Lindsay’s Rio Marathon for the BIEN Congress Solidarity Fund
Lindsay Stirton
My Story
On 7 June 2026, I’ll be running the Rio Marathon to raise money for the BIEN Congress Solidarity Fund.
BIEN — the Basic Income Earth Network (UK Registered Charity 1177066) — is the leading international network for research, debate and public engagement on basic income: a periodic cash payment delivered to all on an individual basis, without means test or work requirement. BIEN's annual Congress is the major global meeting for people advocating for, researching debating and putting into practice basic income in all its dimensions. BIEN Congress 2026 will be held in Toronto, Canada 19–22 August.
But participation in an international congress costs money. Travel, accommodation and visa costs can be serious obstacles, especially for people on low incomes and for participants without institutional backing. That matters, because the direction of the basic income debate should not be shaped only by those who can easily afford to be in the room.
The BIEN Congress Solidarity Fund exists to help low-income participants attend the Congress by contributing towards essential costs such as travel, accommodation and visa applications. Its purpose is simple: to make it easier for people with valuable experience, insight and ideas to take part in a genuinely international conversation.
That is one reason this matters so much to me. Basic income is, at heart, about security, dignity and inclusion. Supporting broader participation in the BIEN Congress is one practical way of advancing those same values. A serious global conversation about economic security should itself be open to people from a wide range of backgrounds and circumstances.
I’m running the Rio Marathon to help make that happen. Every donation, large or small, will support the BIEN Congress Solidarity Fund and help widen access to the most important international gathering devoted to basic income.
Please donate if you can.
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Target
£2,500
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Raised so far
£706
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Number of donors
15
My Story
On 7 June 2026, I’ll be running the Rio Marathon to raise money for the BIEN Congress Solidarity Fund.
BIEN — the Basic Income Earth Network (UK Registered Charity 1177066) — is the leading international network for research, debate and public engagement on basic income: a periodic cash payment delivered to all on an individual basis, without means test or work requirement. BIEN's annual Congress is the major global meeting for people advocating for, researching debating and putting into practice basic income in all its dimensions. BIEN Congress 2026 will be held in Toronto, Canada 19–22 August.
But participation in an international congress costs money. Travel, accommodation and visa costs can be serious obstacles, especially for people on low incomes and for participants without institutional backing. That matters, because the direction of the basic income debate should not be shaped only by those who can easily afford to be in the room.
The BIEN Congress Solidarity Fund exists to help low-income participants attend the Congress by contributing towards essential costs such as travel, accommodation and visa applications. Its purpose is simple: to make it easier for people with valuable experience, insight and ideas to take part in a genuinely international conversation.
That is one reason this matters so much to me. Basic income is, at heart, about security, dignity and inclusion. Supporting broader participation in the BIEN Congress is one practical way of advancing those same values. A serious global conversation about economic security should itself be open to people from a wide range of backgrounds and circumstances.
I’m running the Rio Marathon to help make that happen. Every donation, large or small, will support the BIEN Congress Solidarity Fund and help widen access to the most important international gathering devoted to basic income.
Please donate if you can.
