I do a lot of work for charity, but I don't like to talk about it.:angelic::vomit:
not halfThat is fundraisingnominal great mate
I don't do direct debits to charities anymore. Used to do several for small amounts. But each time they asked for more I cancelled. Ended up cancelling them all. The worse was when they would phone me up when asleep after a night shift.
I now just donate anonymously so they can't chase me for more.
But what pisses me off the most is the charities that spending up to half of what is raised on raising more money. So the more they raise the more they spend.
Fact check: how do charities spend your money?
Same as me Houch. Always in charity shops as they've got a couple local to me. As one keeps football stuff for me I always give them a few more quid than what they ask for. And put loose change in shop tins. I used to send a postal order to one charity, every month, but they hassled for more and I had other charities contacting me. So stopped that as it was getting on my nerves.I don't donate to any on a regular basis. I'm a dog lover, so I will drop a couple of quid into collecting tins. Also Heart Foundation and Cancer charities get the odd handful of cash in their tins. I do a lot of browsing and spending in charity shops because that is a good way for them to raise revenue. One that really pisses me off, is the Salvation Amy advert. Most charities ask for a £2 or £3 donation, but they ask for £19 minimum! Sod that!
You usually find out who the genuine homeless are when you buy them something like dinner or a nice hot cuppa on a cold day. The genuine are very thankful. The others sometimes sneer at you. I then slip the genuine a bit of money.There's a park local to me and for the past 6 or 7 months, a homeless guy has set himself up quite comfortably in one of the covered seating areas. He has a quilt, a barbeque for heating stuff up and he seems a decent bloke, in other words, he's not into drugs and alcohol. He's just fell on hard times. He always leaves his stuff tidy when he needs to go off somewhere, (wash, bog etc). Whenever he walks past me in the park, he always says "Good morning / afternoon." Me and the wife have decided that we're going to pay him a visit just before Christmas (around 23rd) and take him some things he would appreciate, like a few pairs of new socks, a shirt or two, a tin of Quality Street and anything else we can think of. Not looking for any sort of thanks, just hoping others might do something similar.
A few Polish blokes hang around the shops here in Bell Green. They dont cause trouble, never ask for cash, and don't bother you. But they like a drink and are always standing about with a can in hand. It's the age old argument of do you give them money, or walk past ? I've given money to beggars before, but stopped as it doesn't help them does it if Its going on a drink/ drug habit. These Polish blokes live in a garage at the back of the flats, heard there's rats and pigeons in there too. What a way to live !There's a park local to me and for the past 6 or 7 months, a homeless guy has set himself up quite comfortably in one of the covered seating areas. He has a quilt, a barbeque for heating stuff up and he seems a decent bloke, in other words, he's not into drugs and alcohol. He's just fell on hard times. He always leaves his stuff tidy when he needs to go off somewhere, (wash, bog etc). Whenever he walks past me in the park, he always says "Good morning / afternoon." Me and the wife have decided that we're going to pay him a visit just before Christmas (around 23rd) and take him some things he would appreciate, like a few pairs of new socks, a shirt or two, a tin of Quality Street and anything else we can think of. Not looking for any sort of thanks, just hoping others might do something similar.
A few Polish blokes hang around the shops here in Bell Green. They dont cause trouble, never ask for cash, and don't bother you. But they like a drink and are always standing about with a can in hand. It's the age old argument of do you give them money, or walk past ? I've given money to beggars before, but stopped as it doesn't help them does it if Its going on a drink/ drug habit. These Polish blokes live in a garage at the back of the flats, heard there's rats and pigeons in there too. What a way to live !
Some bloke wanted a tenner for a train ticket because they'd got locked up the night before for being D&D, and he didn't have any money to get back to his hostel.I'm usually quite good at blanking beggars when I'm sober but after a few drinks I'm prone to giving out a few quid. I gave a homeless old guy $20 in New York because he said he was desperate for a bottle of whiskey and a packet of cigarettes. I don't mind when they're honest. It's the c*nts who get in your face and ask for money for their sick mother etc that get nothing off me.
I got stung by them!Bumblebee conservation trust is the only charity I donate too regularly.
Yes can't understand this constant hassling once you've signed up. It must be counterproductive. I DD World Wildlife Fund and they were constantly phoning to look for an increase. I donate to Woodland Trust, Children in Need, Amnesty sometimes, always buy a poppy, used to do Red Cross until I read that the Chief Exec was on £250,000 and local stuff. Kids are sorted so plan to leave dosh to deserving causes in my will.
I'm planning my own charity to help the congenitally deluded in Sunderland.
Depends what they generate in return.The high salaries they get are a real issue
I would feel uncomfortable taking that much salary from people's donations. Surely you should work hard for the cause you believe in, generate good returns and be happy with a decent salary, say capped at £100k.Depends what they generate in return.
I read a book many years ago called 'the origins of virtue' by Matt Ridley (who later became the c**t who fucked up Northern Rock, but that's by the by). It's all about whether or not there is such a thing as 'true altruism'. He argued, convincingly enough for me, that there isn't. There is always something in return; fame, publicity, birthday honours, 'heaven', kudos etc etc.
The only way to prove Ridley not 100% correct is for me to say I give nothing to anyone or anything ever, and never will.
Depends what they generate in return.
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