17-04-2010 6 May General Election announced
Today the General Election (GE) has finally been announced and we can now campaign officially!
As expected, the GE will be held on 6th May which is the same day as the local elections. Richard Deboo, on behalf of Animals Count, will contest the Islington South and Finsbury constituency. Several volunteers have already helped distribute leaflets to raise awareness but we are going to step up our efforts significantly over the next few weeks in the area.
Richard Deboo, our Parliamentary Candidate and Animals Count Deputy Leader, is pictured here at our Fourth Party Conference on 27th March. Watch Richard’s inspiring keynote address.
Events
We would like to invite you to our Manifesto Launch and Press Conference at 5pm on 17th April at Housmans Bookshop, 5 Caledonian Road, Kings Cross, N1 9DX.
Richard Deboo will take part in a hustings event ‘Ask your Candidate’ organised by Greenpeace on Monday 19th April from 6.30-8.30pm at City University, Room BG02, University Building, 10 Northampton Sq, London EC1V 0HB. Most parties are unlikely to mention the massive impact of livestock farming on climate change. RD will mention this link as one of the biggest contributors to climate change.
On 23rd April, Jasmijn de Boo will give a presentation about Animals Count at the conference ‘Animal(s) Matter(s): the future of critical animal studies’ at the University of Liverpool.
On Sunday 25th April, veterinarians Andrew Knight and Lucy Fish will be offering free veterinary dog consultations in Barnard Park, Islington from 11am-1pm. Animals Count is not just talking about our policies; we put them into practice and show that there is public support for them. There will be fun things for kids to do as well (colouring animal masks, etc.).
Leafleting
We are putting the finishing touch on the election leaflet which will be sent to the printers in the next day or two. We desperately need your help with distributing leaflets! Any help would be much appreciated. You could cover a street, or an area, for a couple of hours or spread it out during several days. Rebecca is kindly coordinating the leafleting by maintaining a map showing which areas have been covered by different people. Please contact us if you are able to help (form does work even though it gives an error message after submitting – we are trying to fix this).
We also need to deliver the ‘Free veterinary dog consultation’ flyers in the area around Barnard Park between next week and 23rd April. Please help us spread the word!
Grueling mountaineering challenge to raise funds for Animals Count
After successfully completing the UK’s Vegan 3 Peaks Challenge in 2009 and raising over £1,300 for Animals Count’s 2009 EU election campaign, veterinarian Andrew Knight needed a bigger challenge. Accordingly, on the 5th of June, 2010, he and eight team mates are taking the next logical step: the Vegan 15 Peaks Challenge! They will cover 48 km horizontally, and no less than 4,000m vertically. And they must do it all in a single day… Yet, not even this is enough challenge for Team Vegan! To deliberately add to their burdens they will also complete the Yorkshire 3 Peaks Challenge on the 11th of April, which requires them to hike an additional 38K, and climb another 1,600m up and down. Andrew and Chloe ( http://www.vegan15peaks.info/pages/Team.htm) are raising funds for Animals Count’s election campaign.
PLEASE SPONSOR THESE BRAVE, BUT SLIGHTLY MAD, PEOPLE BY VISITING: http://www.animalscount.com/join/donate/
Finally…
Animals Count has been nominated again in the category Best Campaigners in the Bristol Eco-veggie Awards. Please vote for Animals Count once in April and once in May: http://bristol.ecoveggiefayre.co.uk/awards-vote
Thank you very much for your support!
The animals count on you. Now is the time to make a difference…
