This is the part of the site where in time,  we'd like to thank and acknowledge  everyone and everything (!) that has helped the  defend campaign -  but mainly the humans and the humans who created the non-human assistance.; many I suspect never get credited or rewarded properly.

I'm hoping this page will say thank you to many including: 

Volunteers - please join

Experts- the world needs these.

Organisations: Colleagues, volunteers and friends from the National Trust, CSV (Volunteering Matters), BBC, ILR, Question One Ltd have all inspired in one way or another in ways they may never have realised. 

Journalists- and those I trained with, Jo & Andy in particular.

Politicians- rarely credited in a largely thankless and unappreciated job, especially when being shredded by more abusive 'free speech' 

The Royal Family - Yes indeed - because it's little known that if our politicians become unelected dictators, then the system of modern democracy established in the UK from 1649 paves the way for our monarch to raise the army against such threats to the freedom of the people. Yet to be tested and hopefully wont be.

Others: A number or friends and family members give inspiration and useful prods to stay focused. Thank you to these.

Non-humans: Much of the need to defend free speech and democracy in 2026 stems from the abuse of clever technologies that might use algorithms or be labelled as Artificial Intelligence. I must acknowledge Google's Gemini that finally and 'patiently' unravelled the mysteries of linking my google site (this website) to my domain provider Ionos. The process was unnecessarily complicated in my humble view. X's Grok also helped in the initial stages of set-up and has huge potential for good despite being embroiled in information manipulation and accusations of porn production; both elements resulting from human manipulation behind the 'friendly human facade' - one of the many threats to fairer free speech at present! I'm hoping that the real humans behind both Gemini and Grok will be properly credited and rewarded in time.