campaigning

2017 was a busy year for campaigning and it looks like 2018 will provide plenty of opportunities to make our voices heard on issues that matter to Woodcraft Folk. General Council has prepared a new resource to help members plan effective, inclusive campaigning activity and to clarify the process for Woodcraft Folk endorsing campaigns organised by others. 

You can view the resource or download a PDF version at https://woodcraft.org.uk/resources/campaign-planning-approval-process. 

This page sets out a simple process for agreeing formal organisational support of third-party campaigns, with three variants – ideal, minimum and emergency. It is designed for situations when we wish to endorse campaigns or campaign events organised by others and encourage participation and support by our members.

If we are speaking on behalf of the thousands of children and young people who are members of Woodcraft Folk we must ensure that we follow three principles:

March 21st  is UN Anti-Racism Day, which commemorates the 1960 Sharpeville massacre when 69 peaceful demonstrators were shot by police in South Africa.

Woodcraft Folk has joined hundreds of other charities and community organisations backing the Keep Volunteering Voluntary Agreement which says:

For Woodcraft Folk members:
Woodcraft Folk supports the March 22nd Actions against Racism and Fascism

Update:

Meet 11.00 at Old Palace Yard (this is the green space opposite Parliament where they do all the TV interviews). Look for the London Region Woodcraft Folk banner. Brighton Woodcraft Folk are bringing their big parachute.

Those of you who attended Annual Gathering in April will remember the harrowing update on the situation of the Western Saharawi refugees and the emergency motion we passed in solidarity with our sister organisation USJARIO. We were pleased to be able to host a representative from USJARIO at the IFM congress in Manchester in June and are honoured to have been invited to send a delegation to their congress, which will be held in the refugee camps in Tindouf, southern Algeria at the turn of the year. 

Young people from Woodcraft Folk and a delegation from the Western Sahara refugee camps in southern Algeria, where Saharawi have lived for decades since their home was occupied by Morroccan forces.