It can be daunting to set up a local group if there isn't one in your local area but we're here to help and there are very likely to be like-minded people living in your neighbourhood. The national office can put you in touch with supporters from your area or you may want to advertise your intentions to form a group either via posters and flyers in community spaces (see previous page on networking with existing organisations) or in pushing information sheets through letterboxes - a customisable leaflet for this purpose can be found on our website.

Once a certain number of people are involved, you can organise and publicise your first meeting - which hopefully will attract many more prospective members. Try to arrange it in a central location and advertise the meeting in advance, through all possible networks.

For more information on how you might facilitate meetings, please see the attached document (appendix two). But here are some suggested guidelines:

• don't try to fit too much into the meeting

• ask what brought people along to the meeting, what their campaigning backgrounds are, or their interest in income inequality; you could do a "go-round", asking each person to introduce themselves, or ask people instead to write their thoughts on a post-it note, which can then be pinned up somewhere and discussed collectively.

• Why not combine your first meeting with a speaker (we can help organise one for you), a film viewing or even some theatre (à la the Sheffield group!)

• have some fair-trade food and drink available

• don't be afraid to give new members responsibility. Don't overwhelm them but also it's empowering to be given the option to get involved.

• You could for example delegate roles, such as treasurer, media officer, social secretary etc, but please see also page five of this guide

• You might want to circulate a survey during the meeting (or online subsequent to the meeting) to give you an indication of to what extent people would like to be involved; this can then give you some realistic parameters when discussing campaign strategy

• try to have a second meeting organised in advance so you can give people the date and location of this at the first meeting

• make absolutely certain to get people's contact details and send them an email soon after the meeting, with for example the typed-up minutes.