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Better Media

Be the media, know the media, change the media

Today's Balance
£713.01
Estimated Annual Budget
£2,988
2 days/week on LDN Living Wage
£9,140
per year

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Financial Contributions

Recurring contribution
Contributor

You can become a Better Media Contributor from just £1.00 per month, but obviously the more we all contribute the more we'll be able to achieve tog... Read more

Starts at
£1 GBP / month

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+ 17
Recurring contribution
Contributor (paid yearly to reduce transaction costs)

You can become a Better Media Contributor from just £12.00 per year, but obviously the more we all contribute the more we'll be able to achieve tog... Read more

Starts at
£12 GBP / year

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+ 10
One-time contribution
Affiliate

Affiliation costs depend on the number of members in your organisation: Fewer than 500 members: £30; 500-1000 members: £45; 1000-10k members: £60; ... Read more

Starts at
£30 GBP

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Make a custom one-time or recurring contribution.

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+ 41
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Sponsor

Join us for £100.00 per year and support us

Starts at
£100 GBP / year

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Events

Better Media is hosting the following events.

Past event
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Join us on twitter or youtube for a livestreamed discussion of how climate science is being consi...Read more

Top financial contributors

Organizations

1
Unite the Union

£2,000 GBP since Aug 2019

3
Unite the Union

£800 GBP since Aug 2019

5
The Social Change Nest

£480.28 GBP since Oct 2020

7
Byline Festival

£120 GBP since Jul 2018

8
NUJ London Magazine Branch

£50 GBP since Oct 2019

9
Livingstone Media

£45 GBP since Aug 2018

10
Passport Photos

£18 GBP since Feb 2020

Individuals

1
Gareth Lowe

£770 GBP since Jul 2018

2
Rob Watson

£607 GBP since Oct 2020

3
Josef Davies-Coates

£345 GBP since Jun 2018

4
Sue Lowe

£333 GBP since Jul 2018

5
Paul Bailey

£250 GBP since Sep 2018

6
Kathy Darby

£240 GBP since Sep 2018

7
D Miller

£205 GBP since Jun 2021

8
sue davies

£200 GBP since Jul 2018

9
Ann Field

£180 GBP since Sep 2018

10
Frances Balfour

£180 GBP since Sep 2018

Better Media is all of us

Our contributors 45

Thank you for supporting Better Media.

Gareth Lowe

Admin

£770 GBP

Josef Davies-...

Admin

£345 GBP

With the imminent decline of the only democrati...

Rowan Gavin

Admin

£36 GBP

Unite the Union

£2,000 GBP

Unite Graphic...

Affiliate

£2,000 GBP

Campaign for ...

£748 GBP

The spirit of CPBF lives on in Better Media and...

Rob Watson

Contributor

£607 GBP

Sue Lowe

Contributor

£333 GBP

We have to do something to counteract the pro T...

Paul Bailey

Contributor

£250 GBP

Budget


Transparent and open finances.

-£96.95 GBP
Paid
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Today’s balance

£713.01 GBP

Total raised

£14,972.24 GBP

Total disbursed

£14,259.23 GBP

Estimated annual budget

£2,988.00 GBP

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News from Better Media

Updates on our activities and progress.

September 2024 Update

As summer gives way to autumn, there are a number of notable shifts taking place in the UK's media landscape. As usual, you're with Rowan Gavin, Better Media Campaign Coordinator, as I look back through the last month of our work. If you wa...
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Published on September 26, 2024 by Rowan Gavin

August 2024 Update

Welcome to the last monthly Better Media update of the summer. As usual, you're with Rowan Gavin, Better Media Campaign Coordinator, as I look back through the last month of our work. If you want to go further back, you can read the last up...
Read more
Published on August 29, 2024 by Rowan Gavin

July 2024 Update

Welcome to another monthly update from Better Media. After a rainy June, the sun is coming out at last - but the change of government is not providing as sunny an outlook as we might have hoped when it comes to media issues. You can read th...
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Published on July 31, 2024 by Rowan Gavin

About


"The key to changing the course of the human future, is to change the stories by which we live" - David Korten

Join us if you think tech giants, media moguls and press barons have too much power and influence in our society, want to protect and democratise the BBC, would love to see media co-ops in every community or just work as an independent journalist, photographer or film maker.

Our goal is to build a large scale democratic membership organisation to fund and support campaigns for Better Media in the UK.

Our team

Josef Davies-...

Admin
With the imminent decline of the only democrati...