Dear readers — The challenge is very clear: today is the day we get to 100 subscribers. As you can see from our lovely little tracker we’ve added 75 new members in our first two days — we’re having a big push to get another 25 over the line today. If you aren’t yet a Dispatch member, I’ve got a sneaky feeling that might include you. If you are? Read on in this email to find out about how you can also help.
Here’s the latest on our tracker, which you can follow live on our website throughout the campaign. We’ve made a great start, but there’s still an awfully long way to go in just a month.
You’re going to be hearing a lot from us in the next few weeks, so prepare yourselves psychologically for that. That’ll include these emails, but also posters, billboards, and — for the first time ever — a Dispatch print edition being delivered to thousands of houses around the city. Before we go any further, here’s a sneak preview. Isn’t she beautiful?
The most obvious way you can help, if you aren’t already subscribed, is to get on board. To go into the weekend already a tenth of the way through? We’d be laughing! And remember: if you sign up today you can choose your price — including getting your first two months at the reduced rate of £2.99 a month. The annual deal is even better: just £55 for a whole year. Cheaper than a decent Christmas turkey, but tastier.
THIS IS DANCE invites you to step into a new world
The incredible THIS IS DANCE autumn season is on now and throughout November. Next up: Silvia Gribaudi’s GRACES on Friday 20 November at the Birmingham Hippodrome.
Inspired by Antonio Canova’s Greek mythological sculpture The Three Graces, Silvia and three male performers take to the stage for a deeply funny, explorative performance. Using humour, Gribaudi embraces imperfection and transports the audience to a world unconstrained by gender. Prepare to laugh, reflect, and relish in the freedom. Click below to book your ticket.
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A few messages to our paying members
Now, if you are already a fully paid up Dispatch member, fear not, there is still lots you can do to help the campaign. Here are the three main ways you can be part of it:
🎁 Gift! We’ve launched our Christmas gift scheme, which won’t only save you from scrambling around the Bullring on the 23 December, it’ll also contribute to us smashing our target and unlocking those five pledges to Birmingham.
⬆️ Upgrade! You could also upgrade your membership. We’ll be including those Dispatch die-hards who choose to take on an upgraded subscription as part of our counter. We already have a small-but-mighty cohort of super-subscribers, and the support they’ve given us is invaluable. You can join their ranks here:
🗞️ Share! A huge part of the success of this campaign will be Dispatch members mucking in and helping us spread the word. Whenever we see your encouraging tweets and emails I read them aloud in the office and it really spurs the team on. Please shout us out on X, BlueSky, Instagram, whichever is your favourite and, if you want to go one further, drop us an email if you’re willing to help out by handing out a few newspapers in your neighbourhood.
We’re also keen to hear any suggestions that you — our readers — have for getting the word out. Do you have a radio show we can come on to talk all things Dispatch? Do you own a spare wall in the city centre we can slap our lovely shade of green all over? Do you have a cafe where we could pop a few copies of the print edition? Or anything else! Please email us here if you want to be involved.
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