04.02.2016

Ever welcoming

We didn't quite make it says Robbie Rix

Despite brilliant last-minute efforts from several comrades, we didn’t quite manage to raise the £399 in four days we needed in order to reach our £1,750 fighting fund target for January.

Three comrades answered the appeal I made a week ago to click on that PayPal button! Thanks very much, comrades DB (£50), MD (£20) and TT (£12) - the last two coming up with donations on top of their usual subscriptions. Two others - comrades RK (£50) and BB (£40) - used that other speedy method of payment I urged last week: bank transfer. And, on top of that, PM came up with his usual £100 standing order.

The £282 received was a pretty impressive haul in just four days. But we were still a bit shy, our final total being £1,633 - leaving us with a shortfall of £117 that we really ought to make up in February, even though it’s the shortest month (despite 2016 being a leap year!).

And we are off to a useful start, with £201 received in the first four days. That entire amount came in the form of start-of-the-month standing orders, by the way, with 18 contributions ranging from £5 to £30. There were two of the latter (thanks to TB and SW), plus a handy £20 from DL.

But nothing at all has come our way in the post since last week. So, now that we’ve started a new month, I don’t mind getting my hands on those cheques and postal orders one little bit! And, of course, if you are an online reader - there were 3,260 of you over the last seven days - then that PayPal button is ever welcoming!

Let’s smash right through that £1,750 barrier in February!