Community pages
WDM is a membership-led organisation. Through our community of supporters, local groups and activists we campaign against the causes of global poverty, and for justice for the world's poor.
World Development Movement local groups
Through imaginative campaigning, WDM groups make a big impact on their community, politicians, banks and businesses. From lobby meetings with MPs to press stunts, their local actions are at the cutting edge of effective national campaigns.
Everyone can join a WDM group - normally meetings are held every month, and groups are always on the lookout for new members.
View a list of all our groups or search using your postcode to find the nearest group to you.
Think Global is our local groups and activists newsletter - you can read every issue online as a pdf or subscribe to recieve it direct to your inbox every month.
At the moment resources for groups can still be found on our old website. We're hoping to complete the move to the new website, and make it easier to find information as soon as possible.
World Development Movement Scotland
WDM has an office in Scotland. At the moment WDM Scotland have their own website available at:
Groups in action
Our groups and activists are regularly out and about in their local areas; raising the profile of WDM's campaign issues with stunts, stalls, events, lobbying and more.
During April, many of our groups held stunts throughout our week of action targeting RBS' investments in damaging tar sands projects in Canada.
Group members & staff enjoying the beauty of the Peak District the day after our 40th anniversary activist gathering
Glasgow WDM
London groups 'cleaning up the banks'
St Albans & District WDM
South East London WDM
Cambridge WDM and People & Planet
Preston WDM
St Albans WDM during Fairtrade Fortnight
London WDM groups at the Strictly Fairtrade tea dance in Spitalfields
Cambridge WDM campaigning during Fairtrade Fortnight
Brighton WDM hold a stunt highlighting RBS' role in financing tar sands projects
Denis & Christina Lucey from the Bexhill & Hastings group in Copenhagen
Worthing WDM
Bolton WDM lobbying their MP with their local Oxfam group
South-West London WDM lobby MP Keith Hill, alongside their local Oxfam group
Cambridge WDM with the intrepid Climate Chains cyclists as they set off from Cambridge on the last leg of their journey to London for the Wave. The cyclists include long-standing WDM member Mary Keynes who celebrated her 80th birthday on the first day of the Climate Chains journey!
Leicester WDM taking part in a local 'Wave' with their Climate Justice Now banner, ahead of the Wave march in London last December.
Sheffield WDM in London for the Wave in December last year with their 'Pay our climate debt' banner
Local groups - list by area
To find out more about a local group contact the area representative or check out their website. Email addresses have been hidden to avoid our members getting spammed - please click on the email to reveal the address.
If you have any queries you can give our groups officer Katharine a call on 020 7820 4900 or get in touch using the contact form.
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Share skills for effective campaigning
This section of the Community pages is a space for groups and activists to share skills and tips for effective local campaigning. If you have something you would like to share (anything that has worked particularly well for you, and tips on what to avoid too!) then please email them to katharine@wdm.org.uk
Get in touch
Once you've captured interested people's contact details (using our simple sign up form below), it's good practice to contact them straightaway whilst WDM is fresh in their minds and they're amenable to putting your next meeting date in their diary immediately! Take a look at the email Cambridge WDM sent out the day after they held a stall at a screening of the film CRUDE...
Many thanks for leaving your name on our Cambridge WDM list at the showing of CRUDE, the film about oil on Tuesday 26 Jan.
Glad you want to hear more about WDM.
Here are the minutes from our last meeting which gives you a feel for the campaigning that we do. Also a letter you might want to send off to the Minister for Energy & Climate Change about the Climate Change fund that the UK is offering Bangladesh. We want to support our partners in Bangladesh by asking that this fund is not managed by the World Bank.
If you want to catch up with the national campaigns please see www.wdm.org.uk
Or see www.cambridgewdm.org.uk for news of our local group
You can see pictures at http://www.flickr.com/photos/wdm/
We meet monthly on the third Wednesday and you would be welcome to join us. Please let me know.
Best wishes
Sue Woodsford
sue.woodsford@ntlworld.com
Cambridge WDM
Branch Secretary
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Capture contact details!
Wherever you’re campaigning, always have a sign-up sheet to hand (attached below).
The standard WDM sign-up sheet has tick boxes for people to say whether they are happy to be contacted by their WDM local group, or by the WDM national office, or both.
If people tick both boxes, add them to your contact list and then send the forms to the office so we can add details to our database.
If people just tick the local WDM box, then just add them to your contact list.
Ideas for managing your contact lists
It is ideal to have two separate contact lists:
1) Wider/information list – anyone who signs up at an event gets added to this list. It is used for circulating details about events and group activities (probably once or twice a month).
2) Group member/organising list – this is for people who regularly attend group meetings and is used for frequent emails discussions.
Naturally those on the first list should receive information about when and where group meetings are taking place. If they decide to attend meetings regularly then they will move to the second list.
Downloads
WDM network resources
This is where you can find useful materials to support your group's activities; from top tips on recruiting new members to the WDM logo...
If you can't find something you think should be here please let Katharine know on katharine@wdm.org.uk
If you are looking for a specific WDM campaign material you need to go to the relevant campaign page, you can find links to all our campaigns on the homepage
Find your local group
Search for your nearest World Development Movement local group by postcode.
Think Global: groups' and activists' update
Think Global: Act locally with the World Development Movement (formerly Groups in Action) is our monthly in-depth newsletter for group members and individual activists.
If you would like to receive Think Global by email each month please email groups@wdm.org.uk with 'Subscribe to Think Global' in the subject line.