Read CAAT News now!

Dear Friends,

CAAT’S CALL FOR TOTAL ARMS EMBARGO TO HALT MIDDLE EAST ESCALATION FOLLOWS
“WELCOME BUT INADEQUATE” SUSPENSION OF ARMS EXPORT LICENCES TO ISRAEL

Here is your latest edition of CAAT News, CLICK HERE [1] to read it.

READ CAAT NEWS [1]

It's been an eventful few months since the last CAAT News. Israel's
genocidal war in Gaza has continued, and has expanded to a brutal bombing
campaign and invasion of Lebanon. On a more positive note, the first cracks
in UK foreign policy on Israel emerged, with the announcement by the new
government of the suspension of 30 arms export licences to Israel. Your
support for CAAT's work campaigning against arms sales to Israel has been
rewarded in some part. CAAT and War on Want issued a Joint Statement on 3rd
September. It's on our website, do READ IT HERE [2].

THANK YOU FOR THE DONATIONS WE’VE RECEIVED TOWARDS THIS WORK.
_PLEASE CONTINUE YOUR SUPPORT!_

IN THIS ISSUE OF CAAT NEWS:
• _Read_ how Farnborough International Air Show is more horror show than
a family day out, and how the Twickenham stadium has punted their arms fair
off - to Farnborough!
• _Join_ CAAT staff who went through the looking glass and had a guided
tour of the Counter Terror Expo.
• _Learn_ how those arms we sold to the UAE ended up fuelling the
frightful civil war in Sudan.
• _And_, who knew an old-established and reputable paper mill is making
components for the F35?

EVENTS
Do keep an eye on the Events [3] page on our website for details of
in-person and online events.

AN IMPORTANT REMINDER OF OUR FUNDRAISING NEEDS.
Our small CAAT team currently consists of just seven members of staff,
assisted by some part-time freelance specialists, and the volunteer
non-staff members of our Steering Committee. Staff members each concentrate
on a dedicated area of work, and together we manage the organisational
parts of CAAT. There is (always) so much to do, and sometimes it approaches
the overwhelming; we have no slack or wiggle room.

Much of this you may know already, but it’s important to make sure you
are aware of how we are funded to carry out the work we do. _CAAT only
exists through receiving grants and individual donations._

We receive some grants from foundations to carry out our charitable
(education and research) work. We are not a charity ("Peace" doesn't count,
apparently) but we can receive funds through a trust, which holds and
releases them for charitable purposes.

Supporter donations enable us to carry out OUR CORE WORK – _campaigning
against the arms trade_. There would be no campaigning without individual
donations.

INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS REACH US IN TWO MAIN WAYS:

First, as - often spontaneous - ONE-OFF DONATIONS. These typically come in
reaction to CAAT News, a report of an action on social media, or by
responding to an email. These increased in the first half of this year, and
we are most grateful.

Secondly, and _most essential for our operations and longer-term planning_,
are the regular donations we receive by DIRECT DEBIT. These are from
supporters who commit to giving an amount they can afford and include in
their personal budget.

Donations from regular giving have fallen overall in the last couple of
years. This is no surprise, as we continue to suffer from the
cost-of-living crisis. Currently, this fall is about the same as the
increase in one-off donations. But we are concerned about the future,
particularly as we are setting our budget for 2025.

I’M ASKING YOU – IF YOU CAN AND DON'T ALREADY – TO MAKE A MONTHLY
DIRECT DEBIT TO CAAT. 

SET UP A DIRECT DEBIT _HERE_ [4]

MAKE A ONE-OFF DONATION [5]

Contact me to discuss this or any aspect of supporting CAAT:
[email protected]

_THERE ARE, OF COURSE, MANY WAYS YOU CAN SUPPORT - AND ARE SUPPORTING -
CAAT THAT DON’T INVOLVE MONEY._

SO, A BIG THANK YOU TO _ALL_ OUR SUPPORTERS, HOWEVER YOU DO IT!

We can’t thank you enough for all your support. It all really matters and
does get results!

Charles and all of the team at CAAT

Campaign Against Arms Trade

Unit 1.9, The Green House,
244 - 254 Cambridge Heath Road,
London
E2 9DA

Tel: 020 7281 0297

Web: www.caat.org.uk [6]

Email: [email protected]

Unsubscribe [7]

 [Facebook] [8]  [X / Twitter] [9]  [Instagram] [10]  [Youtube] [11]




Links:
------
[1] [link removed]
[2] [link removed]
[3] [link removed]
[4] [link removed]
[5] [link removed]
[6] [link removed]
[7] [link removed]
[8] [link removed]
[9] [link removed]
[10] [link removed]
[11] [link removed]