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Better Media

Be the media, know the media, change the media

Estimated Annual Budget
£958
Today's Balance
£2,663.72
2 days/week on LDN Living Wage
£9,140
per year

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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

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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

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Events

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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

Individuals

1
Gareth Lowe

£640 GBP since Jul 2018

2
Rob Watson

£412 GBP since Oct 2020

3
Sue Lowe

£294 GBP since Jul 2018

4
Josef Davies-Coates

£280 GBP since Jun 2018

5
Paul Bailey

£250 GBP since Sep 2018

6
Kathy Darby

£240 GBP since Sep 2018

7
sue davies

£200 GBP since Jul 2018

8
Ann Field

£180 GBP since Sep 2018

9
Frances Balfour

£180 GBP since Sep 2018

10
Paul Marchant

£150 GBP since Sep 2018

Organizations

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Unite the Union

£2,000 GBP since Aug 2019

2
Unite the Union

£800 GBP since Aug 2019

5
Byline Festival

£120 GBP since Jul 2018

6
NUJ London Magazine Branch

£50 GBP since Oct 2019

7
Livingstone Media

£45 GBP since Aug 2018

8
Passport Photos

£18 GBP since Feb 2020

Better Media is all of us

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Thank you for supporting Better Media.

Gareth Lowe

Admin

£640 GBP

Josef Davies-...

Admin

£280 GBP

With the imminent decline of the only democrati...

Rowan Gavin

Admin

£24 GBP

Unite the Union

£2,000 GBP

Campaign for ...

£748 GBP

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

Rob Watson

Contributor

£412 GBP

Sue Lowe

Contributor

£294 GBP

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

Paul Bailey

Contributor

£250 GBP

Kathy Darby

Contributor (paid yearly to...

£240 GBP

sue davies

Contributor

£200 GBP

The media needs to be more independent . Any wo...

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Today’s balance

£2,663.72 GBP

Total raised

£12,120.49 GBP

Total disbursed

£9,456.77 GBP

Estimated annual budget

£957.69 GBP

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News from Better Media

Updates on our activities and progress.

September 2023 Update

Hello and welcome to the Better Media monthly update, which this time round has a focus on the recent developments with the Media Bill, plus updates on my other work as Campaign Co-ordinator. You can read the last update...
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Published on September 28, 2023 by Rowan Gavin

August 2023 Update

Hello! Summer is drawing to a close, and to mark the occasion I have another Better Media monthly update to relay. You can read the last update...
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Published on August 31, 2023 by Rowan Gavin

July 2023 Update

Hello there! It's time for another update on our work here at Better Media, but before I get to that, a quick update on yours truly (that is to say, me, Rowan Gavin, Better Media's paid worker). I originally joined Better Media last August,...
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Published on July 27, 2023 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...