🧵It’s extremely difficult to become a non-profit campaigning organisation which is trusted.
Why?
1. Charities are facing increasing limitations on their ability to speak up frankly about politics. This means that organisations often decide they can’t operate as charities..
Why?
1. Charities are facing increasing limitations on their ability to speak up frankly about politics. This means that organisations often decide they can’t operate as charities..
This is a two-fold problem.
🔴if you’re not a charity, you can’t access financial supports given to charities.
🔴all campaigning organisations face trolling. Trolls hook onto the idea you’re ‘a company’ and smear non-profit org leaders online.
2. The government evade the truth,
🔴if you’re not a charity, you can’t access financial supports given to charities.
🔴all campaigning organisations face trolling. Trolls hook onto the idea you’re ‘a company’ and smear non-profit org leaders online.
2. The government evade the truth,
they do not answer questions directly. When a crisis emerges and emergency situations develop, they mislead the public, avoid media scrutiny and publicly condone campaigning organisations. Constituents have been told by Conservative MPs, for example, that EveryDoctor is ...
Highly political and spreads misinformation.
3. The media often describes the emerging situations as ‘allegations’ from campaigning organisations. Even traditionally progressive media outlets. Even as people are dying.
The only way to hold government to account in this...
3. The media often describes the emerging situations as ‘allegations’ from campaigning organisations. Even traditionally progressive media outlets. Even as people are dying.
The only way to hold government to account in this...
climate of truth evasion, lack of responsibility and worsening conditions for the UK public is by democratic mechanisms of protest or taking ministers to court through judicial review.
The government is attempting to dismantle both mechanisms.
We’re up against it....
The government is attempting to dismantle both mechanisms.
We’re up against it....
Campaigning organisations like ours rely on public support and we rely on your trust.
We are scrutinised by the (amazing) grant funders who have supported us over the last 12 months. Finances are trawled, operations are analysed, behaviour is considered...
We are scrutinised by the (amazing) grant funders who have supported us over the last 12 months. Finances are trawled, operations are analysed, behaviour is considered...
Any organisation receiving grants is subject to this analysis: let that be your guide.
And please support the campaigning organisations throwing all their energy and nerve at fixing this broken system and protecting people.
And please support the campaigning organisations throwing all their energy and nerve at fixing this broken system and protecting people.
For info; @EveryDoctorUK has been kindly and generously supported by The Roddick Foundation, Reset Tech and Avaaz during the past 12 months. Each has done incredible things to support NHS staff and patients.
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