We need to update our software systems by June 2023. Currently we run everything through NationBuilder, an integrated package that provides a volunteer, member and supporter database, interactive web pages, and bulk communications. Their prices are going up in June, so we have decided to look for a group of software packages that will let us effectively:

• maintain an interactive website that will inform voters and make it easy for supporters to engage and sign up for things,
• manage volunteer journeys, from when they first hear of us right up to when they are running teams of volunteers,
• keep up to date membership data,
• find voters, persuade them to vote Green, record data on them, then use that data to get them to come out and vote,
• manage communications with supporters,
• all while maintaining resilience and managing privacy.

If you might be interested in helping us select, test and customise different software systems, please sign up below as a software volunteer.

The first steps will be to look for good canvassing systems, as Action Network (supported by the national party) does not handle voter data or canvassing (it was designed for email campaigns). There is a national group of volunteers working on developing a canvassing system, the Canvassing Software Members Working Group. There are also some already developed systems we could explore. We will arrange some online demos.

Johnny Peacock has produced a better design for our NationBuilder web site. Later we can transfer the design to another content management system. But right now we need more people writing and editing content to keep the site fresh.

Action Network currently handles data on members. We need to work out how to adapt our instance to manage volunteer and supporter data as well as we do in NationBuilder.

You can help us campaign to win in Oxfordshire by telephoning people. While people are staying at home, they appreciate contact from the Green Party. You could:

• Talk to members and supporters to:
  • find out what they would like to do,
  • find out how we can help them and they can help us. or
  • ask for regular donations so we can build the party and extend our campaigns.
• Call voters to ask:
  • what issues concern them,
  • how Green councillors can help them, and
  • whether they have thought of voting Green.

If you would like to help, even if only for 30 min. each week, please fill in these forms. There are two forms.

1. The one at the top with fields to fill in will sign you up so you can use our virtual call centre from home.
2. The one at the bottom is to let us know you are interested, so we can invite you to a training session.

Thinking of volunteering? Want to help the Oxfordshire Green Party campaign for the common good?

You can volunteer here.

Not sure what you can do? This FAQ gives an introduction into some of the less obvious ways you can help.

• How can I send out email blasts?
• Mobile phone surveys (door knocking)
• Data entry and analysis
• Phone banks
• Printing leaflets

Let us know how you can best help on election day, 5 May 2022. Tasks include:

1. Reminding people to vote:
   • Knocking on the doors of people who said they will vote Green (“knocking up”).
   • Telephoning people who said they would vote green.
2. Helping organise 1.
3. Taking voter numbers at polling stations (“telling”)—many voters don’t make up their minds until they are in the polling booth. A Green rosette and a welcoming face can help persuade them. Key times include 7am-9.30am, and 5pm-8pm.
4. Tallying the votes at the count on Friday, so we know where in the county there are more Green voters.

Please tick all the ways you can help below, and where you can help. The autoresponse email will tell you whom to contact or where to go.

Ian Middleton (Kidlington East Ward) needs your help to get elected as a Green Councillor next May.
Without Green and Liberal Democrat councillors there will be virtually no one left to: 
HOLD THE CONSERVATIVE-RUN COUNCIL TO ACCOUNT

PROTECT THE GREEN BELT FROM THE HUGE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FILLING THE GAP BETWEEN KIDLINGTON AND OXFORD

Please complete the volunteer form below:

We need to build back better

Not only is there is a climate and ecological crisis but we have many more people in the City and County struggling with steep increases in the cost of living. 

We need to get Green councillors elected to voice the concerns of the vulnerable and insecure in our midst, and to take the urgent steps needed to build a sustainable future. As an international city, Oxford also have a duty to speak out on issues of fairness and injustice around the world and, as a City of Sanctuary, it has a role to play in welcoming and supporting refugees and asylum seekers.

The Green Party does not take money from vested interests so we rely on grass roots volunteers to help us to win seats.  In 2019 Oxfordshire elected 8 new Green councillors and, in 2021, 3 new Green County councillors. This year, with your support, we can do even better. 

Whatever your skills, there is something you can do to help get Green Councillors elected. Fill in the form below, and one of our volunteers will get in touch to talk about how you would like to become involved.

THANK YOU!

Would you like to help welcome newly-joined members into your area? Not everyone feels confident enough to immediately come to a big meeting or join in a campaign team. So we are looking for members who can talk to them about local issues and the things we are doing as a party.

If you are willing to be a local link person who will make that extra bit of effort to get to know new local members, please let me know and I will ensure you are provided with details of people who join in your area. In cities this area might be a few streets, in the countryside a village. I will divide up the areas once all the volunteers have signed up. Let me know which area you would like to handle.

How you welcome new members and supporters is up to you. Below are some suggestions. Tick the ones that you think might work in your area. Some are more suited to a rural village, other in towns. Or you may have better ideas.