I don’t imagine it is often that you find policy officers, volunteers and campaigners having an impromptu archery comp in the corner of the office on a Friday afternoon. But this is where we found ourselves a couple of weeks ago, venting some left over energy as we fired rubber arrows at a huge target (I surprised myself at being spectacularly rubbish, my arrow barely managing to get past my toes).
In fact, it is not often that we have archery equipment lying around. They are left over from some of our recent campaigning stunts around the Robin Hood Tax- you may have heard about it- it’s a tiny tax on bankers to raise billions to tackle poverty and climate change. This powerful little tax has tossed up for us a whole world of campaigning gems and wonders (as well as some frivolous antics in the office) and I want to introduce you to the latest tool in the Robin Hood Tax campaign box…
We are inviting people to become modern merry men and women on a multi-media treasure hunt around Brighton on Saturday 24 April and in East London on Sunday 2 May.
By solving clues, and producing creative content like photos, videos and tweets along the route, your team could win tickets to summer music festivals. You can sign up as groups of 6, or we can put you together with new friends to form teams. Robin Hood will send you off of on a 3 hour adventure, to acquire money from the rich to redistribute to the poor. After the hunt, there will be chance to share tales of banditry over ale and cider with all of the merry men at our after hunt bash.
You can grab your ticket by visiting www.robinbrighton.eventbrite.com or www.robineastend.eventbrite.com.
Tickets cost a fiver. A bargain, surely.
Have a crack at it and let us know if we have reached dizzying new heights of combining good times and world change! 