#1dfg

Hi, 

We are signal boosting the 1Dfansgive charity drive for Harry’s birthday because they are raising money for Switchboard - a great LGBTQ+ charity and helpline. The $22,000 they aim to raise will go a long way to helping many LGBTQ+ community members and creating safe and friendly spaces for LGBTQ+ people to turn to. This is completely in line with our vision and mission and with the objectives of our own campaigns. TMHFN/RD and 1DFansGive have different organisational policies with regard to shipping, as we have different purposes. Our core business is raising awareness, and we want to educate no matter what people ship, so we have a shipping policy that welcomes everyone, no matter what they ship, staying neutral on our own blog to make that possible.  

1DFansGive’s core business is to raise money and they do that by selling the things people want to give money for, and a lot of people want shippy merch. 

Recently I became a part of the wonderful organization that is 1DFansGive. On the 11th of August we will be launching our new and improved Tumblr, and from then on I will be the main Tumblr admin, along with helping campaign and advertise the various annual charity drives.

Amy and I have had many a conversation about the need for our fandom's unity if we want our drives and store items to really excel. As a result, we are now looking for artists, writers, graphic co-ordinators, update accounts, Twitter peeps and Tumblr mutuals to join together and help us make 2015 our year. We are looking for everyone- whether your talent lies in art or in math- and the only qualification is that you love and appreciate the boys just as much as we do.

As an affiliate, all that is required of you is 1.) your email and 2.) the promise to help us campaign. That's literally it. Every so often I'll give all our affiliates an email saying something like "Hey! We're pushing this hashtag for Liam's charity drive," or, "Hey! Spread the word about this store item". It's as simple as reblogging or retweeting a post, and creative as drawing and graphically co-ordinating a gifset to go along with it. The boundaries are endless. In return, you and your choice of social media links will be displayed on our Tumblr as a proud affiliate with 1DFG.

This is an amazing opportunity that we really hope people will untie under. I've mentioned a few people in this post who I think would make excellent affiliates, but we are accepting everyone from all over the world and from every race, ethnic background and language. Please consider this and give it a reblog and mention other possible candidates when you do. The work we could do, provided we help each other, is enormous.

If you're at all interested or have any questions at all, please contact me at my Tumblr or even my email ([email protected]). Take a chance and you'll never know what might happen.

I eagerly look forward to hearing from you. Have a great day and stay safe.

Always, Beth xx [On behalf of the 1DFG Staff].

I have read some of your posts today on your thoughts about Action1D and I felt compelled to write this,I'm not sure you’ll even see it but, hey!

From your posts today I get the distinct impression you are not supportive of the bands Action1D campaign?

Which is fine,everyone is entitled to an opinion on it.

What hasn't sat well with me is you are founder/creator of 1DFansGive. A fan run initiative that has raised a heck of a lot of money for various charities since it’s creation.   I don’t understand how you in good conscience can run such a campaign when you cannot support a huge worldwide campaign in which could be the foundations in creating a better/world and future for generations to come.

You have stated in your posts you are an older fan. As an older fan you should be able to see just how far the world/society can come when people push for change.

I was discussing this with someone on Twitter who very kindly pointed me in the direction of this video to highlight just how just ONE person can make a change.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1VuGEcYV4k&feature=youtu.be

One man managed to change South Africa.

Imagine what a fanbase of millions could do if they put their minds to it?

In this post ( http://gossip-candy.tumblr.com/post/123582857987/1d-where-you-can-have-your-band-members-tweet ) you talk about a tweet a “band member” made that was decidedly negative, and you say that it makes you uncomfortable that the band is now supporting a campaign that includes inequality. There has to be EQUAL rights for EVERYONE, regardless of Race,Gender and sexual orientation. Just look at how much the world has changed in 20 years, Same sex marriage is an actual thing. That’s a huge step forward. The world is changing and will continue to change, as long as people continue to push for the change. As an older fan, look at how much change has happened in your own life time. A lot has happened as I stated over the past 20-30 years. 

The Action1D campaign is not about the now, it’s about inspiring future generations to want to change the world they live in and make it a better place for all. As an older fan myself,I fully admit I probably won’t see or benefit much from what the boys are trying to do with this campaign. But my future kids will,my god sons will.

This isn't about the now it’s about the future. 

You state in this ( http://gossip-candy.tumblr.com/post/123582457432/hey-amy-1-went-to-your-blog-b-c-felt-like-i-was ) response that you are not going to make a video and you feel the whole thing is a PR stunt. Hey guess what I am not going to make a video, but I will be encouraging and supporting fans who wish to as it’s an important but small step to help the next generation.

And again with this post ( http://gossip-candy.tumblr.com/post/123582182297/hey-amy-you-rock-you-speak-the-truth-re-1daction ) 

Without the fans donating 1DFG would not be as successful as it has been. ( http://gossip-candy.tumblr.com/post/123580656317/in-regards-to-your-posts-about-this-id-action ) 

You run a fan initiative which supports/promotes charities, yet you cannot support a  huge band run initiative.  Your initiative is the second biggest in the fandom behind Rainbow Direction,who are supporting it as they realise the impact it can have on the future. RD is run by older fans too, but they see the potential good it could do for the future.

So to close Amy, please think about 1DFG, and support this through your initiative even if personally,you don’t give a s*** about it. You are the face of 1DFG , people look to you as you've created such an amazing thing in 1DFG and it’s admirable but to not promote this through 1DFG would be a mistake.