Rich Shepherd

A PINNED POST ABOUT FUNDING AND WHAT’S NEXT I’ve made the decision to remove my Buy Me a Coffee page. Firstly, I want to thank every single person who has supported me financially. Your generosity has been incredible and I’m genuinely grateful. But I’ve had enough of the grief and accusations of being a “grifter” simply because people have chosen to support my work. Let me make something clear. I actually lost money doing this. Spending over a month in France wasn’t a paid holiday. I still had a mortgage to pay, household bills to cover, a family to support and all the expenses that come with being away for that length of time. The donations helped, absolutely, but they didn’t cover everything. Not even close. And that’s fine. It was my decision to go, my decision to stay and my decision to fund the work. I don’t regret a penny of it. Going forward, I’ll cover what costs I can by selling some of my footage to mainstream media outlets and using the revenue I earn from X. Anything else comes out of my own pocket. And for those wondering, I’m not finished. Far from it. My next trip is already coming up, and I’ll be back on the ground covering and documenting what’s happening, just as I have been. The cameras aren’t being packed away. There’s still a story to tell, and I intend to keep telling it. Now I’d like to ask you to support someone else. Instead of donating to me, please consider donating to John Dabell. I’d absolutely love to see John reach his fundraising target, and with the incredible support I’ve received on here, I genuinely believe we can help him do it. John’s account: Donate here: gofund.me/bb538391 To everyone who has donated, shared my footage, sent messages of encouragement or simply followed along, thank you from the bottom of my heart. I didn’t spend those weeks standing in the dark, getting soaked, threatened and chased around French beaches to make a few quid. I did it because I believed the British public deserved to see what was happening for themselves. I’m not stopping the work. I’m just stopping the donations. For media enquiries, footage licensing or interviews, please contact: 📩 [email protected] And finally, if you were thinking of buying me a coffee, please put that money towards John’s fundraiser instead. Thank you all Adrian nitter.cf/john_dabell?s=11