A look back on a successful day

posted by: Nick Lowles | on: Sunday, 10 May 2009, 22:47

The HOPE not hate campaign really kicked into gear this weekend with over 150,000 leaflets and newspapers being distributed around the country. Setting the pace was Blackburn with Darwen, where over 80 people distributed 20,000 newspapers, with a lot more being taken away to deliver over the next week. Over 15,000 leaflets were delivered in Burton and Uttoxeter and 50 people covered two wards with leaflets in York. There were 70 people out in Bristol over the two days and over 30 people at activities in Wolverhampton and Smethwick. Two wards were covered with newspapers in Manchester and thousands of leaflets were given out at the football derby match. Other activities took place today in Birmingham, Hull, Stockport, Preston, Leicester, Nottingham, Leeds and East London. In Hull, a group of 10 students leafleted a ward of 3,500 properties.

Last but not least I have to return to Jason Hunter, who began the day helping out in Accrington and finished doing a rural area of Burnley. In all he delivered 800 newspapers, bringing his total so far to 1,141 newspapers in three days.