02.02.2012

Blank cheque

The January fighting fund target was missed by a whisker (or two). But Robbie Rix remains optimistic and asks readers to push that paypal button.

We narrowly failed to reach our new £1,500 fighting fund target in January - the first month following our decision to up it by £250. Despite one or two fantastic last-minute donations, we were almost £150 short at £1,353.

The consolation, of course, is that this comfortably beat the old target, but that isn’t much help when it comes to raising what we actually need, especially when you factor in our plans for extra pages and more use of colour. Nevertheless, thank you very much, comrade RG, for your tremendous £75 cheque and, PJ, for your £50 PayPal gift. Comrades JT (£20) and FR (£10) used the same method (they were just some of our 19,376 online readers last week). Finally a total of £138 came in via standing orders.

I can also report that we already have £171 towards our February fighting fund - that all came from 10 standing orders received on the first day of the month. But I would really like to see a big increase in those making use of our PayPal facility. Just get out your credit or debit card and fill in the online form stating ‘Donation’. Or else you could email us separately explaining what you have done and why.

Some people are far too modest to write a covering note though. That certainly applies to RG, whose £75 cheque arrived inside a folded piece of blank paper. But I know from past experience of the comrade’s quiet generosity that it was meant for the fighting fund.

If anyone wants to match that, I don’t mind if they write me a few words too!