Farmers’ Markets