Become a patron to help the Craftivist Collective flourish.
Help continue the important work of Craftivist Collective and develop the work of Gentle Protest so that more individuals, groups and organisations have resources to mitigate the risk of polarisation in their protests.
Your support helps to create an activist toolkit as diverse as humanity.
It sometimes feels like the only way to create change is to stand up and fight for the world we want to see. To march under giant banners and shout to have our voices heard.
Yet if here’s time for the loud, there’s also time for the quiet. If there’s time for the fast, there’s also a need for the slow.
In everyone’s heart is a desire to change things for the better – it is essential that there is an activist toolkit that is as diverse as humanity.
By pledging your support to the Craftivist Collective, you will help our work to flourish. You’ll help keep many resources and activities free of charge.
Your support will also help to plant and nurture seeds of change across the diverse range of Gentle Protest activities, expanding our idea of what protest can be.
Our Gentle Protest needs a lot of head and heartspace.
Patrons make that possible.
Your patronage allows for the flexibility to deep dive into stuff when needed, to respond when appropriate, and to work on long term projects.
The average pledge is £10 per month, but you can sign up with anything you can afford from just £1 per month.
Patrons allow for the focus to be on the work that is most transformational, not transactional.
Your patronage means we can prioritise the work that will be most impactful. This includes low or unpaid work with charities, NGOs and groups with limited resources.
They allow the time to say yes to media, podcast and book interviews to share the work of Gentle Protest with people who might not otherwise hear about it.
There’s a long history of people backing activists through patronage.
Patronage is about believing in a cause, investing in a person or wanting to see what transformations in our world are possible, rather than paying for some sort of predefined result or output.
It’s less transactional and more about long term change-making. It’s about trusting the activist or the artist to do the right thing at the right time, even if it’s not in the spotlight or it’s hard to see the ripple effectives quickly.
““Your gentle protest craftivism is such important (and fabulous) work and it’s a privilege to offer a little support to the movement and your role in it.””
“I love you and what you do. Thanks for letting me play a small part in supporting your amazing mission.”