People Power network

We are building a wave of people who care and act into powerful, organised communities. Together, we’re holding decision makers to account and fighting for solutions to keep nature healthy for generations to come.

Not a part of the network yet? Join today to get specific trainings and connect with others doing this work in their local community group from across the country.

Choose from the People Power resources below.

Alliance building

• Intro to Alliance Building training
  • RSVP for upcoming trainings in the ACF training calendar
  • View a recording of the training
  • Community mapping example exercise (from the training)
• Alliance Building Guide
• Potential allies outreach email template
• [TEMPLATE] Alliance Building Tracker
• Slides to help start preparing for outreach and initial meeting
• Sign your group put for a coaching session on Zoom (coming soon)
• Tips for Working in Alliances
• Small business engagement resources. Email template, conversation guide, posters and more to engage local businesses.

Have anything to add? Share resources your group is using in the People Power channel on ACF's Slack.

Market stall kit 

• Market stall guide. Get new sign-ups in your local community by hosting a stall.
• ACF Community group petition (paper form). Print these petition sheets out and use them to sign people up at your next stall.
• ACF Community group petition (online form). Use this online form to sign people up on a tablet, computer or phone. 

Recruitment 

• Climate Conversations Toolkit. How to have conversations with your community about Climate Change. 
• SupporterBase guide. Learn how to use our local organising tool to scale up your group's impact.
  
  

Welcoming new group members 

• Host an online welcome night. Welcome new sign-ups into your group with a friendly online get-together!

Improving the health of your group

• Checklist: group health. Take a regular pulse check to ensure your group's staying healthy and robust.
• Take care of yourself. Keep your activism sustainable, avoid burnout and build resilience in yourself and group members.
• Guide: group structure. Discuss and plan how to share the load across active group members.
• Worksheet: developing shared group norms. Run a session to develop shared norms for your group, so you can all decide how your group will work together, communicate and make decisions.
• Take it step by step. Check out this handy online journey which guides the way for new groups forming up, and is full of great resources for established groups to revisit. 
• Worksheet: creating group agreements. Decide and agree how your group will work together.

Developing participation in your group

• Slack. Connect with your group and the wider ACF Community on instant messaging platform Slack.
• SupporterBase. Organise group meetings, send emails to group members and welcome new members.
• Training Calendar. Sign up for dedicated training on tools and techniques to help your group communicate and take action.
• ACF Community principles. Check out the community principles and discuss with your group how you want to engage in politics and campaign together.
• Guide: group structure. Discuss and plan how to share the load across active group members.
• Worksheet: developing shared group norms. Run a session to develop shared norms for your group, so you can all decide how your group will work together, communicate and make decisions.
• Worksheet: creating group agreements. Decide and agree how your group will work together.
• Guide: Setting up an Account and shared folders with Google Drive. Collaborate well by creating and sharing all your documents in one place.
• Guide: Host a gathering. Organise a social potluck or nature outing to have fun as a group, build relationships and invite new people into the fold.
• Take care of yourself. Keep your activism sustainable, avoid burnout and build resilience in yourself and group members.
• How to delegate effectively. A framework for building the capacity of your group by sharing responsibilities.

Facilitating great meetings

• Worksheet: developing shared group norms. Run a session to develop shared norms for your group, so you can all decide how your group will work together, communicate and make decisions.
• Take it step by step. Check out this handy online journey which guides the way for new groups forming up, and is full of great resources for established groups to revisit. 
• Worksheet: creating group agreements. Decide and agree how your group will work together.
• Template: rolling minutes and agenda. Save time and easily keep track by keeping your agendas, minutes and archives all in one simple document.
• Guide: Host a gathering. Organise a social potluck or nature outing to have fun as a group, build relationships and invite new people into the fold.

 

Questions? Contact ACF Community Organiser, Matt Vaughan