This guide is available in electronic format on our website, alongside several other useful documents, flyers and lists of local groups already formed. Check it out here.

Remember that you can contact The Equality Trust at any time, where we can give you further information or put you in touch with someone who can help. Email terence@bermingham.me or bill.kerry@equalitytrust.org.uk or ring us on 020 7922 7927.

The short guide to facilitating meetings was based in part on the excellent materials provided by Seeds for Change, who provide training and support to grass-roots organisations campaigning on environmental or social justice issues.

They have invaluable resources on meetings, consensus-decision making, taking action, media communication and much much more. What's more, they're an activist co-op whose work is all anti-copyright, so feel free to use their materials in your own publications.

For all the resources, please see http://www.seedsforchange.org.uk/free/resources.

Seeds for Change also offers training for campaigning groups so this might be an option once you're up and running and looking to develop your group.

Although aimed at sixth form and university groups, the inspiring and detailed group guide of People & Planet might prove useful: http://peopleandplanet.org/fdl/groupsguide09-10.pdf

Friends of the Earth have produced several accessible "how to" guides, covering topics from dealing with the media to reaching a wider audience: http://www.foe.co.uk/community/resource/how_to_guides.html

Campaign Against The Arms Trade (CAAT) also have an excellent local groups guide, packed with information on all things campaigning. http://www.caat.org.uk/getinvolved/local/LocalCampaignsGuide2008.pdf