I'm reproducing it here partly for my own sense of personal chronology, partly because I'm rather happy with some of the phrasing, especially the first few paragraphs. All that thinking about nutshell explanations clearly paid off.
And you never know, someone might see it here and decide to apply. :-)
Credit to Jenny and Neil as well, who both helped to write it too.
Dear
co-ordinator,
Around
the country, local groups have built a Friends of the Earth movement
to be proud of. You and your members win campaigns, change minds,
learn together. Your group makes a difference.
And that
means we want to help your group grow stronger. Achieve more of what
you want to do. Increase your active membership.
How? One way is by inviting you and your group to help find participants for our new Campaign Organiser Programme.
We’re
looking for people with some campaigning experience - it doesn’t
have to be too much. People who want to hone their own skills and
help us to bring our local campaigners together to achieve more real
world change. These people might be current local group members, they
might be from outside the group.
Our aims
are to train more people up in the skills of organising around
campaigns and to help generate more collaboration and campaigning
between our local groups around the country.
Over two
years, we’ll provide face-to-face and distance training, 1:1
support and insights into how campaigning really works. But this
will be learning by doing - we’ll be asking these organisers to put
what they’ve learned back into the local group network by:
-
Reaching out and helping more people to get campaigning with a
Friends of the Earth local group: a £100 grant is available for
this.
-
Helping your group to come together with neighbouring groups and
other allies to campaign and share skills together.
- Being
catalysts, helping others to become better campaigners.
Our first induction and training weekend will be at Hackney City Farm, London on 30 November/1 December, with participants in this first round sought by 8 October. We can offer a contribution towards your transport and accommodation costs.
There will also be a second weekend in the North of England in early 2014 (date and location to be confirmed), with participants sought by 8 December.
Where do I come in?
We’ll be advertising this programme inside and outside the local groups network, but we know you can’t beat local knowledge and the personal touch when you’ve an offer to make. And that’s where we need your help.
If you have time to do a couple of simple things: With this letter comes an Organiser role description (attached) and a Programme flyer (will be included in letter). Please take these to your local group meeting and discuss whether anyone in your group would like to apply.
Please also send a link to our home-page around your mailing list inviting applications: http://www.foe.co.uk/news/campaign_organisers_41012.html
If you or someone else in your group has time for the personal touch: If you think someone (inside your core group or out) would be really right for this Programme, we’d love you to be our talent scout in your area. Please talk to them, share the information and encourage them to apply or contact us for a chat.
Further information and applications
Details of how to apply
- An
electronic flyer to help you promote the Programme locally (to be
added shortly)
- A
Programme Guide (to be added shortly)
You can also contact Programme co-ordinators Tim Gee and Tim Atkinson on campaignorganisers@foe.co.uk or via the Activism Hotline 020 7490 0210. They are happy to talk with potential Organisers or discuss our ideas with you in more detail.
Finally, you can also join in discussions with local group members helping to shape the Programme on Campaign Hubs at http://bit.ly/organisers. To shape and champion the project, this is where to go. Thank you for your support.
We look forward to welcoming participants from your area onto the Campaign Organiser Programme and helping you to keep making a difference.
Yours sincerely
Tim Atkinson and Tim Gee
Campaign
Organiser Programme coordinators
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