PAN UK
 
How you can help
Here are many ways you can help us to promote healthy food, sustainable agriculture and a cleaner, safer environment. Whichever method you choose you will know that you are adding your voice to the millions of people who are concerned about health and the 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.

Be a supporter
Becoming a supporter is a great way to help us; your regular gift provides 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); Greenfly (newsletter); 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.

  • Graphic designer
  • Web designer
  • IT – staff development – particularly software training
  • Marketing
  • Administrators
  • Media specialist
  • Archivist
  • Photography

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


 

"Go to the shelf where you keep your pesticides. Put them in a bag. Seal them up. Hand them in. Dispose of them safely. They are poisons. They are poisoning you and they are poisoning the planet"

Monty Don, Gardening Expert