UNDER PRESSURE: HOW PRESSURE GROUPS OPERATE

Knife crime? Animal testing? Fair trade? Cyber bullying? Green energy? No to Page 3? WHAT IS YOUR CAMPAIGN?

NAME YOUR PRESSURE GROUP

PRESS LOBBYING MPs STALLS AND PETITIONS DESIGN AND PLACARDS MARCHES AND RALLIES MEDIA STUNTS THERE ARE 6 GROUPS:

COUNTDOWN TO THE VOTE!  Your teacher is the MP  You have a “week” to make your campaign  Convince your teacher how to vote!

MONDAY Get your head around the campaign

TUESDAY Are your finances sorted?

WEDNESDAY Did you want to book the Chair?

THURSDAY Vote day tomorrow!

FRIDAY Vote Day – final preparations!

INTRODUCE EACH GROUP The ChairThe Vice-Chair

FEEDBACK LOBBYING MPs  Share your postcard

FEEDBACK STALLS AND PETITIONS  Share your petition

FEEDBACK PRESS DESK  Share your press release and/or tweets

FEEDBACK PLACARDS AND DESIGN  Share your placard and/or poster

FEEDBACK MARCHES AND RALLIES  Share your march plans and rally speech

FEEDBACK MEDIA STUNTS  Share or act out your stunt

VOTE TIME!

OVER TO THE PRESS DESK MP, how will you vote?

Inspiring Words “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” Margaret Mead Anthropologist