Attached to notes apologising for the delay in sending them out - ConservativeHome mugs were today mailed out to all those who had donated the requisite £35. If you'd like a mug please make a donation here and we'll post one tomorrow (you can see that we have quite a number). If you have made a donation and don't receive anything by Monday please email us in case our list of donors was incomplete.
My head hangs in shame at the failure to deliver mugs to those who have donated the necessaries to ConservativeHome's recent appeal. No excuses. 252 mugs have now been ordered from www.BrandItUK.com and they'll arrive on 31st May at ConservativeHome Towers. We'll post them out the same day. Thank you everyone very much for your patience.
It's been fourteen months since ConservativeHome appealed for donations. Please click on the link below if you are willing to make a small donation to this site. All donations received will be used to pay for the running costs of the site - including the cost of the monthly survey - and for travel expenses to conferences and for new equipment purchases. Donations of £35 or more will be rewarded with a ConservativeHome mug.
Thanks for all those who gave to ConservativeHome's appeal. We passed the target a little while ago thanks to one large donation of £1,000.
As I said on a previous post - over the next few days I'll be sending a short email thanking everyone who contributed.
It's been great that we were able to reach the target in just two days.
Yesterday brought over £1,100 more into the ConservativeHome coffers and we're now very slightly more than halfway towards our £3,300 target. Donations ranged from £5 to four donations of £100. I'll be sending a small 'thank you email' to each and every donor in the next few days.
Thanks very much to the eighteen people who responded to the new Appeal for funds. Donations ranged from £3.30 to £150.
£517.55 has been raised so far.
Given that ConservativeHome received 9,224 hits yesterday I hope there are still many more of you waiting and wanting to give! Here's the button...
During the course of January ConservativeHome's daily hits have been rising steadily. Interest spiked on the day that Charles Kennedy confessed to his battle with alcoholism. It peaked again on the day I appeared on Newsnight and yet again for the results of the ConservativeHome Members' Panel. Interest in David Cameron's gravitation to the political centre and the anger he is provoking on the right seem to be underpinning this blog's popularity.
Running a blog like this isn't cheap, however, and this week I'd like to encourage you to make a donation to the site's costs.
Sam Coates recently became my Deputy and is writing occasional posts as well as sharing the task of compiling the frontpage newslinks. The cost of buying a laptop for him to use and a twelve month mobile internet contract from Vodafone is £1,700.
Another big cost is the software and processing for the Members' Panel. I'm also buying some viral email packages to advertise the blog to the many Tories who still don't know about ConservativeHome.
The total cost of these expenditures is about £3,300 and I'm inviting you to make a contribution towards that sum. Every donation would be welcome. All you need is a debit or credit card and you can give by pressing the button below and setting up a secure PayPal account...
'PayPal' is an internationally reputable payment service that provides you with complete security. If you have concerns about paying online, however, please send a cheque to ConservativeHome, 16 St Ann Street, Salisbury SP1 2DN. Cheques should be made payable to ConservativeHome.com.
I'll update you everyday on how the appeal is progressing throughout this week. It would be great to get close to the target by Friday. Please give generously...!
TIM MONTGOMERIE, Editor of ConservativeHome.com
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