Hi John,

I don’t know about you, but the last year has been a mixture. It’s been incredibly tough in so many ways - the lockdown, a bout of illness, difficulty for people I love. And of course, it’s been really tough for the whole country. But there’s also been some amazing scenes of community spirit and resilience in the face of hardship. 

I’m looking forward to celebrating those good things at next week’s Great Get Together, organised by our friends at the Jo Cox Foundation, and I want to invite all HOPE not hate supporters to find an event close by to join too.

When the pandemic hit, there were so many incredible acts of kindness. Some of it was well-organised, with mutual aid groups springing up doing great work to get help to people, to collect for food banks, and to get people to and from hospital. It’s not just the well-organised that we can celebrate. In my street, there have been so many simple acts of neighbourly kindness, and I am sure it’s the same for you in your community. 

The Great Get Together is a chance to celebrate these new connections and encourage further community engagement - all things that can give us HOPE.

To give voice to those acts of hope, we want to flood our social media accounts with messages from our supporters. Can you take 60 seconds to share your message? Maybe you want to say thank you to people who have helped you or share that you have new found hope for your area - it can be anything. Share your message and we’ll make our social media channels a flood of hope next week.

Thank you for reading.

All the best,

Nick

Nick Lowles
CEO, HOPE not hate