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Become a Greenpeace Speaker

Use your public speaking skills to change minds and inspire action

Greenpeace Speakers deliver inspiring talks and workshops to audiences all over the country. Every year we reach thousands of people who might not otherwise connect with the environmental movement. With your help, we can reach even more.

How to apply

As a volunteer Greenpeace Speaker, you’ll be trained to deliver talks and workshops to a range of audiences. Then you’ll be matched up with groups in your area who’ve requested a session.

To be a Greenpeace Speaker, you’ll need to:

  • Have some experience with public speaking.
  • Enjoy travelling and meeting new people.
  • Have a passion for community action.
  • Be open-minded and willing to learn.
  • Be willing to travel up to an hour to deliver a talk (expenses will be covered).

We are particularly interested in hearing from people in the North of England, Wales and Scotland. See full selection criteria in the application FAQ.

Get help with your application

We are committed to making our speaker programme as accessible as possible. If there’s any way we can support you to get involved, we’d like to know! Send questions or support/adjustment requests to getactive.uk@greenpeace.org. 

Your privacy

As part of the application, we’ll ask a few questions about you, including your gender, ethnic background, and disability status. These questions are optional, and Greenpeace will use your answers to help us understand the makeup of our volunteer community. This information will only be accessible to relevant Greenpeace staff. 

We take the security of your data seriously. Your information is safe and secure with us. See our privacy policy for more details.

Greenpeace Speakers FAQs

We are looking for people who: 

  • Are 18+
  • Are passionate about creating change, and believe in the power of collective action 
  • Are engaged on the issues that Greenpeace campaigns about, and eager to learn about how we can tackle the climate crisis 
  • Are open to learning new skills in facilitation and group learning 
  • Want to develop their leadership skills 
  • Want to represent Greenpeace and encourage others to take action with Greenpeace

People from all walks of life are welcome to apply.

We are particularly interested to hear from people who: 

  • Are based in the North of England, Scotland or Wales.
  • Are directly affected by the climate crisis in the UK.
  • Are from a background that has been historically underrepresented in public life and faced institutional discrimination, eg:
    • Women.
    • People of colour.
    • LGBTQ+ people.
    • Disabled people.
    • People from working class or low-income backgrounds.

Once your application is approved (this can take a couple of weeks) you will be invited to a speaker training session. This training will include how to tell your personal story, key facilitation skills and will run you through our workshops. Once you are in your role, we also run regular additional training sessions, for example on how to run workshops with young people or how to develop your own workshop.

There’s also an active Greenpeace Speakers community that keeps in touch on Slack is a free group messaging service you can use on your phone or a computer. , where you can talk to other speakers and Greenpeace staff.

You’ll also get regular check-ins with a Greenpeace staff member by phone. You can use these one-on-one conversations to troubleshoot any issues and get help preparing your workshops.

Workshops take place in schools, community groups, businesses and at festivals. They usually last around an hour. Organisers can choose from three standard workshops, tailored to different age groups.

Greenpeace handles all the initial screening of workshop requests, so you won’t have to field dozens of enquiries directly from organisers. Here’s how it works.

  1. Organisers send an initial request to Greenpeace with info about their group and what they need.
  2. If a request comes in that matches your area and availability, we’ll contact you to share the details and find out if you’re free.
  3. If you accept, we’ll put you in touch with the organiser to make the practical arrangements for the workshop.

You can also promote the programme to schools, businesses and community groups in your area to help book a workshop near you. 

No, this is an unpaid volunteer role, but all reasonable expenses will be covered either by your host or by Greenpeace.