20.01.2011

Standing out

Don't wait to be asked, says Robbie Rix

The campaign to increase our regular income is starting to bear fruit. Five comrades have already pledged to take out a standing order and two more have agreed to increase their existing monthly contributions. These comrades alone will push up our monthly total by over £100. Thanks to comrades AD, whose £25 SO authority I received today, and TB, whose first £15 has safely landed in our account - not to mention comrades DC, DV, SD, AL and TDB, who have all promised regular donations.

If that is what we can do in just a couple of days, think how much extra we can raise for our monthly fighting fund once we really get going! And we need it. We have not been reaching the full £1,250 target each and every month for the last period and, what is more, our expenses have continued to rise. So, please, comrades, if you can start a new SO or add to your existing one, don’t wait to be asked! Fill in the form on the back page or on our website, or organise it directly with your bank if you have an online or telephone account.

I also have news of a brilliant £150 donation from comrade AP - over and above his £50 annual subscription. Generosity! Then there was another extra from BB - £25 added to his £50 sub and £25 book order - transferred directly into our account, plus a nice £25 from AN via PayPal (we had 12,727 internet readers, by the way). Oh, and I received £155 via existing SOs.

All this means we almost doubled our total for January over the last seven days. It now stands at £709, but we still need over £500 in a week and a half. I could really do with hearing from you if you haven’t already contributed this month. Better still, fancy answering our standing order appeal?