27.11.2014

£312 in three days

Robbie Rix was doing crowdfunding before it became fashionable

It is important that we succeed in raising the full £1,750 needed for our fighting fund for November - the first month since the target was raised by £250 - but, as we rapidly approach the 30th, we are still over £300 short: £312, to be precise.

Many comrades have commented on the enhanced appearance of the Weekly Worker since we went for full colour for the outside pages, but, of course, this has incurred an extra cost. Doubtless that will be recouped through increased sales ... and, hopefully, donations.

One comrade who stepped forward this week has been JH, who sent in a cheque for £55, while LY and FW both forked out £30. Comrade FW comments: “A bit extra for the best paper on the left. Keep up the good work.” We’ll try, comrade, we’ll try.

Meanwhile BW added £10 to his subscription and there were PayPal donations from MN (£50) and TT (£30). Finally £312 landed in our bank account in the shape of standing orders - thank you, SK, SS, DT, DS and RC for your regular gifts ranging from £10 to £230. SS has just returned from an extended stay abroad and one of the first things he did was to set up that standing order. That’s what I call getting your priorities right!

All that comes to £517, taking our running total to £1,438. But now we need comrades either to transfer a donation via their online bank account (WW account number 00744310; sort code 30-99-64) or to use our PayPal facility on the Weekly Worker website. How about all those online readers making a donation? There were, after all, 2,991 of them last week.