CAMPAIGN NEWS
- WIPE OUT DEBT 2005 Campaign Update
- Campaign Pack Now available

ACTION
- Wipe Out Debt Action Cards
- Feed Us your comments
- Jubilee Cyclists

LOBBYING
- Member’s Motion On Debt: get your MSP to sign.
- Write to the G7 Finance Ministers

EVENTS
- Dunblane Campaigners Day April 16th
- World Bank/IMF Spring Meeting April 16-17th
- March/April Campaign Calendar

RECRUITMENT
- Jubilee Scotland Global Outreach Education Officer

Campaign News

WIPE OUT DEBT 2005 Campaign Gathers Momentum
We have sent out 25,000 cards to places all over Scotland and abroad. We have now received over 2,500 cards from our supporters – and this is just the tip of the iceberg. We are currently reprinting another 25,000 cards so please get in touch and order more cards now!

The postcard petition is only the first stage of the WIPE OUT DEBT 2005 campaign – the campaigners pack sets out much more! To order more cards please phone the office on 0131 225 4321 or email: mail@jubileescotland.org.uk

WIPE OUT DEBT Campaigning Pack Now Available
The WIPE OUT DEBT Campaign Pack is now available to send out. It covers the history of debt, campaign actions, activities and lobbying information. Plus lots more. If you’ve already signed and sent a Wipe Out Debt action card then this is the perfect resource to continue campaigning for Debt cancellation in 2005. To order your pack please contact the office.

Action

WIPE OUT DEBT Action Cards
The first meeting of the G7 finance ministers has passed – and it is more important than ever that we get people to sign up to the postcard petition! Campaigners are spreading the word by putting the cards in their local libraries for people to pick up or having them in their offices and workplaces and talking to colleagues about the campaign. The next important date for getting your action cards returned is April 16th the date for the Spring World Bank/IMF meeting. After this we will be concentrating on the next G7 finance ministers meeting held in June. Please return your cards as soon as possible.

Feed Us Your Comments
We would be glad to hear any comments or questions from debt campaigners around Scotland. If you have any questions or issues that you think we should be dealing with, please let us know. Please call Ben Young on 0131 225 4321 or e-mail him at: Ben@jubileescotland.org.uk

Jubilee Cyclists
The famous Jubilee Cyclists who cycle to the G8 Summit every year are inviting anyone who wants to get involved. There will be three bicycle rides in the run up to the G8 Summit in Gleneagles that aim to draw attention to the debt crisis:
1. A once in a life time experience of cycling through Tanzania and Kenya visiting projects that have been funded through debt cancellation. June 5-18.
2. Cycle from London to Edinburgh to be at the MakePovertyHistory demonstration 2nd July.
3. Cycle from Birmingham, where the G8 last met in the UK in 1998, to Edinburgh
To find out more please email the cyclists at Jubileecycle2005@fsmail.net

Lobbying

Members Motion on Debt:
I would like to invite you to contact your local MSP and list MSPs to ask them to show their support for the following Members Motion that has been brought forward by Mark Ballard List MSP for the Green Party in the Lothians:

Mark Ballard: Wipe Out Debt—That the Parliament notes the Wipe Out Debt 2005 petition and its call for full cancellation of the unpayable debts of the world’s poorest countries by fair and transparent means. To date 19 MSPs have signed the motion. To find out if your MSP is on the list and to the read the whole motion please visit: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/sch/motion.result

Please e-mail, fax or write to your MSP today and tell them of your support for this Members Motion and ask them to give their support by signing it. Please note Ministers are unable to sign motions.

To find out who your MSP and list MSP's are please see the following website: http://www.writetothem.com/

Events

16 April: Dunblane Jubilee Supporters’ Day with WDM.
APRIL 16th 10.00am (for 10.30) - 4.00
INFORMATION, G-8 ANALYSIS CAMPAIGN MATERIALS,
BANNER MAKING, WORLD MUSIC
DISCUSSION, SONGWRITING, T-SHIRT DESIGN
Location: the Victoria Hall, Dunblane (opposite train station)
Free event: Lunch Provided

10-16 April: Global week of Action on Trade. For more information see: http://www.april2005.org/

16-17 April: World Bank/IMF Spring Meeting

16 May: World Debt Day.
Please put World Debt Day - 16th May 2005 - into your diaries. This day, exactly seven years after 70,000 supporters of Jubilee 2000 made their voices heard to the G8 as it met in Birmingham, we will be joining with others around the world to send leaders a message on debt on this day.

Recruitment

Post available for Jubilee Scotland Education Officer
Global Citizenship Outreach Project
Education Officer Post
Closing date for applications: 24th March, 12pm (noon).
Interviews: 4/5th April.
Interview location: Edinburgh
To request an application pack please email mail@jubileescotland.org.uk

THANKS TO CLARE WHO IS LEAVING US SOON FOR ALL HER AMAZING WORK WITH JUBILEE SCOTLAND. FROM EVERYONE AT THE OFFICE XX

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