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Compassionate Organising
Exploring barriers to participation in climate action faced by folks who experience racial and/or social marginalisation.
11 Apr 2023 emma -
Our Power: Offshore workers’ demands for a just energy transition
We need a rapid transition away from oil and gas that protects workers, communities and the climate. But the government has no plan to phase out oil and gas production in the North Sea. Oil and gas workers are ready to lead a just transition away from oil and gas, but they are caught in…
6 Mar 2023 emma -
Seeds for a Revolution: Reclaiming Our Food System
This publication was created through research from the Blueprint Architect Group, a local food justice research group coordinated by Platform in Tower Hamlets. It is a part one of a series of 3. Part 2 will be launched by July 2023. Many people, communities and organisations across the UK are responding to local issues…
8 Feb 2023 emma -
Potential clean job creation in regions with high oil & gas employment
This place-based analysis, commissioned by Platform, examines the potential for clean job creation in Aberdeen & Aberdeenshire, Fife & Tayside, Tyneside and Teesside. These four regions all have significant current employment within the oil & gas sector and its supply chains. This includes people employed in workplaces within these regions, in addition to local residents…
30 Oct 2022 emma -
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill Amendment Briefing for MPs
The amendments in this briefing (NC14, NC15 and amendment 11) would serve to create a new Offshore Training Scheme, which would align training and skills recognition where possible across roles and sectors, recognising that regular training is essential to health and safety, and that there may be sector specific top-ups required. They would also provide…
14 Feb 2022 Gabrielle -
Workers Case Studies for debate on The Need for an Offshore Training Passport
Ahead of the Scottish Parliament debate on The Need for An Offshore Training Passport, Platform and Friends of the Earth Scotland shared case studies from offshore workers about their experiences with training in the energy sector, the enormous personal expense in time and money as well as the barriers this represents to efforts to transition…
28 Oct 2021 Gabrielle -
Offshore Training Passport Debate Briefing for MSPs
A Platform and Friends of the Earth briefing for MSPs ahead of a debate in the Scottish Parliament on the need for an Offshore Training Passport. Friends of the Earth Scotland and Platform believe an Offshore Training Passport is essential to ensure a Just Transition for workers in the energy sector. The lack of cross-sector…
28 Oct 2021 Gabrielle -
Participatory policies for a fairer and greener London
The London Leap project is releasing a short report called “Participatory policies for a fairer and greener London”. This report has been collaboratively produced through our work with Leap participants over the past 18 months, and with Harpreet Kaur Paul who has been crucial in helping bring together the incredible visions and political analysis of…
14 Apr 2021 Platform -
Divesting to protect our pensions and the planet
A report published by Platform, Friends of the Earth Scotland and Friends of the Earth England Wales and Northern Ireland, analyses local government investments in coal, oil and gas. You can read more about our divest work by visiting: https://www.divest.org.uk/
7 Mar 2021 Platform
