05.05.2010

Where we are

Robbie Rix considers that this month's fund has got off to a reasonable start

April’s fighting fund ended with £1,362 after a couple of last-minute gifts from PM and RL. Well done to all those who contributed, helping us to exceed our target of £1,250.

And May’s fund has got off to a reasonable start, thanks to the usual start-of-the-month standing order donations, augmented by a couple of handy cheques and quite a few pound coins and £5 notes at our May Day stalls. £36 was received at Clerkenwell Green and Trafalgar Square.

Those standing orders included £40 from SM, £25 from DB and £20 each from SD, RB and CG. Thanks also to FG and KT for their £20 cheques, and to DC for added a fiver to his resubscription.

However - and you may have heard this one before - I didn’t get any donations at all via our website. Despite the fact that we once again had more than 18,000 visitors - 18,102, to be exact. Imagine how much better off we would be if just one web reader in 10 decided to leave us something. But I am dreaming - the normal number of internet donors oscillates between zero and four!

We are where we are - able to raise our £1,250 minimum target, but not much more. And that means we depend on a small pool of 100 or so more or less regular supporters to keep producing the Weekly Worker. Does anyone out there fancy joining them?