Here you’ll be able to sign up to a range of training and networking sessions for Great Big Green Week 2024. You can also find recordings of previous sessions to watch in your own time.
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Here you’ll find all the training sessions that you can currently register for. Scroll down for a list of upcoming and previous sessions!
Great Big Green Week: What are members of The Climate Coalition planning?
Come along to this session and hear exciting plans for Great Big Green Week from member organisations of The Climate Coalition, find out new ways that you can get involved in Great Big Green Week, and connect with other groups across the country.
📅 When: Tuesday 30th April 2024, 6:00 – 7:30pm
💻 Where: Online
Ensure your Great Big Green Week Event makes a political impact
Are you hosting or attending an event for Great Big Green Week 2024?
Events are a great opportunity to engage with your local politicians and prospective parliamentary candidates (PPCs) by demonstrating a broad and hopefully diverse mandate for politicians to act on your behalf. If you are interested in involving your local politicians and/or your parliamentary candidates in your event, then come along to this session to find out more.
The session will be run by Hope for the Future, who believe in the power of democratic engagement in calling for action on the climate and nature crisis. They are the UK’s expert in training and supporting people to have impactful interactions and conversations with their politicians.
This session will cover everything from how to make the invite to your politician stand out and sound compelling, to how to plan your event so you’re more likely to achieve political impact.
📅 When: Wednesday 8th May, 12 – 1:30pm
💻 Where: Online
Support for getting media coverage of your Great Big Green Week events
Getting media coverage is a fantastic way to tell your story, boost local awareness and ensure that as many people as possible in your community hear about your event or local Green Week. It might sound daunting, but this training will provide tips and guidance to make it easier.
We’ve teamed up with the Local Storytelling Exchange to run this session to equip you with the fundamental knowledge and tools to achieve local media hits and feel confident engaging with local media in the run up to Great Big Green Week.
This training session will cover the importance of local and regional media, guidance for engaging with the media, including interview tips, finding journalists, writing press releases, and more. There will be a chance to get into smaller groups to share your plans for Great Big Green Week so we can support you with developing your story for local media.
📅 When: Wednesday 15th May, 6:00-7:30pm
💻 Where: Online
Learn how to have better conversations about climate change with people in your community
Great Big Green Week is firmly on the horizon and we’re sure that many of you will already be speaking up about the events and activities you have planned. But what about talking about climate change more broadly? We know it can be tricky – many of us worry about how to bring it up, about coming across as judgemental or not feeling ‘expert’ enough.
These barriers mean that we stay silent or get into discussions which leave us feeling bruised or frustrated – but if we want to increase support for climate action, we have to keep talking about it!
This is why we’ve teamed up with Larger Us – a coalition member – to offer you a workshop to help you to build your climate conversation skills and confidence to speak up.
Find out more and sign up below!
📅 When: Monday 20th May 2024, 6pm-8pm
💻 Where: Online
How to organise a Green Week
If you’re organising an event or Green Week this year, or just want to hear more about Great Big Green Week, this session has an overview of everything you need to know, including:
How to apply for Community Funding
This session focused on how to apply for funding for your community events and initiatives, including Great Big Green Week activities.
Hannah Picken, the founder of a not for profit organisation Wild Earth Movement, shared her experience of taking part in The Great Big Green Week and sourcing and applying for funding for their events.
We then heard from three funders, who shared their guidance and advice on applying for funding – Conor Rowden, Network Coordinator at Warm This Winter/Uplift UK, Perrine Rauzy, Community Manager at Action Funder and Melissa Eaglesfield, Deputy Director UK Portfolio at The National Lottery Community Fund.
Media Training for Great Big Green Week
This session is a one stop shop for equipping you with the fundamental knowledge and tools to achieve local media hits for your Great Big Green Week events.
We cover topics such as writing press releases for local media, finding journalist contact details, writing key messages and more. The training was be delivered by staff from The Climate Coalition and ONE who have extensive experience working with local, national and international media.
How to run a Green Week
These sessions give an overview of everything you need to run a local Green Week, including some top tips from groups who organised events in previous years. You catch watch the training sessions from February 2023 and April 2022 here.
Blackening the Green Movement
In this session Professor Robert Beckford talks about how we can engage more black and brown people within sustainability and climate movements.
Engaging the Media with The Media Trust
This session, hosted by The Media Trust, will provide you with the skill and confidence to talk to the media about Great Big Green Week and your events. Helping you to bring your stories and events to life in the media!
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