How much do you do for charity?

It sounds like we have the makings of a FMTTM charity night what with a band and magic tricks - I’m sure we could raise a few quid for a worthy cause !!!
 
Fatsuma said:
I have a vested interest, but can I encourage anyone thinking to support a charity to look first to their local, grassroots charities that work in your community. There are needs everywhere, but the small community based charities miss out on the headlines and opportunities many larger national charities get.

No penny is wasted, because they are constantly having to balance need for their services with the hope that they can afford to resource the provision.

Thank you.

And, yes, taxes should cover the costs of providing the level of support needed to lift people out of poverty, disadvantage of all kinds, and pay for the care that is needed by the old, infirm, and sick.

But they don’t and never will until people vote for policies that commit to making that a reality.

In the meantime, thank you for every penny and pound donated to address current needs.
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About 3 percent of my net income. I’ve always supported animal charities, and several years ago I read through the R&A of two of the largest ones. Following this I transferred all funds to numerous small, local charities. Sometimes the expenditure of the big guys is indefensible.
 
VladKinder said:
This thread is the internet summed up. Having arguments with people you don't know.


For what it's worth though. Once a month I give all my clothes to charity. They wash and iron them, and I buy them back for £1 each.
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If you get them to wash your skiddys you've got a great deal there.
 
Sulamani said:
It is embarrassing that so much charity is required and we shouldn’t be afraid to bring it into the public view.
Additionally, there seems to be a sentiment in this thread and society in general that people should play down or hide their charitable activities. This can give the illusion that things aren’t really that bad out there. It’s dangerous.
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Henning Wehn: “We don’t do charity in Germany. We pay taxes. Charity is a failure of governments’ responsibilities."
 
Corco65 said:
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 to support and deliver services. If I won the lottery I would 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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When celebrities on TV game shows win money to donate to charity, I get frustrated when they choose massive charities akin to big businesses.
Their winnings would be much better used and appreciated by smaller local charities.
 
Just remembered this post after reading about some apparent shenanigans with the charity set up by / for Captain Tom.

Its hard to question charities, but there are practically thousands and thousands of them, all trying to do good I'm sure. But you do hear of misguided intentions of a small few every now and again and it just leads people to be suspicious.

I say you just do what you want and feel comfortable with, and keep it to yourself.
 
Tryasize10 said:
Just remembered this post after reading about some apparent shenanigans with the charity set up by / for Captain Tom.
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At the end of the day, quite a few people earn quite a lot of money off the back of Charity. Sadly the public perception of this doesn't seem to have caught on, hopefully this case may shed a bit more light on the matter. Don't think this means I'm anti-charity, I just think they should be open to a lot more scrutiny when it comes to what actually happens to that Pound from your pocket.
 
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