graememk
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| posted on 29/12/10 at 08:44 PM |
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I think I知 getting grumpy.
I wasn稚 is a great mood today as I was being dragged around the sales and she bought nothing, I was then stopped in the street by someone with a
NSPCC reflective vest on asking for money, I asked if it was a charity, he said yes, so I asked if he was getting paid for his time to that he replied
yes.
So is it a charity if its workers get paid or is it a business in disguise as a charity ?
I have no problems with what the NSPCC do and I知 sure they do a good job but if donations are going to pay wages of employees I fail to see that it痴
a charity.
The guy also wanted me to sign a contract for 12 months, not just give a monthly DD but sign a legal document to say I would do it.
Maybe I知 just in a grumpy mood ?
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cd.thomson
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| posted on 29/12/10 at 08:56 PM |
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its a question of outlay/income.
I imagine some very boring accountants have done the maths for the charities and worked out that they can harvest more cash for a good cause by
initially paying out on wages than if they just had static advertising.
Craig
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r1_pete
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| posted on 29/12/10 at 08:57 PM |
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Presumably then by signing the document, and subsequently having a change of mind, they'd try taking you to court, how very charitable.
I understood charitable donations were entirely voluntary.....
But yes, welcome to the Grumpy Club........
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UncleFista
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| posted on 29/12/10 at 09:06 PM |
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Have a look into how many of the big UK charities actually hand over the majority of the cash collected.
Many are just becoming money collectors who just about pay their wages and not much else.
I've heard of up to ｣90 per signature incentive for direct debits for the collectors..
Tony Bond / UncleFista
Love is like a snowmobile, speeding across the frozen tundra.
Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...
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steve m
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| posted on 29/12/10 at 10:02 PM |
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Im not tight, nor flush, but I doubt 10p in every pound ever gets to the charity involved or actually see's an involvement
I also, always turn away door to door charity sellers for the same reason
Steve
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RK
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| posted on 29/12/10 at 10:08 PM |
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you're not grumpy, just fed up with the government taking all your money and then everybody else wants the 2 p that's left.
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JoelP
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| posted on 29/12/10 at 10:44 PM |
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i picked the charities i wanted to support, and set up a dd myself. I never give on the street or boxes in pubs etc, to easy for it to go astray.
My dad does the full 10% of his income thing 
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Steve Hignett
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| posted on 29/12/10 at 10:55 PM |
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I used to give to half a dozen charities a few quid (up to ｣10) each, each month as a standing order.
I then found out the % that makes it's way to the intended carity case (ie the people/children/orphans/cancer researchers/etc) for a few of
them, and (so I learnt at the time) the NSPCC are one of the highest in % NOT going to the intended...
That's one of the ones that I stopped...
I'm obviously not suggesting that anyone else stops their own charitable gifts to wherever they are going, but it really did bother me it being
squandered in a way that I personally found slightly wasteful. I think they use the term "Administrative Costs" to cover their arses...
ATB
Graham, I think that the money-raiser's attitudes have changed slightly over the last couple years, so whilst I'm in no doubt that you
could be getting grumpier ( ), I suspect that you were prob pretty close to the mark!
[Edited on 29/12/10 by Steve Hignett]
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splitrivet
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| posted on 30/12/10 at 12:13 AM |
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There are people out there living grand lifestyles off of the back of charities, thats what gets my goat. Ive got no qualms about giving ｣50 to feed
someone in Africa but I'll be buggered if the person in Africa gets a fiver and some @rsehole in Kent gets the other 45 quid to buy a Beemer.
Cheers,
Bob
I used to be a Werewolf but I'm alright nowwoooooooooooooo
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ReMan
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| posted on 30/12/10 at 01:38 AM |
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I feel the same i fact I was going to post about it.
My particular beef is that I have a load of old childrens clothes, that I would like to give to a worthwhile cause.
Now consider that the current fasion is to bombard our letterboxes with about 3 differnt charity bags every week and the promise of them being
collected.
However the small print if it exists shows only a very small amount of the "cash" by way of a "minimum donation" goes to the
charity, the rest is kept by the collecting company/pikey/collector whatever.
So I still have them, in bags. Any suggestions? Sorry for the minor hijack
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LBMEFM
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| posted on 30/12/10 at 06:25 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by ReMan
I feel the same i fact I was going to post about it.
So I still have them, in bags. Any suggestions? Sorry for the minor hijack
Sell them on e-bay and fund your own "build my car" charity
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JoelP
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| posted on 30/12/10 at 08:02 AM |
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for old clothes, we take in person to the local hospice shop.
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Stott
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| posted on 30/12/10 at 01:28 PM |
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Yeah I normally put the kids outgrown clothes in the Sally Army thing at Asda or take into a charity shop in town. I'll be buggered if I'm
giving them in bags to the collectors to sell on at a profit then donate 10p to the charity.
It's a good source of binbags though, I usually get bout 3 bags a week (in 1 pack) and use them for the garage bin
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