Our work is off and running, thanks to HOPE not hate supporters

Hi John,

I should introduce myself. I’m Roxana and I’m a member of the HOPE not hate
campaign team. Thanks to you and hundreds of other supporters we have the full
budget we need to work in Batley and Spen before, during and after the
by-election.

I want to give you an update on what will come next, thanks to you.

We have two different – and really distinct – areas of work. Firstly, we’re
gearing up a strong on-the-ground election campaign as we understand that there
will be one, perhaps two, far right candidates standing in the election.

We’ll be limited to door-to-door leafleting in target areas because the spending
limit is low for an organisation like ours. But we’re confident that we can get
the message across about the far right to the key voters that our data suggests
could help decide the election.

Research has already started, different leaflets are getting drafted and we are
crunching the data needed to draw up leaflet rounds.

Secondly, we are preparing to do the more community-focused work needed to deal
with any fallout and division from the election.

We will be actively supporting Great Get Together initiatives, that seek to
bring people and communities together, and lay the groundwork for more intensive
community work and resilience building for the post-election period.

We’ve already started building relationships with community leaders in the area
and discussing exciting community initiatives that could be rolled out over the
summer.

Thanks again for your amazing support. We’re off and running, thanks to you.

— Roxy, and the whole HOPE not hate campaigns team

John -- we need your help to make 2021 a success

All of the work that we've done in the last year has only been possible because
of HOPE not hate supporters who signed up to become members of the HOPE Action
Fund.

In the next 12 months we have to take on the far-right as they will try to use
the pandemic and vaccine rollouts to pit people against one another.

Will you become a member today to help us take on this fight?

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