Hi John,

 

I've got to confess, I've been Greenpeace's Head of Finance for 8 years, but I've never sent an email like this. Usually I'm deep in spreadsheets!

 

But I'm sending this now as I've got important news.

 

I've looked at the numbers -- and you're incredible. Already this week, more than 200 people have pledged to give a few pounds a month to fund Greenpeace's work.

 

Together, you're making sure 2021 will be a historic year in the fight to save our climate, protect our oceans, and safeguard forests.

 

But we've not quite reached our goal yet.

 

So I'm emailing as I know first hand how monthly contributions help Greenpeace to plan effectively and to be the most strategic. In fact, almost 80% of our funding comes from monthly donations from people like you.

 

As you've signed Greenpeace petitions or taken action with us, I know you're concerned about the future of our natural world. That's why I'm writing to ask if you can start a monthly contribution too -- and help power the change our planet needs?

Sometimes unpredictable thing happens -- like this year's pandemic. It's at these times like these that monthly donations from people like you are so important.

 

Monthly contributions meant I could be safe in the knowledge we didn't have to close key parts of Greenpeace's work, like our investigations into polluting companies, or our scientific research.

 

But for this December, I'm hoping that 1,032 more of you can chip in monthly, as that's the number we need to build the strategy that 2021 deserves. More than 200 people have signed up this week already -- so, if you can afford to right now, can join and help us reach our goal together?

In the 1970s, Greenpeace's Save the Whales campaign shone a spotlight on the cruel and unnecessary hunting of whales. As a result, a global ban on commercial whaling was introduced in 1986. [1]

 

In the 2000s we took on the fossil industry, scaling a 200 metre high coal power plant in the process and forcing a historic government U-turn on coal use. [2]

 

In the last decade, you've funded our work to take on the likes of Shell and BP. And together, we've made sure that climate change is finally getting the attention it has long deserved.

 

As this year comes to a close, imagine what we could achieve together in 2021 and beyond -- and just how that would feel.

 

With all my thanks,

 

Andy Coates

Head of Finance, Greenpeace UK

 

NOTES

1. https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/challenges/whales/

2. https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/coal-and-climate-change-what-a-difference-a-decade-makes/

 

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