Sign the petition- If you live, work or study within Manchester City Council’s boundaries, you’re eligible to sign. You can sign online, or you can sign on paper by downloading a blank petition page, and returning the sheet to us when you’ve signed.
Ask 10 specific friends and family members to also sign – either online or, if and only if it is safe to do so, on paper. You could ask all your lecturers and tutors to sign the petition.
1. Sign the petition- If you live, work or study within Manchester City Council’s boundaries, you’re eligible to sign. You can sign online, or you can sign on paper by downloading a blank petition page, and returning the sheet to us when you’ve signed.
2. Ask 10 specific friends and family members to also sign – either online or, if and only if it is safe to do so, on paper. You could ask all your lecturers and tutors to sign the petition.
3. Change your social media profiles to point to the petition, even if only on the 7th of October and November (we’ve been doing social media blitzes for a 7th scrutiny committee on the 7th of each month).
4. Tweet, blog, or make facebook or instagram posts about the petition (or using any other form of social media that speaks to you).
5. Let us know about any upcoming meetings where we might be able to come and talk about the petition (online or even, maybe, face-to-face…)
6. Whatever organisations you’re part of, get us space in your newsletters and e-bulletins to publicise the petition.
7. Make a video about who you are and why you have signed- we’re aiming to get a video from a resident in each ward of the City Council.
8. Ask any social, campaigning, community hobby group you are in if you can talk to them about the petition and how important it is.
9. If you’re religious, ask your place of worship to talk about climate change and what needs to be done in Manchester, and to share information about the petition with your community.
10. If and only if it is safe to do so, print off a sheet and collect signatures- this could be from family members, housemates or friends in student halls, or others in your household bubble.
11. Ask the staff in your GP surgery, dentist or other amenities you use to sign online.
12. Ask your councillors to sign (they probably won’t, but it’s good to ask them – this makes them more aware of the petition and that residents care about it!)
13. Put a poster about the petition in your front window or on your bedroom door in halls- you can find this on our website.
14. Join us as we walk around Manchester City Centre with visors and sandwich boards that have a Q-Code pointing to the petition (no, really- we look great).
15. Tell us your ideas for collecting signatures- Our email is petition@climateemergencymanchester.net .
You can download this section of the handbook as a pdf. You can also download the whole handbook as a single file (32Mb).