Community Allies
Spread the message far and wide, engaging as many groups, schools and organisations as possible.
Why?
United communities are strong communities. When the coffee shop works with a local faith group, and the local paper works with teenagers, we reach more people, take more action, and cut out more plastic.
How?
Here’s how to create a diverse movement in your community:
- The number of Allies you will work with is based on the population size of your community.
- Identify who you’d like to work with, and think about how you can reach out to different people and groups.
- If it’s relevant to them, encourage them to make the Plastic Free Pledge
- Join forces with them to put on talks, workshops and other events your community enjoys.
- Tell us about everything you’re doing together in your Community dashboard
Who can be an ally?
1. Schools, colleges and Uni’s
Want to teach the polluters a lesson? Reach out to your local schools and encourage them to join the campaign. Or they can simply make the Plastic Free Communities Pledge and join in like any other ally. Just keep in touch to see how they get on.
2. Community Spaces
Give the movement room to grow. Work with community spaces to get your message out in the open and reach a bigger range of people. Think about good places to hold an event, put up posters or host a community clean, and invite them to make the Plastic Free Pledge.
3. Community Groups
From Brownies to bikers, there are probably loads of groups in your community who regularly talk, get together and make an impact in their own way. So get in touch and see if they’d like to make the pledge and join the movement.
3.Events
Welcome to your Plastic Free platform. Festivals, carnivals, Christmas light switch-ons, any event is a chance to unite your community against single-use. So meet with organisers and convince them to make the pledge and spread the Plastic Free message to their audience. You could suggest they bring in refill cups, ban balloons or ask traders not to sell single-use items. You could even have your own presence at the event to talk up the campaign.
4. Media
Make allies. Make headlines. Make a difference. Talk to your local journalists, radio hosts and other media organisations to see how you can get the message out to the community. You could have a regular slot in a community newsletter, appear on a radio show, and urge the organisations themselves to make the pledge and share the message.