1. HOW PRESSURE GROUPS OPERATE
UNDER PRESSURE:
HOW PRESSURE GROUPS OPERATE

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

3. NAME YOUR PRESSURE GROUP

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

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

6. MONDAY Get your head around the campaign

7. TUESDAY Are your finances sorted?

8. WEDNESDAY Did you want to book the Chair?

9. THURSDAY Vote day tomorrow!

10. FRIDAY Vote Day – final preparations!

11. INTRODUCE EACH GROUP
The Chair
The Vice-Chair

12. FEEDBACK
LOBBYING MPs
Share your postcard

13. FEEDBACK
STALLS AND PETITIONS
Share your petition

14. FEEDBACK
PRESS DESK
Share your press release and/or tweets

15. FEEDBACK
PLACARDS AND DESIGN
Share your placard and/or poster

16. FEEDBACK
MARCHES AND RALLIES
Share your march plans and rally speech

17. FEEDBACK
MEDIA STUNTS
Share or act out your stunt

18. VOTE TIME!

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

20. Inspiring Words a small group of thoughtful,
“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