There are many ways you can help us to
promote healthy food, sustainable agriculture and a cleaner, safer environment.
By doing any of these and you will become
part of the strong movement, which is determined to ensure that the food
consumed by everyone, everywhere is produced safely without harm to workers,
consumers or the environment.
Becoming a PAN supporter is a great way to help us; a regular
gift helps provide the dependable income we need to fulfill our commitments.As
a supporter you will be have the option of receiving any of the following
in-house publications: Pesticide News (quarterly journal); Current Research Monitor (scientific & specialist publications
listing); PEX newsletter.
Click here for more info
on these publications. Corporations, individuals and NGOs who
do not wish to become supporters can subscribe
to our journals.
Donating online could not be easier on our secure
website. Your donation will make a difference and will be used to assist us in doing the
following:
- Pay for research so that we can support
our arguments with sound facts
- Pay for our staff time to lobby MPs,
MEPs, businesses and regulators
- Pay for Farmer Field Schools in Africa
- Pay for Resource Centres in Africa
- Pay for ensuring safe disposal of
obsolete and unused pesticides in both Africa and the UK
- Pay for a help-line offering advice to
individuals concerned about pesticides
- Pay for a help-line offering support to
individuals who are suffering from the side effects of being exposed to
pesticides
- Pay for our staff to research and
promote safer alternatives
- Pay to ensure that we can maintain our
library, website and databases
- Pay for us to produce comprehensive
literature to inform both the lay person and the specialist about pesticide
issues
You can become a supporter by making an
online credit card
payment, printing out a supporters form and sending it in by post to: PAN
UK,
Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4JX, Tel: 020 7065 0905,
Fax: 020 7065 0907, Email:
admin@pan-uk.org
Gift Aid and Give as you earn
Your payment to become a supporter is seen as a gift
so please tick the Gift Aid boxes on the forms, or consider supporting PAN UK via a Give As You Earn scheme. Click here for more
info.
Leaving a legacy
Leaving
a legacy to PAN UK is the most lasting gift you could make. The funds we receive from legacies will ensure that we can continue our
work in the United Kingdom, Europe and Africa, and will guarantee that the
problems of pesticides remain on the environment and health agenda, and support
our determination to find solutions. See our legacies
page for more information.
If you would prefer your friends to make
donations to PAN UK instead of buying you birthday, wedding, anniversary
or christmas
gifts then please call us on 020 7065 0905 and we will design a web page specifically for your
celebration through which your friends can donate in confidence to us.Here is an example of a celebration web page, we are happy to design the web
page, within reason, to suite your specific requirements.
Volunteering
This is certainly one of the most valuable
ways you can help us. We rely heavily on our volunteer staff and always welcome
volunteers with specialist skills. If you are specialised in any of the
following areas, and feel that you are able to offer some of your time to PAN UK then please do not hesitate to either write to us with your CV at: PAN UK,
Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4JX, or e-mail us at admin@pan-uk.org,
or call us on 020 7065 0905. Volunteers ideally need to be based in or
around the London area.
Don’t forget PAN UK when doing sponsored
events such as marathons, walks, cycling etc.Please let us know if you
are raising sponsorship for us we will make every endeavour to come and cheer
you along.
Purchasing publications
We produce a number of publications which are all available
at our
secure book
orders page, or you can print out our
publications
list [PDF 308KB] and order by post. Recent publications
include:
- People’s pesticide exposures
– poisons we are exposed to every day without knowing it,
Alison Craig, December 2004, 47pp. Free
online in PDF format [1,928 KB]
- Dress
Sense: A consumer guide to shopping for organic clothing and
textiles, November 2004, £2.50.
- Organic Cotton: A
practical guide to the UK market, May 2004, £10.
- Breaking the Pesticide Chain, July 2003, Free
online in PDF format [699KB]
- Pesticide exposure and health:
PEX briefings 1-6, March 2003, £15 for the set.
- The Dependency Syndrome:
Pesticide use by African small holders, February 2003, 126pp,£16.00.
- Silent Invaders: Pesticides,
livelihoods and women’s health, January 2003, 342pp, £14.95.
Subscriptions
Keep up-to-date with pesticide issues by subscribing to
Pesticides News and Current Research Monitor:
Pesticides News - the
most comprehensive quarterly information on pesticide problems and
alternative developments, with extensive articles, resources, news
and reviews on UK, European and global developments.
-
Current Research Monitor - A
valuable resource for researchers, listing up-to-date research
covering the impact of pesticides on health and the environment. It
is published quarterly and features abstracts, research listings, a
research focus on a particular issue, conference listings and
proceedings.
Subscribe here
Advocating change
and providing moral support
There is nothing stronger than public demand
for change and change only ever comes about through like-minded individuals
working collectively for change. By talking to as many people as you
possibly can about the health and environmental dangers of hazardous pesticide
usage you can raise awareness of the issue, and together we can ensure that this
issue remains high on the public agenda.
We are always pleased to have contact with
our supporters regardless of whether you are able to offer us financial
assistance or not. Please feel free to contact us at anytime, whether it
is to offer a word of encouragement, ask for advice or even to criticize
something we have done, we value your input.
Our wish list
There are a number of items/services that
would enhance our work, however as a Charity we can rarely afford them. We have
listed all our wishes, from the sublime to the ridiculous; we can but live in
hope!
- Frequent flyer miles (transferable)
- Event catering
- Retreat space
- Meeting room space
- Printing
- Office space
- Ergonomic office furniture
- Lockable filing cabinets
- Cabinets suitable for library purposes
- Office supplies
If you can help with any of the above please
contact Deanna Johnson on 0207065 0905 or admin@pan-uk.org
