An assembly is, by and large, an open body of members and/or participants who collaborate to produce consensus, and then act together to make that consensus reality.

Consensus is generated through a three-step process. The first step is informal: an idea is proposed and those present discuss it. If it is complex enough that further discussion is needed, a kind of meeting called a "Moot" is organised by the assembly. At the Moot, people discuss the idea. If there is broad approval, then there is consensus, and the idea moves forward. If there is broad disagreement with the idea, it does not move forward. If there is deadlock, then a ballot is arranged using the STAR methodology to break that deadlock and produce consensus.

Most of our assemblies are open access, but some are restricted based on their remit. For example: the Disability Activism Society is only open to people identifying as disabled, and the Trans Liberation Assembly is only open to trans and nonbinary people.

An assembly consists of the participation - the membership and participants who are involved in it. When there is consensus that the assembly is sufficiently complex, assemblies may also elect a secretary who acts as a facilitator: organising meetings and organising note-taking and other structural, process-related matters. A secretary in-role may request the election of deputy secretaries by the assembly to support their responsibilities. Secretaries and deputy secretaries are elected by consensus

Assemblies can be members of other assemblies. This is called nesting and is a feature of our democracy that prevents the segregation that would otherwise arise from segregating decisionmaking by identity or geography. Nesting enables assemblies to join together to make decisions and take action when their remits intersect. For example: the Cardiff West assembly might act in collaboration with the other Cardiff assemblies on a project to enhance democracy across the city of Cardiff - it can do this because it is a member of the Cardiff City Assembly, which is actually just an assembly which has other assemblies nesting in it.

Umbrella assemblies act identically to their nested components. This is quite similar to, but not quite the same as, holacracy.

The kinds of assembly you will find in the Party are:

• Aid assemblies - carry out mutual aid. See here for more detail.

• Community advocacy assemblies - advocate for communities. See here for more detail.

• Ally assemblies - for allies to support oppressed communities without speaking over them. See here for more detail.

• Policy assemblies - for formation of policy that isn't reserved to advocacy assemblies. See here for more detail.

• Operational assemblies - for doing stuff for other assemblies, plus constitutional-related matters & IT. See here for detail.