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XR UK Groups offering work

    XRUK Stewards

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    The Stewards team keep rebels and activists safe on actions. We are currently building the community and training rebels UK wide with the aim of developing Regional and National Steward teams to keep activists safe UK-wide. You don't need to be an XR Actions person or steward to join the UK Stewards...

    XRUK Stewarding

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    The Stewarding Group coordinates stewarding for XR events and actions. Part of Action Support, Stewarding is primarily involved in ensuring the safety of everyone at XR events and actions. We provide training for Stewards and advice for action planners. We have a pool of volunteer stewards and manage...

    XRUK Action Support

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    Action Support Circle is built of Stewards, AWB, ENV, XR Rhythms, Protest Liasion, Actions Outreach, Production, Access and Inclusion, A/LS. Holding (i.e. gathering and preserving) the expertise and experience gained through planning & carrying out actions Applying that expertise and experience...

    XRNI

    • XR Northern Ireland

    The Northern Irish branch of XR, i.e. the national and regional development group for Northern Ireland

    XRNI

    • XR Northern Ireland

    XRNI's Belfast. Art working group.

    xrcalderdale

    • XR NORTH

    an xr group based in Yorkshire, and part of xr north

    XR YOUTH UK

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    We are the youth voice of the UK branch of the rebellion, promoting and empowering the agency of young people within the climate movement!

    XR Video Content

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    We produce video content for XR UK.

    XR UK Social Media Team

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    We create and share content from around XR, and on the climate and ecological emergency to influence rebels and new followers to raise awareness on the crisis and inform on actions.

    XR UK Justice Steering Group

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    The Justice Steering Group aims to help the movement to remove structural and practical barriers so that marginalised people can participate in XR UK as fully as they wish.

    XR UK Action Circle

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    XR UK Action Circle, sit within the Operations Circle of XR UK Support. Action Circle aims to support and empower rebels across the movement (including local groups and affinity groups) to take non-violent direct action with guidance, training and advice. Action Circle continually listens and responds...

    XR Southwark

    • XR London region

    XR Southwark is where Southwarkians go to have rebellious fun! We do lobbying, gardening, samba band playing ... and any new ideas are always welcome! Whatever skill you can bring, we'll find a place for it.

    XR South Somerset

    • XR South West

    Very small. 20 members of which around 9 meet regularly, but all very enthusiastic with Actions and OR events. We have 4 Red Rebels and 4 or 5 Samba Band members who are linking with bigger bands outside the area. We are well organised and work together well around Yeovil where it is difficult to get...

    XR Scotland SOS

    • XR Scotland

    What the Self Organising Systems group does. 1. Help to advise on SOS and find answers to any questions groups or rebels may have. 2. Coaching groups, new or long standing to help transition to "teal organisation", a more efficient and fulfilling way to work, in which individuals, the team and organism...

    XR Scotland Outreach

    • XR Scotland

    XR Scotland Outreach working group connects and supports local groups across Scotland with their outreach activities

    XR Scotland Media

    • XR Scotland

    Social media, press & pr, website and digital content for XR Scotland

    XR Scotland

    • XR Scotland

    Integration Group within XR Scotland. Responsible for assisting volunteers to find suitable roles within XR Scotland (or more widely if appropriate).

    XR Scotland

    • XR Scotland

    Financial services to the XR movement in Scotland

    XR Scotland

    • XR Scotland

    XR Scotland is the Scottish branch of the Global Extinction Rebellion movement.

    XR North Region

    • XR NORTH

    The North region of Extinction Rebellion

    XR Media Tell the Truth

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    The group supports Extinction Rebellion’s first demand “Tell The Truth” about the climate and ecological emergency. We recognise the power of the media in influencing public opinion, and press for more and better coverage of the emergency, to achieve the widest public reach possible.

    XR London Rent Strike

    • XR London region

    We are calling for a London Rent Strike to demand both immediate reform & lasting change, to bring our economy back in balance with people and planet. A London Rent Strike will mobilise and empower ordinary people to reclaim their political voice, and begin to understand our individual challenges...

    XR London Regional

    • XR London region

    XR London Regional supports the London local groups.

    XR London Development

    • XR London region

    XR London Development is a coordination team for the London Region, which is made up from local groups and working groups across Greater London.

    XR Gardeners

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    We're a team of eight gardeners and their supporters. The gardeners support local groups by providing them with individualised advice, information and resources.

    XR Edinburgh

    • XR Scotland

    XR Edinburgh is a local group for Edinburgh area.

    XR DNA Embodiment

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    We design and organise training in XR's DNA - our strategy, story and structure. This training is super-essential for rebels to work towards a shared goals using similar tactics and our organisational structure.

    XR Design Group

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    XR Design Group offers design support for key XR campaigns and projects. We do this via Design Facilitators who find designers who are willing to give their time for free. Design Group prefers designers to be part of a team at the beginning of a project, this helps make the design an integral part...

    XR Deep Water

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    Deep Water is a UK XR Campaign and Actions group, which aims to tell the truth about flooding and extreme weather caused by climate change.

    XR Cymru (Wales)

    • XR Wales

    Rydym yn gymuned o gymunedau o bob rhan o'r wlad sy'n ceisio ein orau i gyflawni ein 3 Galwad ac yn ymgorffori ein Egwyddorion a'n Gwerthoedd am byd gwell, cyfiawn - y byd y mae taer angen amdano arnom i ni ein hunain, ein cyd-fodau dynol a'r byd naturiol o'n cwmpas. We are a community of communities...

    XR CRAWLEY

    • XR South East

    LOCAL GROUP

    XR Catalysers

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    XR Catalysers focused on Internal disruption to shift people with high levels of influence and power to engage with the emergency at an emotional level. It's a mandated working group sitting with Political Circle.

    XR Bristol Media and Messaging

    • XR Bristol region

    Media and messaging for XR Bristol. We managed the social media, liaise with the press and work with actions in their messaging around the actions they design to maximise the effect of the actions of XR Bristol and influence the media narrative around those actions.

    XR Bristol

    • XR Bristol region

    XR Bristol Integration is responsible for helping rebels to get more involved.

    XR Accommodation

    • XR London region

    We arrange the accommodation- hosts/refuges etc for rebellions.

    Writers Rebel

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    As writers and citizens, we have a duty to tell the truth about the climate and ecological emergency, and to galvanise actions to address it. Writers Rebel uses the power of words to claim a safer, fairer future for all the planet’s inhabitants – human and non-human. By engaging with our fellow...

    Wellbeing + First Aid

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    Wellbeing and First Aid Circle

    UK Website Team

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    We design, build and maintain the UK Website (rebellion.earth). We also design, build and maintain a "WP-Rebel" WordPress theme for Local Groups to create their own websites and we manage the distribution of it.

    UK Self-Organising System

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    Our aim is to establish clear, functional, and transparent self-organisation throughout XR UK, which inspires, equips, and supports people to work effectively together in a decentralised way, whilst also maintaining healthy interpersonal relationships and accountable use of power. In order to do that,...

    uk political circle

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    uk political circle

    UK Newsletter

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    As a team we write and edit the UK newsletters to help write and shape the narrative of XR, as it unfolds; to gather and share developments from around the UK and global community; to communicate useful information to membership; to inspire and embolden the movement, giving an overview of the movement’s...

    UK Media and Messaging

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    UK wide comms and messaging

    UK Digital Team

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    [Please note there are other groups related to UK Digital represented here independently - at time of writing these are the Migration Team & Website Team] The UK digital team provides products and services and support to the whole of the XR community in the UK. User Support -------------------------...

    UK Creative Circle

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    UK Creative Circle works with the UK Actions Circle and supports design and creativity across the movement. We work directly with the UK Arts Factory. UK Arts Factory We produce handmade banners, flags, patches and placards for UK actions and rebellions, working closely with Media & Messaging, the...

    UK AGSN (Affinity Group Support Network)

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    Purpose: To facilitate communication and collaboration between Affinity Groups, the other Action Support working groups, and the wider UK XR organism. To represent a perspective on current AG participation and availability. Accountabilities: To collaborate with other members of the UK Actions Support...

    Trust The People

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    TRUST THE PEOPLE is a movement of community builders, open to everyone, sharing tools to help strengthen local communities. TTP was born in Extinction Rebellion's Future Democracy hub, but now extends far beyond, and works with other organisations across the UK also seeking to transform the world we...

    Trust the People

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    Trust the People is a community engagement and democracy project, running a free 8-week online course

    Transformative Conflict

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    We are a small team who strive to encourage healthy ways of working that develop resilience and reduce the risk of conflict, but who find creative ways of tending to conflict when it does arise. We provide a 'holding space' for both interpersonal and systemic tensions that arise within the movement...

    The Hive

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    The Hive actively supports the Working Groups in Extinction Rebellion. Our aim is to empower and grow our movement while maintaining a decentralised focus. We facilitate collaboration between Regional and National groups across the UK. Our work of course brings us in direct contact...

    Talks & Trainings UK

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    Talks & Trainings UK coordinates talks, trainings and workshops to the movement upon request, and we proactively organise talks, trainings and workshops across the movement. Our other roles consist of collating and cataloguing talk, training and workshop materials from across the movement, making training...

    Systems and Culture

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    Systems and Culture one of the main two super-circles in XR UK

    SST

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    SST is Strategy Stewardship. We work with the entire movement to co-design approaches to discovering and creating strategies that work.

    South West

    • XR South West

    Extinction Rebellion in the South West of United Kingdom.

    South East Integration

    • XR South East

    The South-East regional group is committed to supporting the needs of Local Group rebels, across all working groups, by providing resources and trainings to empower rebels in meeting the Three Demands. We recognise the need for rebels to be heard, and believe regen can be embedded throughout all aspects...

    Sound and Power

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    A group that primarily makes sure that actions/events are supported with sound amplification to make spokespeople heard. Also creates sound systems to achieve that goal, plus supports events, festivals and gigs with sound and mixing equipment. See us on GlassFrog: https://xrb.link/CE6s5A

    Sky Rebellion

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    Umbrella movement for action on aviation and the aviation industry.

    Self-Organizers

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    Self-Organizers is an autonomous circle working with XR and other activist groups to build a movement-of-movements. The focus of our work is internationalist, reaching out across the Global South, and North, in support of rebels to self-organize themselves.

    Scotland Tech

    • XR Scotland

    Main responsibilities are the running of our websites and the management of our internal communications tools. We also advise on how to work and communicate securely within XR, and provide general IT support whenever we're in a position to help.

    Richmond XR

    • XR London region

    Hiya we are the Richmond XR Group

    Relationships Circle

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    Holding an overview of XR UK's relationships with other groups. Forming and nurturing relationships that catalyse change

    Regenerative Cultures

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    <p>One of XR’s key principles and values is to create a regenerative culture which is healthy, resilient and adaptable - both for individuals and teams within our movement and in wider society. A regenerative human culture cares for the planet and it cares for life in the awareness that this is the...

    Regenerative Culture Working Group - Bristol

    • XR Bristol region

    Bristol Regenerative Culture working group,

    Rebellion Hubs

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    Rebellion Hubs

    Rebellion Academy UK

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    Rebellion Academy UK serves Extinction Rebellion groups by providing one platform for rebels to access up to date XR related training and find their ideal role within these groups. Why join the Rebellion Academy family? We have developed something really cool. A place of positivity for rebels and...

    Rebel Support

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    We provide support for rebels through complex conflicts to find new ways to work together.

    Rebel Ringers

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    Rebel Ringers are the "phonebank" wing of XR. We contact, inform and engage people about XR over the phone.

    Rebel Pathway (Integration)

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    We find roles for rebels and rebels for roles. This is our website!

    Reactive

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    We moderate online spaces, respond to emails and messages on our social media and signpost people towards places where they can get more information. We maintain safe spaces for online discussions to demonstrate a Regenerative Culture whilst holding to XR's Principles & Values and we provide pathways...

    Programming

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    The programming team are organising which performers and speakers will be present when in different areas of the Rebellion site.

    Production & World Build

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    Production & World Build Sits within the Actions circle and consists of 2 main areas of work: -Sound & Power: Providing mobile PAs and sound systems, solar power stations and stages (bringing the vibes to the Rebellion!) -Logistics: Coordinating the transport and handling of equipment and managing the...

    People's Assemblies Working Group

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    Advocating the value and purpose of People’s Assemblies (PAs) as part of XR strategy, internally and externally: Supporting the introduction and practice of PAs as a deliberative and participatory collective process within XR centrally, regionally and internationally through trainings and co-facilitation

    Outreach and local group development

    • XR South West

    In conjunction with the SW movement circle, we are coordinating and supporting outreach and local group development efforts in the SW region

    Operations Integrators

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    Rebel integration within XRUK Operations

    Operations

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    Implementing, through the collective decision of its subcircles, tactical plans to execute XRUK Strategy. Supporting its subcircles to fulfill their mandates and tactical plans through individual subcircle and build cross-circle projects. Supporting its subcircles in the decentralisation of its teams...

    Movement Comms

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    Movement Communications is currently a project group within XR UK Action Circle (although the structure and links to the rest of the movement are currently under review). Its main purpose is getting messages out on the Rebellion Broadcast

    Movement Comms

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    Facilitating effective and responsive communication across XRUK. Helping to maximise the impact of all activities by amplifying comms in a coordinated manner, and therefore assisting each UK team in promoting a coherent message via their output platforms. ‘Activities’ encompasses everything we do: rebellions,...

    Money Rebellion

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    Our group considers the economic and financial system in relationship to our climate and ecological emergency. We work to find stories and actions, partners and people to bring change in this area.

    Midlands T&T

    • XR Midlands

    Talks and trainings, giving talks to local groups inside and outside XR

    Midlands Outreach and Local group Development

    • XR Midlands

    Midlands Outreach and Local Group Development work to bring new rebels into the movement and to support development and growth local groups within the Midlands region.

    Midlands Action Wellbeing

    • XR Midlands

    Midlands action wellbeing

    Media and Messaging

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    Extinction Rebellion UK's Media and Messaging working group is responsible for XR UK's press, social media, live stream, video, photos, design, podcast & radio, and guidance on messaging. We are a small team with a huge workload and are always right in the middle of the action!

    Media and Messaging

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    The Media & Messaging team acts as the public face/voice for the UK movement. While acting in service to the movement by providing communications for circles and working groups, they also develop and support UK actions and provide strategic direction on the overarching narrative in the UK.

    Mass Mobilisation

    • XR Midlands

    Mass Mobilisation means growing the movement. It means getting numbers through the door and on the streets. Our ambitious plan is to mobilise 100,000 people on the streets and create 200 more Local Groups by the next rebellion. We are doing what is necessary to bring together the numbers we need to...

    M&M Midlands

    • XR Midlands

    We're in charge of everything related to Media & Messaging for the Midlands

    Logistics

    • XR London region

    A group that is responsible for making the work of others possible that would be otherwise impossible! We operate mostly in London and do diverse work from storing and supplying items, to looking after assets like cargo bikes and giant sculptures. We see ourselves of the backbone of any rebellion.

    Local Group Development

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    We help grow the movement in line with XR UK’s strategy by directly supporting existing Local Groups (LGs), and by working towards the creation of new LGs in cooperation with other UK-wide, regional and national teams.

    Livestreaming

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    When it comes to Telling the Truth, we believe that livestreaming is the future! Our live broadcasts on Facebook and YouTube rack up thousands of views and shares, sometimes rivalling those of mainstream media channels. Journalists even use segments from our streams, bringing to the fore actions and...

    Legal Support

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    Specialist support for arrestees - liaising with solicitors -training for self defending arrestees -

    HS2 Back Office

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    We are a group, affiliated to XR, which supports the anti-HS2 campaign by providing back office support (support for arrestees). Most of our current volunteers are XR identifiable but we are seeking more.

    Heading For Extinction Talk

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    We update the UK Heading For Extinction talk and regularly release new versions of the slides for use by XR speakers.

    GDPR & Security

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    Ensuring XR is GDPR compliant

    Fundraising

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    This group raises money to help keep Extinction Rebellion UK functioning. This ranges from public fundraising, for example through email campaigns, to large donations through trusts and foundations.

    Foundation Programme

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

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    Finance Team (for XR UK)

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    The Finance Team (which sits in Compassionate Revolution) provides a number of services to the XR UK movement (e.g. managing the bank accounts and other financial services providers, making payments and processing expense claims, paying VLE and other payroll related services, publishing financial reports...

    Finance and Fundraising

    • XR Bristol region

    Finance and Fundraising is a dynamic group working to support the projects and campaigns of XR Bristol. A small group, we are responsible for maintaining accurate accounts, processing expenses, and ensuring fair and transparent spending of XR money. On the fundraising side, we are responsible for ensuring...

    Feedback Learning Culture

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    The Feedback and Learning Culture Circle works to enhance learning experience, successes and failures, both within and outside XR, making real XR UK’s core Principle & Value: “we value reflection and learning”. What we have done so far: Feedback and Learning Culture produced a breakdown of the Debrief...

    Extinction Rebellion Wrexham

    • XR Wales

    Local XR Group in the North West of Wales. Part of XR Cymru Region.

    Extinction Rebellion Cornwall

    • XR South West

    We are Extinction Rebellion Cornwall for rebellion and rebels in Cornwall. We work across Cornwall, serve 4 local groups (XR North Cornwall, XR South East Cornwall, XR Mid Cornwall, and XR West Cornwall) and work with XR SW UK.

    Exeter Local Group

    • XR South West

    The Exeter Rebel Pathway Working Group helps rebels find roles in Exeter Local Working Groups

    Embedding Non-Violence

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    Nonviolence is one of the core principles which is non-negotiable for everyone who wants to take action under the name of XR. It forms part of the Rebel Agreement: ‘We engage in no violence, physical or verbal, and carry no weapons’. The creation of the Embedding Nonviolence circle was born out of...

    East of England

    • XR East of England

    XR East of England provides support to all local groups in the East of England — Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire.

    Disabled Rebels Network

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    XR Disabled Rebels Network exists to ensure that disabled activists and the disabled community are supported to take part in all aspects of Extinction Rebellion UK (XRUK). XR Disabled Rebels Network intends to support Disabled Rebels’ pursuit of making XR an inclusive movement. Inclusive practice...

    Digital Rebellion

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    Digital Rebellion is creating a community of Action to amplify our voices on line and to create an exciting space for accessibility to protest. We have had some considerable success so far with phone blocking, e-mailing and contacting politicians and companies to add on-line weight and presence to...

    Digital Discussions Applications Team

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    Digital Discussions Applications Team, part of UK tech, responsible for looking after the Hub and advising on other technical needs for XR.

    Content platform

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    We’re a small group responsible for creating and launching the XR content platform (currently called Impossible) at the end of July.

    Communities

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    Communities is a group with a wide mandate: we think of ourselves as the 'people people' of XR: the ones with the open arms bringing in and welcoming new people and helping them find their place. We support local groups and community groups and take the diversity of our movement very seriously - we...

    Co-Liberation

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    The project is fully committed to a process of uncovering the systemic agreements that will transform our collective capacity and help us to address our responsibility to confront and unlearn the violence of racism and oppression to work towards our co-liberation and power-fullness.

    Citizens Assembly Working Group

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    The Citizens' Assembly Working Group (CAWG) within XR UK works to inform the movement and the general public about the Third Demand: a national citizens assembly for climate and ecological justice.

    Arrestee and Legal Support

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    Made up of the national Legal Support and Arrest Welfare teams, we aim to provide support to XR Arrestees before, during and after their arrest. We want every arrestee (potential or actual) to feel informed and empowered throughout their journey. This support can take the form of trainings, legal...

    Arrestee and Legal Support

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    The XR Arrestee and Legal Support Team has supported thousands of rebels through the arrest and court process by providing pre-action trainings, legal briefings, a 24/7 phone support line during actions where arrests are expected, and post-arrest support.

    Actions Outreach

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    The team working to ensure that actions are well-equipped to communicate and connect with the public and to provide resources to welcome new people into XR. Accountabilities: Supporting national UK actions with teams to engage with the public; Coordinating outreach budgets and distributing resources...

    Actions Outreach

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    The team working to ensure that actions are well-equipped to communicate and connect with the public and to provide resources to welcome new people into XR

    Action Planning Circle

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    1. A community of action planners from across the UK. 2. Consistent strategy, quality and messaging across all actions. 3. Efficient tactical coordination of UK-wide & UK-impact actions. 4. All the above in order to facilitate effective, well-run UK and local actions, in line with XR UK actions strategy.

    Action Planners Circle

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    Action Planners Circle is a group of representatives from the regional and national actions groups. We plan and create direct action across the UK.

    Action Network Data Team

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    Our group manages the Action Network email system for XR UK and XR International. We interface with community and local groups to help support them in creating and managing their email lists as well as creating email newsletters and campaigns.

    Action Design Space

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    Empowering and upskilling the movement to do action design via a community of action designers.

    100 Days Campaign

    • XR UK (UK Wide)

    Imagine what 100,000 people working together, peacefully protesting together in one place, could do. Would it be unstoppable? The 100 Days Campaign is working with a wide range of groups to bring people to the Houses of Parliament day after day in large numbers from 21st April 2023. It means we can...