15.12.2016

We need your help

Robbie Rix makes the call

Was my optimism last week misplaced? The first seven days of the month ended with December’s fighting fund on £611 towards our £1,750 target - well over a third of the way there with less than a quarter of the month gone.

But this week I’ve been brought crashing down to earth - only £87 has landed in our coffers in the worst week this writer can remember. And it’s not as though our readership slumped - quite the opposite. We had 3,473 online readers - that compares to 2,774 in the third week of November, or almost exactly 700 more. But not one of them clicked on the PayPal button.

If it wasn’t for the £50 cheque from FR I’d be really pulling my hair out. Apart from that, we had three standing order donations - from DV (£20), GF (£10) and DB (£7). That takes our running total up to £698, meaning we still need £1,052 in three and a half weeks.

Comrades, we can’t afford a second successive month where we fall short - we could really do with making up for November’s £282 deficit, and we certainly don’t want to add to it! Of course, cheques, postal orders and PayPal gifts are all welcome, but easily the best way to make a one-off payment is by bank transfer, which is cost-free to both of us. Make your payment to account number 00744310 (sort code 30-99-64) and it lands in our account within seconds.

Even better, why not make a regular donation by standing order to the same account?

I know I’m always saying that the Weekly Worker depends on its readers and supporters to survive, but it happens to be true!