Footballers Who Gave A Days Wages, Clubs And Supporters Who Donated To May Day For Nurses Campaign

[EastSaxCol]

LET’S BE CLEAR HERE

Footballers are being asked to lead the way because they have a high profile and can therefore mobilize public support and grab our policy makers’ attention. But it is not their responsibility to safeguard Britain’s nurses in the long term – that has to be the responsibility of our government.

The money donated by footballers on May 13 2007 will make a significant difference to the lives of several thousand people. It will go into a nurses’ hardship fund, which nurses will be able to access. Given how tough life as a nurse nowadays is, with inadequate pay, high stress, large student loans and no job security, having access to a hardship fund may make the difference between a nurse being able to continue nursing and having to quit.

But however much money our footballers donate to our nurses they will not be able to solve the nursing crisis on their own. The players who do come on board serve as an inspiration to each of us to take responsibility for the kind of society in which we live, the kinds of values we want to have, and the kinds of political choices that we want our political leaders to make.

CAMPAIGN MANIFESTO

Nurses should not be paid less than all other professional key public sector workers. It is unjust that a nurse earns less than a tube driver, social worker, and policeman.

No student nurse should have to quit his or her course because he or she cannot afford her rent.

Newly qualified nurses should be guaranteed work upon graduation. It is criminal that because of NHS job freezes, thousands of nurses are facing the prospect of no job this year.

The government must commit to addressing the projected shortage of nurses that is looming - now. We cannot afford to wait. All our lives are at risk if the nurse-to-patient ratio falls, because insufficient nurses mean slower recovery rates and a greater chance of death.

Just because nursing is a vocation doesn’t mean nurses should be exploited, No one who chooses to spend their lives caring for others should find it impossible to live a decent life themselves as a consequence.

WHO I AM

My name is Noreena Hertz. I normally write books and campaign on things like Third World debt, global poverty, and sweatshop labour. My books are published in 15 languages and my ideas have changed government policies in many countries.

At the end of last year I decided to use my campaigning experience and focus on a crisis happening much closer to home – the plight that our nurses are facing. I don’t only have an intellectual interest in the subject – when I was a teenager my mother was really ill. I spent a lot of time in hospitals and saw what an amazing job nurses were doing, not only tending to her but also supporting me and my younger sister. I am really glad to be launching this campaign, and have been overwhelmed by the support that the footballing community has given me so far – a world I knew very little of only a few months back. I hope you will tell your friends about this campaign and sign up and support it. With your help we will be able to give something really substantial back to all our nurses. They deserve it.

If you want to contact me please email me at [email protected]

Here's the table of contributors from http://www.maydayfornurses.com/?module=players

Fulham – 28 players, the entire first team squad Carlos Bocanegra, Michael Brown, Jimmy Bullard, Philippe Christanval, Simon Davies, Clint Dempsey, Papa Bouba Diop, Simon Elliott, Ahmad Elrich, Adam Federici, Heiðar Helguson, Claus Jensen, Collins John, Zat Knight, Jan Laštuvka, Brian McBride, Robert Milsom, Vincenzo Montella, Antti Niemi, Elliot Omozusi, Ian Pearce, Mark Pembridge, Franck Queudrue, Tomasz Radzinski, Liam Rosenior, Wayne Routledge, Alexey Smertin, Moritz Volz

Watford – 28 players, the entire first team squad including Malky Mackay

Reading – 27 players, the entire first team squad Mikkel Anderson, Alan Bennett, Andre Bikey, Oliver Bozanic, Aaron Brown, Bobby Convey, Ulises de la Cruz, Kevin Doyle, Michael Duberry, Brynjar Gunnarsson, Marcus Hahnemann, Greg Halford, John Halls, James Harper, Stephen Hunt, Ívar Ingimarsson, Seol Ki-Hyeon, Dave Kitson, Leroy Lita, Glen Little, Shane Long, Péter Máté, Graeme Murty, John Oster, Nicky Shorey, Steve Sidwell, Ibrahima Sonko

West Ham - 26 players, the entire first team squad including Nigel Reo Coker

Blackburn - 23 players including David Bentley and Morten Gamst Pedersen

Sheffield – 23 players

Bolton - 22 players including Nicky Hunt and Kevin Nolan

Tottenham – 20 players including Paul Robinson and Jermaine Defoe

Liverpool - 12 players Craig Bellamy, Jamie Carragher, Peter Crouch, Robbie Fowler, Steven Gerrard, Mark

Gonzalez, Harry Kewell, Dirk Kuyt, Jermaine Pennant, Pepe Reina, John Arne Riise, Bolo Zenden

Newcastle - 12 players Titus Bramble, Celestine Babayaro, Pavel Srnicek, Nicky Butt, Stephen Carr, Damien Duff, Shay Given, Stephen Harper, James Milner, Scott Parker, Peter Ramage, Nolberto Solano

Charlton – 8 players Matt Holland, Luke Young, Hermann Hreidarsson, Ben Thatcher, Darren Ambrose, Darren Bent, Marcus Bent, Scott Carson

Everton - 8 players on board including Alan Stubbs

Man City – 6 players Michael Ball, Joey Barton, Richard Dunne, Georgios Samaras, Nicky Weaver and Micah Richards

Arsenal – 3 players Theo Walcott, Thierry Henry, and Justin Hoyte

Aston Villa – 2 players Steven Davis, Ashley Young

Man Utd – 2 players Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs

Rangers – 2 players Gavin Rae and Barry Ferguson

Celtic – 1 player Neil Lennon

Portsmouth – 1 player David James

Wigan – 1 player Arjan de Zeeuw

Chelsea - 0 players, donation from club to Mayday for Nurses Hardship fund

Middlesborough - 0 players, manager Gareth Southgate on board

Plus the top six in terms of fans from different clubs:

1 Tottenham 6636

2 Arsenal 2765

3 Sheff Utd 2101

4 West Ham 1767

5 Liverpool 1647

6 Man Utd 1445

[EastSaxCol]

Of all the 556 Premiership players asked to help with the scheme, only 225 contributed. Would had deflated their fat wallets no doubt.

[scousemouse]

Even I give money to charity ( sometimes ) and I am one of the lowest paid ferrangs in LOS !!!!!!!!.

I am going to wait and hear the full story before slagging of chelski and all the players who didnt donate.

It reminds me of a similar story regarding Paradon Shrichapan the thai tennis player, after the tsunami he got slagged off for only donating 10,000 baht for the victims and I remember backing him up and saying he didnt have to give sod all in the first place ( anyone can do what they want with their own money , they have earned it ) , though after getting slaggged of in the thai press he eventually gave a few million.

I'm sure those players who didnt donate will get slagged off by the brittih press and hopefully it will have the same results , though those lads should be used to bad media by now .

P.S- I was really happy to see that Steven Gerrard , Jamie Carragher and Robbie Fowler all donated , true scousers. Now all you need to do is get the rest of them to lads .

And give the nurses some more cash

[EastSaxCol]

Well at least on the basis of this West Ham qualify for Europe

[farangconnection]

Well at least on the basis of this West Ham qualify for Europe

So really it's not a thread about praising teams for donating, it's just another anti Chelsea thread.

I can just imagine some of your posts Hammer

What's Phuket like?

OK, but Chelsea are crap.

How do you make a meat pie?

In the oven, but Chelsea are crap

Who's the biggest on Thai Visa?

Me, and Chelsea are still crap.

[MiG16]

now now calm down boys

wheres Chon when u need him??

anyway...i dont think anyone should be pressured into giving to charity. is nice if they do.....but if they dont want to its really their choice no?

[EastSaxCol]

Moron. Nobody has said Chelsea are crap (do get try and keep up). And if you had the wit to realise it , it was as much pointing out that the stereotype concerning the Totts ("yids") was a false one. I also found it ironic that the richest Club in Europe couldn't find the cash to donate to this cause,

Now pass on, sonny, nothing for you here.

[ThaiPauly]

Glad to see my boys came up trumps...would not have expected anything less though