Campaign training

Climate for Change offers training in facilitation and fellowships in fundraising and communications for people who want to campaign for climate change action. Facilitators are trained to run our Climate Conversations in people’s homes. These Conversations are part presentation, part facilitated discussion. Being a facilitator also involves supporting hosts prior to their Conversations to ensure their success. Our 2020 Fellowship is an exciting opportunity for up to 25 people with passion, drive and initiative to develop skills and experience valuable to the not-for-profit and climate sectors, while making a tangible difference to Climate for Change and the work that we do.

Make your actions count! CounterAct was launched to support communities in taking effective, creative, strategic action on issues of environmental and social justice.

Across the country we are seeing a growing network of concerned citizens taking on large multinationals and government to defend their right to clean air, water, a safe climate and for social justice. CounterAct the corporate-government system with training and skills to grow your community or campaign. CounterAct will be providing training in direct action skills, campaigning and community organising across Australia. We aim to increase capacity and skills amongst grassroots activists whilst encouraging a culture of skill sharing, on-training and making activism accessible for everyday folk.

Check out the resources available to strengthen your campaign on our website. Keep up to date about training and skillshares held across Australia.

FoE Melbourne is a social and environmental justice organisation that along with running its own campaigns, supports groups and individuals to start their own campaign or get trained up in activist skills such as facilitation, social media, organising events and actions and all the things you need to make social change. You can get skilled up with FoE by becoming a member and joining in skillshares or becoming a volunteer and taking part in one of FoE's current campaigns including Act on Climate, River Country, Nuclear Free, Sustainable Cities and more.

Plan to Win assists individuals and groups to develop the skills and clarity required to win change in the world. The challenges we face on our planet today require powerful social movements made up of passionate, skilled and resilient leaders. There are lessons to be learnt from past movements, useful tools and theories, and abundant creativity to keep coming up with fresh solutions. Plan to Win works with you to: clarify your vision for the future, understand current power relationships and political context, develop effective campaigns, grow your organisation, deepen and broaden the capacity of your people and build community power for change.

The Sunrise Project is a lean collaborative outfit that educates, supports and empowers Australian communities to protect our land, water, community health and the global climate from the negative impacts of the fossil fuel industry, and to hasten the inevitable shift to an efficient, renewable energy economy. The Project provides information, training, strategy support, research and analysis and small grants for organisations and communities that are striving to change the world for the better – in line with our mission and vision.

Our program focuses on: making the regulatory system work, protecting water resources and food producing land, protecting community health, protecting the Great Barrier Reef, global environmental justice and separation of coal and the state.

The Victorian Council of Social Services Training and Development Clearinghouse is a centralised, user-friendly and community sector-specific service designed to assist community sector organisations to find training quickly and simply. The clearinghouse includes a database of recommended trainers, a calendar of low cost training, conferences, seminars and events and advice for community groups who want to engage a skilled volunteer.