Some disclaimers:
Not all of these groups are active all the time. Not all of them will be to the
“taste” of everyone reading this handbook. That’s fine, a movement of movements
needs diversity. But please, get involved in something bigger than yourself.
Learn new skills, keep your promises. The climate crisis needs you.
Many of these groups are intersectional organisations, and the categories
they have been divided into are not definitive, but more for ease of reading.
BLM, BAME and Racial Justice Activist Groups
- Decolonise UoM- Twitter: @DecoloniseUoM decoloniseuom@gmail.com
- Manchester Abolitionist Reading Group- Twitter: @tweet_marg
- Manchester March- Twitter: @MarchManchester Instagram: @ManchesterMarch
- Northern Police Monitoring Project- Twitter: @NPoliceMonitor npmp.co.uk
- Resistance Lab- Twitter: @ResLabMcr resistancelab.network
Climate Activist Groups in Manchester
- Climate Emergency Manchester- Twitter @ClimateEmergMcr climateemergencymanchester.net [the folks who put this handbook together]
- Fossil Free Greater Manchester- Twitter: @FossilFreeGM fossilfreegm.org.uk
- Frack Free Greater Manchester- Twitter: @FrackFreeManc facebook.com/frackfreegreatermanchester
- Fridays for Future Manchester- Twitter: @FFFManchester facebook.com/FFFManchester
- Friends of the Earth Manchester- Twitter: @FOEMCR manchesterfoe.org.uk
- Young Friends of the Earth Manchester Twitter and instagram: @YoungFoeMcr Manchester Green Party Twitter: @McrGreenParty manchestergreenparty.org.uk
- Greenpeace Manchester- Twitter: GPManchester https://t.co/jmwPklhayh?amp=1
- Manchester Labour for a Green New Deal Twitter: @mcrLabGND https://www.facebook.com/gndmanchester/
- People & Planet UoM- Twitter: @PeopleUoM
- Rising Up! Manchester Families Twitter: @RisingUpMcr https://risingupmcr.org/
- Save Ryebank Fields @RyebankFields saveryebankfields.org
- Trees Not Cars MCR Twitter: @TreesNotCars treesnotcars.com
- XR Manchester Twitter: @XR_MCR https://xrmcr.org/
- XR Youth MCR- Instagram: @XR.MCR.Youth
- Youth Strike Manchester- Instagram: @YouthStrikeMcr youthstrike4climatemanchester.wordpress.com
- UoM Climate Network. Newsletter: https://climatenetwork.uk/universityofmanchester/ and Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/235576384126425
Direct Action help/advice
Disclaimer: The authors of this handbook and CEM are not legal advisors, however these organisations will be able to give far more adequate advice and support relating to direct action:
- Green and black cross (Manchester and national) Twitter: @GBCManchester https://greenandblackcross.org/
- Robert Lizar solicitors- https://www.robertlizar.com/
Feminist/Womens’ Refuge Groups
- MCR Women’s Aid- @MancWomensAid pankhursttrust.org
- Manchester Rape Crisis- @MCRRapeCrisis manchesterrapecrisis.co.uk
- Safety for Sisters- Twitter: @Safetyforsisters safety4sisters.org
- Sister Supporter Manchester- Twitter: @SisterMCR sistersupporter.co.uk/Manchester
- Sisters Uncut MCR- Twitter: @sistersuncutMCR facebook.com/sistersuncutmcr
- Women’s Voices Manchester: Twitter: @WomensVoicesMCR womensvoices.org.uk
Housing and Rough Sleeping Organisations
- Acorn Manchester- Twitter- @AcornManchester facebook.co.uk/acornmanchester
- Greater Manchester Housing Action- Twitter: @gmhousingaction gmhousingaction.com
- Lifeshare- Twitter: @LifeshareUK lifeshare.org.uk
- Manchester Anti-Precarity Network- @MCR_Precariat manchesterantiprecarity.wordpress.com
Infrastructure Activist Organisations
- Better Buses Greater Manchester- Twitter: @BetterBusesGM
LGBTQ+ Activist Organisations
- Greater Manchester LGBT Social Support Network- @GMLGBTSSN gmlgbtssn.org.uk
- Sparkle- the National Transgender Charity- Twitter: Sparkle Weekend sparkle.org.uk
- WASA LGBT- Twitter: @WASALGBT facebook.com/wasalgbt
Refugee and Asylum Seeker Organisations
- Manchester Amnesty- Twitter: @amnestymanc manchester.amnesty.org.uk
- Manchester City of Sanctuary- Twitter: ManchesterCoS manchester.cityofsanctuary.org
- Manchester Migrant Solidarity- Twitter: @ManchesterMiSol manchestermigrantsolidarity.org
- Saheli Manchester Twitter: @SaheliMCR saheli.org.uk
- Women Asylum Seekers Together Manchester- Twitter: @WastCampaigning wast.org.uk
Unions and Workers’ Groups
- Manchester SolFed- Twitter: @ManchesterSolFed solfed.org.uk
UoM Activist Groups
- BDS Campaign- UoM- Twitter: @BDSUoM bdsuom.com
- UoM Disabled Student’s Campaign @UoMDisabled
- UoM LGBTQ+ Campaign- Twitter: @UoMLGBTQ
- UoM Trans Campaign- Twitter: @UoMTrans
- Manchester SU Women’s Campaign Twitter: @women_su
- UoM Feminist Collective- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/uomfeministcollective/
More
- Books Beyond Bars- Twitter: @BeyondBarsUK
- Global Justice Manchester- @GlobalJustManc groups.globaljustice.org.uk/manchester/
- Our Shared Cultural Heritage Manchester- Twitter: @OSCH_MCR sharedculturalheritage.wordpress.com
It would be impossible to include an exhaustive list of all activist groups and organisations in Manchester, but if you would like your organisation to be included in future editions of this handbook, or if you think we’ve missed someone out, please contact us at studentclimatehandbook@climateemergencymanchester.net
Inclusion in this handbook =/= unconditional endorsement.