There will be a free AT Co-op training week in Nottingham, from Thursday 6th of May to Monday 10th of May 2010.
This will include putting up marquees, erecting and mending the flat pack toilets and painting them for beauty and durability, as well as all the technical and theoretical (power, plumbing etc) skillsharing that launched the site crews of the No Borders Camp in Calais, and the Camp for Climate Action in Blackheath in 2009.
We would like to see 50 new people there. We can cope with 70 if they are
considerate and co-operative.
You can come for the whole week or just a couple of days. We’ll share the cost of excellent vegan food, and bring sleeping bags for the friendliest floors in Forest Fields, Nottingham. E-mail jed2f4[at]yahoo.co.uk if you’re coming.
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Do you have equipment? Spaces activist groups can use? Skills you would like to share with others? ATC are currently doing an audit of grassroots movements to see what materials we have and what we have to offer each other. Please take part in our questionnaire, and help us create a strong network where we share skills and materials.
The AT Cooperative (commonly known as ‘activist tat collective’) is a group of people who have come together to provide equipment, transport and training for grassroots movements. The aims of the group are as follows:
1. To source and provide equipment for events to grassroots campaigns at below commercial rates, by using existing resources and purchasing new materials.
2. To train people up in essential skills for putting on outdoor events.
3. To be a point of contact for individuals and groups seeking who are happy for others to use their equipment or who want to pass on their skills.
In all this, ATC aims to be as professional as possible, maintaining and storing equipment responsibly and ensuring that it is returned or replaced. This will reduce waste and free up valuable time for actual campaigning!
There is a lot more information on our website, so please read on.