Recent updates

The latest news from our projects

  • The Books have arrived!

    An update for North by Southwest Anthology

    Mar 6 2015

    And they look brilliant!

    We are organising people to do a signing session as soon as possible and then we will get them in the post for you.

     

  • Thank you for your support so far

    An update for Applied Theatre Action Initiative

    Mar 2 2015

    Thank you so much for your pledges and support so far.

    We still think we can get some more support though, and Fundsurfer have kindly agreed to extend the project by 2 weeks.

    Please share this project with anyone you know who might be able to help us, whether it's a rich friend, a theatre blogger, or someone with loads of Twitter or Facebook followers.

    Thank you!

  • You could be over £100 a week better off, without changing a thing.

    An update for Pay every UK citizen an unconditional basic income

    Feb 28 2015

    If your annual salary is £14,000, you currently take home £13,200 every year. (after paying 20% income tax)

    With the tax free unconditional basic income you get £7,000 (after paying 50% income tax) + £11,375 (tax free unconditional basic income) taking home £18,375 every year.

    So, with Unconditional Basic Income You're £5,175 a year better off

    That's almost £100 a week!!!!!!!!

  • Do you want a living wage?

    An update for Pay every UK citizen an unconditional basic income

    Feb 27 2015

    Best way to create a living wage is empower workers with the freedom to withdraw their labour at any time, without losing the ability to support themselves financially.

    Then let true free market forces do the rest

  • Free Yourself........

    An update for Pay every UK citizen an unconditional basic income

    Feb 27 2015

    Why Give Everyone an Unconditional Basic Income?

    1. Students would be free to study at Uni

    2. Stay at home parents would be free to nurture their own children.

    3. Budding entrepreneurs would be free to develop their ideas and products and help provide the solutions to some of the critical situations we face as a species.

  • green party shows its true colours

    An update for Pay every UK citizen an unconditional basic income

    Feb 24 2015

    "The green party will not provide costings of their citizens income in their manifesto."

    No No No No No

    Sorry but that's an absolute disgrace.

    "Were committed to it, but not enough to commit to how much it will be or how we will raise the money, so basically nice idea but were not that committed at all actually....."

    The green party, just the same as all the other establishment parties.

    I better get chanting because I have no choice now. I simply must raise the £1,200 to stand.

  • Erratum

    An update for Guildford Greenbelt Group Party

    Feb 19 2015

    It has been pointed out by a very helpful Tory borough councillor (Mr Paul Spooner), that the site administrator, (that’s me, Jules C) has misspelled Guildford on the title page. Mr. Spooner has therefore concluded, and circulated by twitter, that because of this understandable error, I and my fellows from GGG are “clowns”. See: https://twitter.com/PaulKGB/status/568346047094902784

    I humbly apologise for this. However, in my defence, I do suffer from a mild form of dyslexia.

    Please rest assured that my condition is not contagious, so it is perfectly safe to donate. 

  • Cameron or Mutch? Who's the Loony?

    An update for Pay every UK citizen an unconditional basic income

    Feb 17 2015

    So.

    David Cameron (Conservative) says....

    "The Unemployed will have to do community work under Tories."

    "Eighteen-to-21-year-olds who have not had a job for six months will lose benefits unless they start apprenticeship or complete community work."

    Eric Mutch (Monster Raving Loony) says...........

    "The best way to create a living wage is empower workers with the freedom to withdraw their labour at any time, without losing the ability to support themselves financially. Then let true free market forces do the rest"

    "Let's pay you and everyone else aged 16 and over an Unconditional Basic Income of £11,375 every year, No Strings Attached and create full employment instead"

    Mutch or Cameron? Who's the Loony?

    Links

    http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/feb/17/unemployed-will-have-to-do-community-work-under-tories-says-cameron?CMP=share_btn_fb

  • Full steam ahead

    An update for North by Southwest Anthology

    Feb 3 2015

    Exciting news

    All proofs have been corrected and the book is off to the printer (and the e-book to KDP) and we are looking at a publication date in around 4 weeks time. When we get an exact date we'll update you.

    Please do ensure we have an up to date address from you if you've ordered the physical book or prints! (mail Northbristolwriting at gmail.com)

    Our next update will be the publication date and details of the launch!

  • 2 days and then 95 days?

    An update for A Green MP for Bristol West

    Jan 30 2015

    Hi everyone, and welcome to the recent pledgers. 

     

    I am incredibly grateful for your generosity, and really pleased to have exceeded our target of £7500. This is now the 2nd biggest Green Party crowd fund ever, only a few thousand pounds behind Caroline Lucas' one for Brighton. To be honest, I fine with that. ;-)

    In the last few weeks we have been incredibly busy coping with the huge numbers of new members joining the Green Party. At one stage the national team were receiving dozens of applications per minute. There were 16,000 new members in a 2 week period, and earlier this week, the total went through 50,000. To put this in perspective, the target by the time of the election had been 25,000! 

    More locally, I have attended my first hustings at Bristol Cathedral Choir School. It was my first experience of dealing with a UKIP representative. I have to say it was a jaw dropping moment but many of the things he said were so outrageous they needed no rebuttal. The audience show of hands at the end confirmed it; UKIP received no votes and I am pleased to say I received over 80% of the rest. It was a young audience of around 250 sixth form students, but around half will be old enough to vote and were registered to do so. If they are in any way representative of how young people are feeling, then it gives me great hope for the future. 

    I am also pleased that my new website is due to go live very soon. We are currently writing the local content, based upon the draft manifesto, and will adding to it in the coming weeks. In particular, we will be adding the short videos that your pledges will have enabled us to create, along with copies of the leaflets and write up of the events that your funds have supported. 

    The crowd fund closes in 2 days time, leaving us 95 days to make sure we win.  It is am amazing time to be in politics, and I am incredibly privileged to be able to represent you. 

    Thanks again for your support, and I look forward to keeping in touch. 

    Best wishes,

    Darren