How much do you do for charity?

Sulamani

Sulamani

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I imagine this board are quite a charitable bunch. Share your stories. You might inspire others.
 
As a family we do quite a lot. Pre pandemic I volunteered at our local hospital doing magic for the kids. We don't buy each other much in the way of christmas presents but donate to macmillan what we would have spent on presents. My 11 year old daughter at her birthday party 2 years ago got food bank donations rather than presents.
 
Laughing said:
As a family we do quite a lot. Pre pandemic I volunteered at our local hospital doing magic for the kids. We don't buy each other much in the way of christmas presents but donate to macmillan what we would have spent on presents. My 11 year old daughter at her birthday party 2 years ago got food bank donations rather than presents.
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That’s great love the Xmas present idea.
 
We also do not buy Christmas presents but donate what we would have spent on presents to charities of the recipients choice.
That is reciprocated by the people who would have bought us presents.
I volunteered for Mind and the wife and I donate to a number of charities each month via DD. Mrs T also donates goods and clothing to animal charities.
 
Laughing said:
As a family we do quite a lot. Pre pandemic I volunteered at our local hospital doing magic for the kids. We don't buy each other much in the way of christmas presents but donate to macmillan what we would have spent on presents. My 11 year old daughter at her birthday party 2 years ago got food bank donations rather than presents.
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Such ambivalence with this post. In awe at the awareness and generosity of your daughter and disgust that such a gesture is necessary in the U.K.
 
Donate a fifth of my monthly allowance (me and the wife get the same to spend on nights out, clothes etc) to WWF (the animal one).
 
We have always impressed on the kids how fortunate we are to be financially stable and going out for meals and holidays and Christmas presents aren't a right but a privelidge.

About 3 weeks ago coming out of Asda my wife bought a local homeless character a tea and a pastie. When she gave it to the man my daughter took 5 pounds out of her purse and handed it to the man.

If you raise them right, they do you proud.

On a slightly different note, last week she told me she didn't want me to die. When I explained that we all die, eventually, she replied "who am I gonna sponge off, mams got nowt"
 
There are 1000s of charities to choose from, so I just choose one and stick to it. I have a direct debit set up for them and that's it
 
I work for a large national charity and unfortunately I would not donate a penny as I see where it is spent, CEO on £190,000 pa and was paid a £10,000 bonus a couple of years ago, 5 other corporate directors are on over £120,000, then there are a number of directors on £80,000 + a shed loads of heads of and assistant's directors on upto £60,000. Front line face to game staff start on £18,000.

The organisation has massive overheads as a result and spend money on corporate vanity projects. We deliver a number of contracts locally for local government and health trusts and charge them a huge management fee and a contract has to be self financing, whilst at the same time money raised and donated is being taken away from the work that directly supports and deliver services to people. If I won the lottery I wouldn't donate a penny.

I do donate to charity and one of them Amnesty international was caught up in a massive scandal a couple of years ago regarding bullying within the organisation how ironic. Also the oxfam scandal where staff on relief missions were sexually abusing people.

So.i would add a caution of who you might donate to, in my opinion, small local charities are much better value for money donated and more effective.
 
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Laughing said:
We have always impressed on the kids how fortunate we are to be financially stable and going out for meals and holidays and Christmas presents aren't a right but a privelidge.

About 3 weeks ago coming out of Asda my wife bought a local homeless character a tea and a pastie. When she gave it to the man my daughter took 5 pounds out of her purse and handed it to the man.

If you raise them right, they do you proud.

On a slightly different note, last week she told me she didn't want me to die. When I explained that we all die, eventually, she replied "who am I gonna sponge off, mams got nowt"
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Don't die Laughing. Your daughter is right. That would be a really silly thing to do. I hope that she's OK mate. I know that she had a bit of a scare recently. I thought that Oreo was the breadwinner in your house? I've returned him. More for your daughter's sake then anything else. Thought that she might be missing him. He had a great time at my place though. Apart from that unfortunate incident with the dog. Maybe it'll grow back mate? Oreo didn't seem that bothered about it at the time.
 
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