Friday, 7 October 2011

THE NAT WEST Community Force VOTE IS CRUCIAL

This I've just sent to the great networker and dynamic force that has generated so much Freegle-ist activity in the UK; may she and you ignite the local networks so that the model of generating a "more caring and sharing Hastings & St Leonards" is enacted to the benefit of all of us.

From: Paul Crosland 
To: "Cat (Freegle) Fletcher"
Subject: Fwd: SENT IN THE NAME OF TRANSPARENCY ABOUT FINANCE AND A SHARED UNDERSTANDING OF HOW CRUCIAL THE NAT WEST VOTE IS

Dear Cat,

How are you? Is there anything that I can do to make things (even) better for you? 
There's one thing in particular that you could do for me, and that is in my email signature and the email of financial transparency below.

Kind regards
Paul 
http://actionforhastingshappiness.blogspot.com/p/ideas-bubbling-out-of-happiness.html

And the voting address to promote (all the way through to 23rd October is still): http://communityforce.natwest.com/project/5827

- though please warn people that the steps are:
1) try to vote
2) be told by the web page that you need to register first to be able to vote 
3) register - a one-two minute task
4) open your email & click on the link
5) find 
again & VOTE
6) Let me know that you managed it or ask me for telephone support to complete the CommunityForce challenge!
7) Encourage your friends to have this little adventure too and to feel the satisfaction described on the left-hand side of http://agoodweek.info
8) Say 'Phew' & keep your fingers crossed.

"Freedom is a scary thing; not many people really want it" Laurie Anderson. Use ur nxt 4 mins fdom 2 vote 4 sharing: http://communityforce.natwest.com/project/5827
http://additionalinfo.blogspot.com/2011/10/you-are-trim-tab.html

Thank you for your time reading this/ actioning it.

Begin forwarded message:

From: Paul Crosland <paul.crosland@gmail.com>
Date: 7 October 2011 08:22:13 GMT+01:00
To: afhh

Dear friends,

I send this IN THE NAME OF TRANSPARENCY ABOUT FINANCE AND A SHARED UNDERSTANDING OF HOW CRUCIAL THE NAT WEST VOTE IS.
Also I hope it inspires about how much social change is possible with so little money.

Sue Coates has researched how well we're doing compared to the other groups in the whole 'Ashford & Hastings' area and sees the challenge as being only one of getting a few scores of votes (eg 80) to be sure of £6,000. I hope others will research this too and provide a fresh target as we get closer to 23rd October.

I wrote the following email as a result of being "fired up" by this incoming one:

Dear Paul,
 
If you could convince me that this project will  pay off your debts & earn you enough for yourself to cover daily expenses in the medium to long term, without accumulating even more debt then I would vote for you - definitely!   

And the voting address to promote is still: http://communityforce.natwest.com/project/5827

- though please warn people that the steps are:
1) try to vote
2) be told by the web page that you need to register first to be able to vote 
3) register - a one-two minute task
4) open your email & click on the link
5) find 
6) Let me know that you managed it or ask me for telephone support to complete the CommunityForce challenge!
7) Encourage your friends to have this little adventure too and to feel the satisfaction described on the left-hand side of http://agoodweek.info
8) Say 'Phew' & keep your fingers crossed.



Subject: Re: Making clearer my request for an on-line vote

Dear x
If the NatWest money comes through it will pay wages to me (or rather to Mediation Support) for 8 hours a week at £8.61 an hour? Mediation Support intends to only pay me £1/day for my work and I intend to claim £52/week working tax credit. & my housing benefit on top.
I intend to lobby Amber Rudd MP for support with getting working tax credit, but I may fail to get this income.
The £5,000 odd change that Mediation Support Ltd gets in the bank then goes to pay off it's credits ie me for the money invested over 5 years; this in turn pays off nearly all my credit card debt.
So I'm almost on an even keel for 12 momths ahead, and much leds in debt if I get this grant. As the requirement of the NatWest funding I'll be bound for 1 day a week to do timebanking, leaving me the rest of the week to chase other funding in the areas of sharing, care for elderly (the personalisation agenda) & work that meets crime & disorder with Restorative JUSTICE.. (there's a December deadline I'm working steadily towards for a great Home Office fund). The relationship
being built with the police seems to be on track with that eg two PCSOs came into the office yesterday to see a film and talk with me about how they prepare for a crime related 'community conference' of 20 people next week:

"Freedom is a scary thing; not many people really want it" Laurie Anderson. Use ur nxt 4 mins fdom 2 vote 4 sharing: http://communityforce.natwest.com/project/5827
http://additionalinfo.blogspot.com/2011/10/you-are-trim-tab.html

Thank you for your time reading this/ actioning it.

Thursday, 6 October 2011

Freelending CIC administers "St Leonards Sharing"; whose bright future is in your hands

-and produce (or collect) flyers etc for cafes etc to engage others:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWQ7VNrlePs&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Wednesday, 5 October 2011

How you can boost the local streetbank work, what you do next makes all the difference

Please be the trim-tab, which is a an expression by Steven Covey. Here's how you could be that influential within the next 2-4 minutes of your life: http://additionalinfo.blogspot.com/2011/10/you-are-trim-tab.html

Thank you for your time reading this/ actioning it.

Fwd: Streetbank Community Request notification: Southwater Depot

Dear Ali, (copied to Sam at Streetbank & Edmund, co-director Freelending CIC & posted simultaneously to the blog)

I like this message that you posted. I'm surprised how it arrives in my email with visible html code; a streetbank bug?
It will be good if we agree a timetable for regularly promoting the Wednesday depot day as a regular thing - at the Southwater centre until the end of NOVEMBER at least . (From then, most likely to be moving into the United Reform Church, London Road - see http://freelenders.blogspot.com for updates 
(NB remind me to train you on blogging on that blog if you want)

Also let's incentivise the visit (& build our friends projects simultaneously) by plugging the concurrent community veg morning and saying that this is a popular day for people to come in and have a free cup of tea & meet up with others nearby. 

Kind regards
Paul 
http://actionforhastingshappiness.blogspot.com/p/ideas-bubbling-out-of-happiness.html

Here are the instructions:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ2QRoHf7GQ
You have until the 23rd October, but please save me much stress & give another 2-4minutes now to registering & then voting for:
http://communityforce.natwest.com/project/5827

Begin forwarded message:

From: streetbank <noreply@streetbank.com>
Date: 4 October 2011 13:21:36 GMT+01:00
To: paul.crosland@yahoo.com
Subject: Streetbank Community Request notification: Southwater Depot

Streetbank - Lending, giving away, skills

Dear Paul Crosland

Southwater Streetbank Depot made a request on streetbank

Southwater Depot Community request : Southwater Depot

<p>Please come along to see all the things you can borrow at the depot on Weds am from 10-12pm&#8230;.at the Southwater Centre&#8230;<br /> cheers<br /> Alison</p>

Click here to reply:
http://www.streetbank.com/request/1337



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Monday, 3 October 2011

Voting for St Leonards Sharing & hearing about The People Who Share

Please vote for St Leonards Sharing:
Here are the instructions:
You have until the 23rd October, but please save me much stress & give another 2-4minutes now to registering & then voting for:

Begin forwarded message:

From: Ed 
To: Paul 

Hi Paul,

I just voted – am now full of a warm fuzzy sharing glow (and cake).

It all looks good – sharing seems to be gaining momentum as a concept as far as I can tell – have you come across this lot? http://thepeoplewhoshare.com/

Cheers, Ed

 *******

Great Ed to hear from you.

I've had great conversation about you with Maria (now CPS is part of the St Leonards Sharing Consortium I've set up).
I hope that you can spare 2-4 mins to give us a much needed vote on line; enough votes =£6k - a year's funding the way I live.

Would you email me when you've voted? That makes my list keeping of friends (in need/indeed) easier.

Kind regards

Paul 

& Here are the instructions in a slick YouTube presentation :

You have until the 23rd October, but please save me much stress & give another 2-4minutes now to registering & then voting for:

Saturday, 1 October 2011

Free training in going door-to-door

October is here and door-knocking 4 connection (& Happiness) begins, offering a www.streetbank.com postcard to every householder I get into conversation. I then collect back the card a week later, checking where people have got to in their adventure with sharing their stuff. I'm running a training session on door-knocking on Saturday 29th October from 10am-4pm which any streeties who book first can attend for free (£10 deposit returnable).
From 'Hastings & St Leonards Action for Happiness' & 'St Leonards Sharing' Consortium the story so far is: http://actionforhastingshappiness.blogspot.com/p/national-importance-of-hastings-and-st.html

Kind regards
Paul
(Co-ordinator of the "St Leonards Sharing" Consortium : www.stleonardssharing.info)
(Co-ordinator of "Hastings & St Leonards Action for Happiness":
www.agoodweek.info)

0780 70 66 202 -phone calls often preferred to emails -for connection, clarity and making plans cooperatively.

(Does your local wellbeing group support your personal happiness, your inter-personal sharing, and the wellbeing of all? http://local-well-being-group.blogspot.com/)
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Life's short; compose your quarrels. (from The Dhammapada)