You can have a different relationship to openDemocracy depending on whether  you are a User, Member or Friend. Here are the different benefits:

  User Member Friend How much? Free By donation £200 / $300 / €220
(per year) Newsletters + email alerts ✔ ✔ ✔ Premium 'week in 400 words' email ✘ ✔ ✔ Quarterly web calls with editors ✘ By prizedraw ✔ Events with editors and authors ✘ By prizedraw ✔ Name and link on site ✘ ✘ ✔ Nominate a young person to be a Friend ✘ ✘ ✔ Commission a piece as part of the editorial network ✘ ✘ ✔