Another fantastic turn out.

Today saw our leafleting team muster more than 16 activists. We all met at the local superstore in Glenfield at 9.30 and started putting out the leaflets shortly afterwards. Local Organiser Kevan Stafford and super-activist Peter Jarvis had all the maps and leaflets ready. We all had our own areas and when finished we met for a coffee. A combined 4000 leaflets were posted and all activists reported a great response from the local people, and even some prospective new members where found. Local residents were asking about joining and we let them have the details .

A grand day out !

Raising funds for the BNP is not easy; Many BNP members are those who lose their jobs first when corporate finance looks for cheap labour, making donations takes courage. Simple ideas are best.
Steve Denham`s idea of a sponsored walk was simple to organise. Kevan Stafford our local Coordinator soon designed and printed some sponsorship forms with his usual speed and professionalism.
Steve suggested Rutland Walk for the venue, and the car park for the meeting point.
There was just five weeks to gather sponsors and iron out the details before the big day. We soon gathered sponsors and many people were keen to help both collecting sponsors, and on the day at Rutland Water.
The big day finally arrived, 12th December. Steve drove to the starting point without any problems. Chris And Kevan could not find the right car park, "thank God for mobile phones" was one of the comments when we all finally did meet up at the car park.
4 members, 6 views, and a large collection of alternative routes - but we all set off regardless. Steve Denham led the way with Pete Jarvis struggling to keep up the pace. Steve only stopped for one cup of tea as he had an appointment later that day and time was passing by. Both Steve and Pete managed the peninsular only because they both took the wrong turning! 24 miles later Steve and Pete both finished, Steve even looked as fresh as when he had first started. Both Kevan and Chris finished about an hour later. It was a fun day and one couple who saw Steve start actually stopped and clapped as he finished.
Over £1000 pounds raised for the party and four members just that little bit fitter. A loosely organised event with little outlay turned into a good fund raising day. Charnwood has two deposits for the General Election now. Thank you to all who donated and helped to make the day possible. Thanks to Carol the fund holder for her input, but most of all, thanks to all who sponsored the walkers..