10
EASY WAYS YOU CAN JOIN IN
Everyone
can do something to help the campaign to block the EU budget
deal Tony Blair did last December when comes before Parliament later
this year.
There's
strength in numbers and the Democracy Movement's campaigns are so
effective because we have a wide network of support and there are
many small ways to get involved. If we all work together, however
small the things we each do, collectively they can make a huge difference.
Please
join in! Below are some ideas for what you can do depending how
much time you have available.

Register
your support.
It's free to register your support for our Stop the Cheques campaign
and get more involved if you choose. The more supporters we have,
the more MPs and the government will have to listen to our case against
increasing payments to the EU by more than 60% to £6 billion
a year. We don't pass the personal details of our supporters to anyone
else and there's no further commitment to give time or money. All
you will receive is occasional updates about our campaign. You can
register by clicking
here.
Sign
up others who agree with you.
Encourage your friends, neighbours, relatives and workmates to register
as supporters of the Democracy Movement as well - anyone who agrees
with you about the importance of our campaigns. You can use our special
multi-registration form to sign them up - click
here to download.

Get
involved in a local DM group.
DM branches organise a range of local activities, from letter-writing
campaigns and public meetings to leaflet distribution and info stalls
in shopping centres. Volunteers are always needed to take part in
or even help arrange these activities. Find out if there is a branch
near you by clicking
here.
Help
us to set up a local group.
If there is no branch in your area, help us to start one! Having local
groups active in every community across the country will be the key
to applying sufficient pressure for change on political decision-makers.
Helping us to start a group in your area need not commit you to further
involvement. To find out more, contact us by clicking
here.
Make
a donation.
The Democracy Movement's campaigns depend entirely on the voluntary
donations of supporters. The Movement has a huge task and unlike our
opponents we are not funded by the British and European taxpayer.
Please consider making a donation to our campaign fund. If you can't
be active yourself, please help us to support those who can. To find
out more, click
here.
Distribute
leaflets. Help
us to let people know how large amounts of their money being given
to the EU is being wasted and the effect that has on the quality of
public services on which they depend by distributing our free leaflets
door-to-door in your area. Click here
to view our range of free campaign materials and order any quantity
from a few to pass around your contacts to hundreds to put through
local letterboxes.
Make
sure your library has our side of the argument.
Write to or visit your local library to request any of the publications
on our bookshop page. Click here to see
our list. Also ask them to stock the international EU-critical magazine
These Tides (ISSN 1368-4914).
Write
to your MP.
Whether your MP is for or against passing more powers to the EU, it's
vital they get feedback from their constituents for their view. In
the first instance, please write to them at the House of Commons,
London SW1A 0AA expressing your opposition to centralised, undemocratic
EU law-making and asking what their view is on the issue. To find
out who your MP is click here
and enter your postcode.
Please send us a copy of any response you receive for our file of
where MPs stand on the issue - our address is at the bottom of this
page.
Write
to your local newspaper.
Most local and regional newspapers have Letters pages and are very
keen to hear the views of local people, not just on local issues.
Surveys show that the local media is one of the most trusted sources
of information, and that the Letters page is often the most widely
read section of the paper. Just a brief letter on the issue can take
a short time to write yet, if published, can reach tens of thousands
of people in one go.
You don't even have to create letters yourself. Register with us as
a letter-writer for your local paper and we'll send you occasional
sample letters to copy and forward to the paper. This will help spread
our arguments and generate support, but take you very little time.
Click here to register and tick the
appropriate box at the bottom of the page.
Display
our message.
You can display the various posters and stickers that the Democracy
Movement has available. Click here
to view our range of free campaign materials. Click here
to view our range of DM merchandise, including stickers.

Democracy
Movement
Kershaw House, 449 Great West Road, Hounslow TW5 0BU
T: 020 8570 5681 F: 020 8570 5213
mail @ democracymovement.org.uk