Cymru/South West England Winter Moot 2026

*New date: 27th-29th March — Join the Cymru/South West England EF! Winter Moot: Fighting Fascism in the Sticks!*

Hel­lo all,
We want to invite you to attend a region­al Earth First Win­ter Moot! This will be held in South Cym­ru, and is open to folks from the whole of Cym­ru and the South West of Eng­land.

IMPORTANT: You must fill out this form if you would like to attend as there are lim­it­ed spaces on this gath­er­ing! Be aware that fill­ing out the form doesn’t nec­es­sar­i­ly guar­an­tee a spot depend­ing on how many want to come. We hope we can have every­body! https://cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/form/view/btCL-QuLa3nsvCCFUPEtJJEFor0z0k0s2XWMRGp8ORg/

The recent rise of the far right and reform in the UK and Wales is some­thing many of us are active­ly resist­ing, and we want to host a gath­er­ing to share tac­tics, expe­ri­ence and resources to build our capc­i­ty in this fight. Fight­ing fas­cism in rur­al areas can often feel iso­lat­ing, so gath­er­ing togeth­er espe­cial­ly at this time of year feels very nec­es­sary. Although cen­tred around rur­al organ­i­sa­tions we invit­ed folks from urban areas to come along too to share skills and expe­ri­ence!

If you feel sim­i­lar­ly, we’d love for you to come along to par­tic­i­pate in work­shops, dis­cus­sions and build­ing com­mu­ni­ty with us. This moot is for those active­ly resist­ing fas­cism, or those want­i­ng to start organ­is­ing. It will be a more focused gath­er­ing than moots you may have been to before, so please only come if you are will­ing to engage in seri­ous dis­cus­sion and plan­ning.

We have lim­it­ed space for the week­end (around 30) so we ask that only 2 peo­ple come from any group or area to ensure we have enough folks from all over. We also expect peo­ple to stay for the whole week­end (Fri­day night — Sun­day mid­day) if at all pos­si­ble. The spe­cif­ic loca­tion will be dis­closed upon fill­ing out the form above. There will be some lifts going to the loca­tion from sta­tions, but we encour­age you to do the whole jour­ney on pub­lic trans­port if pos­si­ble. There will also be car park­ing and van space.

We will be ask­ing for pay what you can dona­tions to cov­er the run­ning cost of the week­end, this will also go towards pro­vid­ing some shared meals! No body will be turned away for lack of funds 🙂 Please dis­close aller­gens or dietary require­ments on the form.

If you have any acces­si­bil­i­ty require­ments or ques­tions please get in touch with us on: Efcymru@proton.me

Also of you have a rel­e­vant work­shop / dis­cus­sion you would like to deliv­er over the week­end please get in touch!
We hope to see you there! Love and rage

FYI: Earth First! is a non-hier­ar­chi­cal net­work which is involved in organ­is­ing direct action and eco­log­i­cal resis­tance. It has no lead­ers, fol­low­ers, or mem­ber­ship but is a ban­ner for those of us fight­ing for a bet­ter world to gath­er under. EF! has been organ­is­ing in the UK for over thir­ty years, hold­ing a larg­er gath­er­ing each sum­mer and meet­ing in the win­ter months for moots. The win­ter moots nor­mal­ly take a more focused approach to organ­is­ing in region­al areas or over cer­tain themes. They are a time to plot and plan for the year ahead!