15.12.1994

Monthly fund launched

Phil Kent reports on the WW fighting fund and the financial targets for the 'year of the Party'

The Communist Party’s 1995 Summer Offensive - our two month annual fund-raising drive - will be set at £25,000. This will provide an essential boost to the coffers of the Party, but what is essential for our work is the consistent money-making our organisation engages in month in, month out.

In the year of the Party, this systematic work must really be taken to a higher level.

Through the pages of the Weekly Worker, we are with this issue launching a £3,000 monthly fighting fund to facilitate our work.

All Party organisations must take a full part in this vital task and ensure that:

• All supporters and sympathisers are approached for regular donations.
• All Party activities - public meetings, paper sales or special events - have a financial element consciously integrated into them.
• They keep an eye open for local events which can be used to boost Party funds - car boot sales, badge selling opportunities, etc.
• Special events such as socials, jumble sales or raffles are regularly organised.

The fight for Party finances is an essential element of the success of making 1995 the year of the Party! We look forward to regularly reporting comrades’ successes (and hopefully not too many failures...) in this column.

Phil Kent