Inclusive and fun!

You’ll work well together if your fellow campaigners are friends! Plus, you already have something in common. Watch that your group doesn’t become a clique: new members need to feel welcome, not alienated.

Chace Community School P&P group got together to make this colourful banner

Some tips for this include:

• Be welcoming at all your meetings and events. Make sure you start by introducing yourselves.
• Have regular socials - maybe even appoint a ‘social secretary’.
• Be obviously open to new members; advertise lots with posters around school.
• Make sure existing members mingle with newcomers at your meetings.
• Take advantage of chances to socialise for example banner-making parties.
• Be flexible, allowing for different levels of involvement.
• Have contact details and your plan for the term on a noticeboard.
• Find out what new members are interested in right from the start in your first meeting.

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