Application for CAFOD Campaign Delegation to COP24 in Poland

Application for CAFOD Campaign Delegation to COP24 in Poland

CAFOD is putting together a delegation of 30 people from across the Catholic community in England and Wales to join us in Katowice and Krakow, Poland for the UN climate summit, where world leaders will meet to agree how we tackle climate change and push forward the goals of the Paris Agreement.

The CAFOD delegates will be travelling by coach with a group of up to30 CAFOD supporters from5-11 Decemberto Katowice and Krakow, Poland, where the climate talks will be held. This will be an opportunity to learn about the decision-making process, hear from other campaigners across Europe on living sustainably and campaigning on climate change, reflect on partner stories and bear witness with others for change.

In return, we would ask you to engage in the community with CAFOD’s new climate campaign, which incorporates key moments with the Climate Coalition. You will do this by:

Organising at least one community action outlined by CAFOD
Participating in our 2019 Valentine’s Day action
A blog post highlighting your activities(you do the writing and we will do the rest!)
a news story in local press, with the support of our media team

We hope the delegation will express the diversity of the community from geography, life stage, politics, education, background.

Participants must be 18 or older and will have to pay or fundraise £100 to support part of the cost of this trip. Participants are also expected to attend a training day on Sunday 21 October at Romero House, London; and a debrief session on 19 January 2019.

Please send completed forms to or post them to Campaigns team, CAFOD, Romero House, 55 Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7JB.

The deadline for completed applications is midday, 31 August 2018. Those applying will be informed whether they have been chosen by Monday 10 September 2018.

Application form

Name: ______

Address:

______

Postcode: ______

Email address: ______

Phone number: ______

Name of parish and Diocese:

______

Date of birth: ______

Please confirm you are willing to:

□ Attend a training day on Sunday 21 October 2018 in London and a debrief 19 January 2019.

□ Pay or fundraise £100 towards the support of the cost of this trip.

□ Travel by coach and stay within organised accommodationwith CAFOD.

□ Adhere to CAFOD’s Code ofBehaviour.

Please limit each answer to 200 words.

Why would you like to travel to COP24 with CAFOD?

What experience do you have in sustainability, climate change and/or campaigning with CAFOD or other organisations?

Have you previously participated in an overseas visit with CAFOD or any other agency or group? Or have you travelled overseas in a personal capacity, for instance visiting family? If yes, please describe.

What opportunities will you have to share your experience with others after your return (for example, in a parish, a Justice & Peace group, chaplaincy)?

We will store and process your information solely for the purpose of running and administering CAFOD’s Campaign Delegation to COP24 in Poland. We recognise that some of the information provided may be considered sensitive personal information under the Data Protection Act 2018 and will only been seen by those members of staff with a specific need to know.We may contact you about your application, but we will not share your details with any other organisation. For more information, please go to cafod.org.uk/privacy

Skills and Experience

As a participant, we’d like you to contribute to the group’s experience and share that back to communities. It is helpful to know where people are in skills so that we may provide any training, so please honestly rank the following from 1 (no experience) to 5 (very experienced):

Foreign language*
Please specify: / No
experience / Some experience / Very experienced
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
Press / media experience / No
experience / Some experience / Very experienced
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
Social media / No
experience / Some experience / Very experienced
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
Public speaking / No
experience / Some experience / Very experienced
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
Photography / film editing or other audio/visual skills
Please specify in next question / No
experience / Some experience / Very experienced
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5

*We are especially interested if you speak any level of Polish.

If there are any more skills, work experience or other qualities you would like to share to help your application, please share them below.

Do you have any health, dietary, mobility or other needs that we should know about?Please describe. CAFOD is committed to making every reasonable adjustment to the trip as to accommodate people with disabilities, if you have any questions or concerns please do get in touch.

Please give the name of someone within the Catholic communitywho knows you well and who can act as a reference for you. For example, a parish priest,teacher or chaplain, or a CAFOD member of staff.

Name of reference: ______

Email address: ______

Phone number: ______

Relationship to you: ______

Signature: ______Date: ______