22.01.2015

Can you help?

Robbie Rix says we need more standing orders to meet our target regularly

That old communist stalwart, comrade TM, has finally accepted that he has to adapt to the 21st century, even at his age in life. TM handed over £80 in cash as his contribution to our January fighting fund earlier this week, but, now that he finds the trip to the Weekly Worker office a little taxing, he has finally accepted that letting the bank do the work might be a good idea. So he’s promised to set up a standing order.

Nice one, comrade! And what a good idea it would also be if other comrades followed his example. You see, the problem is not that our supporters are ungenerous: it’s that too many of them aren’t sufficiently organised in their generosity. So they’ll send us a cheque - when they remember - which, of course, is always welcome. But how much better it would be if they ensured that their financial support was regular.

That’s why we’ve decided to launch a campaign to increase the number and size of the standing orders that come in to our fighting fund, to ensure we actually reach our £1,750 monthly target. Since we raised the target to that amount late last year, we’ve been struggling to get there. This month, for example, the total received stands at £1,076, with just over a week to go - so we need to pull in almost £100 a day by January 31.

Over the last week £330 was donated via existing standing orders - thanks to SK, MM, SEP, PM and SP. Then there were two cheques from LP (£30) and DR (£20), plus a lone PayPal donation for £12 from JS. The £472 that came in is actually pretty impressive for one week - if we always managed that, we’d be home and dry every month. But unfortunately we don’t - which is why we really could do with a big response to our forthcoming standing order campaign.

Can you help?

Robbie Rix