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Will you be running campaigns at uni next year? The Summer Gathering is THE student training event designed for YOU.
28 June - 2 July 2009
Gather with a hundred other People & Planet campaigners from all over the country in the beautiful Oxfordshire countryside.
Come along to gain the skills and knowledge to make a massive impact to end world poverty and protect the environment. Book here now.
New workshops confirmed!
- Creating simple but effective videos
- Photos and activism: the perfect shot of your campaign action
- Revamped media workshop
- Effective use of videos for activists
- E-campaigning
Read the essential information on:
Time, place and cost
Date: Join us from 4:30 Sunday 28 June until 2pm Thursday 2 July 2009
Place: Youlbury campsite just outside of Oxford.
Cost: £100/person if your SU pay (or £65/person if they can’t). This includes:
- 4 days of campaign training and skills workshops (including both basic and advance levels)
- 4 nights camping or dormitory accommodation (tents not provided!)
- proper toilets, hot showers and washing facilities
- 3 meals a day
- evening entertainment and lots more
How to book a place
Booking is live now so head over to the booking page and get your place today. Booking deadline is Monday June 22.
Paying for Summer Gathering
This year Students Unions will be covering costs of Summer Gathering tickets. It’s £100/person (if your Students Union can’t pay, it’s £65/person).
People & Planet have got some great booking advice on how to fund your place with help from your SU.
To make it super simple also check out our top tips on how to go get your SU to help from Rhiannon Horsley, outgoing President of Reading Students Union.
Practical details
Getting to the Summer Gathering on Sunday 28th: Shuttle bus runs will start at 4pm from Oxford train station. A lovely member of the P&P team will be at the station to greet you when you arrive and show to the shuttle bus pick up point.
Getting back from the Summer Gathering on Thursday July 02: Shuttle bus runs will start at 2pm after lunch and will take you back to Oxford train station.
Only staying a few days? No worries - P&P will have transport on site to enable you to be dropped back to Oxford train station if needs be and can also provide details of cycle and bus routes locally that take you back to the station.
Where’s Youlbury Campsite? Youlbury campsite is just outside the Oxford ring-road and is within cycling distance from Oxford train station.
If you’ve booked up for the Summer Gathering then P&P will be sending you an email with all of the information that you need to know about the event and getting to it! But if you do have any questions about getting to the Summer Gathering then feel free to get in touch with Lucy
Dont Forget - If you have decided to camp then you need to need to bring your own tent and sleeping bag.
Keep the action coming!
Why not put your new skills to the test after the Summer Gathering and head down to Kingsnorth with the P&P crew on July 4 to show Ed Miliband that we mean business on saying ‘no to new coal’. People & Planet will join with thousands of other activists to form a whopping human ‘Mili-Band’ around Kingsnorth sending Ed Miliband to make sure he hears the student voice loud and clear.
- For more information about how to get involved check out the P&P Kingsnorth action news story
- Totally up-for-it? Email Emily and let her know you’ll be joining us on the coach from Oxford at a bargain price of a tenner -great!
- Show your support, join the Mili-Band facebook event
