Actions: Types of actions
The Big List
For a huge selection of possible direct actions why not check out The Albert Einstein Institute or download the big list, which you can treasure forever.
Varying your actions will make them more fun and increase their impact. The more creative you are the better! Here are a few ideas to get you started…
- Auction of promises (to do someone’s shopping, etc.)
- Blockade
- Blood bath (fill a bath with fake blood and sit in it!)
- Boycott
- Chalking (but consider the law)
- Commemorative action (such as planting a tree or organising a concert)
- Conference
- Debate
- Die-in (lie on the floor covered in fake blood! - again consider the law)
- Demonstration
- Dummy minefields
- Food & drink evening
- Fundraising - People & Planet always needs more money to support your group and develop our campaigns. Find out lots of ideas for how to raise money for P&P on our fundraising pages.
- Get other groups involved (such as faith groups) by asking them to dedicate some of their time to talking about a campaign
- Leaflet
- Lobby by letter or in person
- Organise a march
- Memorial service
- Motion to your Students’ Union
- Non-violent Direct Action
- People’s hearing - a structured but open debate on an issue; write up your conclusions and send them to the people who are involved (perhaps your MP)
- Petition
- Pledge - get people to commit to doing something good (e.g. to walk or cycle rather than use the car for short journies, to use energy saving lightbulbs) or avoid doing something bad (e.g. by boycotting unfairly traded chocolate)
- Picket
- Posters
- Puppets
- Quiz
- Rally
- Round-table discussion
- Stall
