Spring 2026 Local Elections: Building Power, Building Tactics

This webinar will be look at how to build a strong community voice on the need for climate justice that can be fed back to political candidates. We’ll be talking through and resourcing you with tactics from running listening campaigns to organising hustings and getting local press coverage.

About the webinar

This session will provide you with ideas of tactics you can use in your local election campaigning and you will hear about the resources we have available to support you.

Who is this training/course for?

Friends of the Earth local groups in England who have May Local Elections in their areas.

Why attend?

• Get support and insight from Friends of the Earth staff
• Gain tools and strategies for success

Agenda

TBC

Your hosts/facilitators

Meg Raybould – Campaign Activism Advisor

Accessibility

In addition we have the follow processes in place to support accessibility

• Closed Captions on zoom
• If you require a palantypist or a BSL interpreter please contact community@foe.co.uk two weeks before the training and we will aim to book an expert this service. If there are no available palantypists or BSL interpreters, we will work with you to do whatever we can to support your engagement in the training.
• All PowerPoint presentations have ALT text for images and pictures
• PowerPoints and handouts will be emailed prior to training for use with screen readers
• We welcome carers and support workers to attend training alongside any participants. Please let us know when registering so we can ensure that you are paired in any breakout rooms etc.
• Please let us know via the booking form if you have any other accessibility requirements or alternatively you can email us on community@foe.co.uk to talk to us about it.