Other things you can do
Like any campaign we need funds and people. Any help or expertise
of any kind you can spare will be most welcome. Most important is
to get other people involved and to understand the issues.
ID-cards sound innocent. When people know that
they (and their children) may be fingerprinted like criminals
and will be made to register every change of address with the
authorities, their attitude changes. So:-
- Tell your friends about the campaign and that you are
supporting it. Most people are scarcely aware of the government's ID
database project, and few understand the dangers. Feel free to
redistribute any of our materials to acquaintances. (Please do
introduce it personally and don't spam.) Your personal witness will help
others understand that this is important.
- Take the NO2ID Pledge and encourage
your friends and (adult) family to do so to. Display your
copy with pride. Tell them you are not a number.
- Let us know if
you have time or special expertise that you can give to the
organisation or facilities you can lend us. The campaign is getting
bigger, but needs to grow some more. Fast. We urgently need any
assistance you can offer. We can use any amount of professional creative
and marketing expertise as we begin to lift public awareness of the
issues, but it would be handy to have reliable people to answer the
phone. Volunteer at
volunteer@no2id.net
- Get together with others in your area to form a local group. A national
campaign needs a national network. Our experienced campaigners (
local.groups@no2id.net)
are available to help local groups build our nationwide presence. They
can tell you how to hold a public meeting, set out your stall locally
(literally as well as metaphorically), and how to get other people
involved. If you have experience of local campaigns then by all means
just start one — we will offer what help we can. Details of
forthcoming meetings, when we have them, are posted on the events page. List of
existing local groups.
- Raise the issue for discussion in any organizations you belong to.
Everyone is affected in some way. Encourage any club, union or other group
you are in that opposes ID control to become
a supporter or affiliate itself.
- Write to the local and national press, to express your concerns whenever
there is relevant news. Phone-in to appropriate radio and TV programs. There
is plenty of information on this website to help you do this.
- Write to your MP and MEP expressing your disquiet and ask for their
personal opinion. (Big-party MPs in particular sometimes avoid controversial
issues, or may pass on your letter to the Home Office rather than answering
for themselves.) WriteToThem is a
free and confidential way to get an answer.
Let us know what they say.
