Prompted by the awful scenes in The Philippines . .
Do you give? To which? Are there any you would never give to?
Appreciate that it's a pretty personal thing .
Giving to charity.
I sent the philippinos some this week
Also give occasionally to Save the Children and the RSPCA
I only give to a handful of charities whose work I know about.
And to really miserable bedraggled old dears despondently waving collecting tins. (They are probably going to spend it on gin, but hey..)
Quote: Oldrocker @ 14th November 2013, 10:11 PM GMTPrompted by the awful scenes in The Philippines . .
Do you give? To which? Are there any you would never give to?
Appreciate that it's a pretty personal thing .
Why do you ask anyway ?
Are you a bit short again?
I can send you some more if it'll help?
I've been giving to the WWF and NSPCC for about a decade now. I buy a poppy most years too.
Always buy a poppy.
Always give to Parkinson's as mum-in-law died a long drawn out death from it.
Always give to the Salvation Army as they are non-discriminatory and seem to be pretty nice people.
Absolutely hate chuggers. Sick of then calling on behalf of Anthony Nolan and not taking no for an answer.
Hate getting charity cards etc. unsolicited through the post. Normally put them straight in the bin.
Sense for deaf blind children.
Although I happily give to the WWF, it does irritate me when they ring once a year to ask me to increase my donation.
It's interesting how we often choose medical charities based on whether we know people affected by what the charity is fighting. I wonder if the more successful the charity is at preventing the disease the fewer donations they start to get.
I don't ever give to Christian charities because I find the whole ideology of combining the giving of aid and religious indoctrination utterly repugnant.
I give to Womankind Worldwide, The Earthwatch Institute and MSF.
Quote: Harridan @ 14th November 2013, 10:42 PM GMTIt's interesting how we often choose medical charities based on whether we know people affected by what the charity is fighting. I wonder if the more successful the charity is at preventing the disease the fewer donations they start to get.
I mostly give to the the hospice. They are kind of onto a sure thing.
Various cancer/leukaemia charities as family and friends have been beset/died by these illnesses. Also RSPB and the National Trust for Scotland.
Apart from the hospice, whom I can never repay enough for what they did for my uncle, it is mostly Practical Action - I like to know how the money is being spent.
The Environmental Investigation Action and a few other wildlife charities get the remainder of my largesse; this includes my RSPB subscription, but I think of that more as a tax on birdwatching.
I also donate to Compassion in World Farming, but that is just conscious money for consuming bacon sarnies of dubious provenance.
Quote: Harridan @ 14th November 2013, 10:42 PM GMTI don't ever give to Christian charities because I find the whole ideology of combining the giving of aid and religious indoctrination utterly repugnant.
That's why I like the Salvation Army (and I am an atheist!). You never hear anything about them. They seem to genuinely just want to help anyone and no one is forced or coerced into taking on their thinking.
Oh, and I always buy a poppy, in memory of an uncle whom I never knew, but whose presence loomed large over my childhood.
Quote: Will Cam @ 14th November 2013, 11:07 PM GMTThat's why I like the Salvation Army (and I am an atheist!). You never hear anything about them. They seem to genuinely just want to help anyone and no one is forced or coerced into taking on their thinking.
Went right off the sally army when I saw one of Booth's nonagenarian daughters on Parkinson, explaining what a wonderful thing it was that there was so much suffering in the world since it enables people to redeem themselves through acts of charity.
I have charity clothing bins, or door collections, that on closer inspection are a private company who donate 'an amount' to the well known charity you think is actually getting all the proceeds.