Banner-making 30 August, at the Beacon. Children welcome.
Outreach group is starting regular Saturday leafleting around the town and the market, followed by Q&A. First session Saturday 31 August to meet at 10am at the Beacon to gather for a briefing which will include de-escalation training.
Affinity Group forming will be the main business at next Wednesday meeting, 4 September.
Heading for Extinction talks: 5 September, Stroud Brewery, 7.30pm.
Rising Tide, South-West Rebel Fest, 6-8 September, starting 6pm Friday, Tapeley Park, Devon EX39 4NT. Ticket details on facebook
Paint the Streets will be taking place from 14 September, leading up to the Earth Strike. More details on Facebook.
Printing workshop every Thursday at the Beacon, 7-9pm.
All day preparation for Rebellion on Sunday 22 September at the Lansdown Hall. Anyone willing to join a core team to organise, please contact us.
Website is now up, please visit xrstroud.org and start clicking to lift up search engines!
Auction for XR Party gathering some wonderful offers. If you have any offers you could add, please contact us.
Wellbeing and Regen group now has a google group. Please pm Emily on the Facebook group if you want to join.
Gerry reminded everyone again that there is now a Whatsapp group for Stroud arrestee support. Please contact us to find out more.
We are launching a crowdfunding appeal specifically to support Stroud arrestees with fines. Watch this space for more info.
Call-out for help at the Beacon with carpentry and painting and decorating. Please contact Marcus or Tracee at the Beacon. NB! The Beacon is entirely run by volunteers and offers space and resources to a wide range of environmental activist groups and causes. XR benefits hugely from this so please pitch in and lend a hand.
XR Stroud now has its very own Instagram page, courtesy of Sam Povey.
Finally – if you haven’t already seen this – the Climate Emergency Fund have promised to match fund Extinction Rebellion if a certain amount of money is raised before the end of August – please see and donate here!