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[ted_one]

Got to agree...bloody chuggers are are a real nuisance and as with every one else I'll donate to who I want to and not be railroaded into an on the spot decision in the middle of a shopping centre ::)I would also like to add that my 86 year mum in law works as a volunteer for the Red cross in Reading,basically allocating medical equipment out to the public etc,and even in the coldest of weather they are not allowed to have any sort of heating on and are treated like shite,and yet they have paid management who are the ones that make the penny pinching policies to protect their own conditions and at the same time forgetting that without those elderly volunteers they would'nt have a charity to administer. Needless to say I wont subscribe to any of the big charities who are headed up by a paid chief executive and pefer to support small local organisations who get to use the money without having to pay out a large salary to some useless tosser who probably could'nt survive in the real world of business anyway......christ I'm going off on one again now where did I put the Valium

[TheBoy]

I tried to give Macmillan £30 last summer, but my money was refused as I refused to set up a direct debit. opps 'em

[aaronjb]

Some of you know my other half works for a charity .. actually she's worked in the retail arm of a couple - one was pretty good with good accountability as to where the money went (Marie Curie) and the other..

..well, I wouldn't wee on their management chain if they were on fire thanks to the way they treat their staff. Their accounts are a joke (retail is a loss leader, their chief exec earns >£120k with several others on six figure salaries) and it's hard to find any proof that they actually do anything for the people they claim to support..

[chrisgixer]

Interesting figures Aaron.

Help for heroes. Don't seem to fit the usual profile....?

[Kate]

I gave £3 to Unicef by text and now they keep ringing me up to ask for more.

The £3 was supposedly for a blanket for a Syrian refugee kid. I gave the money but couldn't help wondering whether the kid would actually get a blanket.

Was I helping a fat old bloke in a brand new Jag?

[pscocoa]

http://society.theguardian.com/salarysurvey/table/0,12406,1042677,00.html

This was a survey in 2003 - will look for update.

[Vamps]

NSPCC is the same, I warned my sister some years ago about working for them, much of the monies going to staffing, she didn't stay there very long.........

I stick to MacMillan, for personal reasons, through local events, Help the Heroes, but mostly local charities where just about 100% goes direct into the project......

[chrisgixer]

Cystic fibrosis research. £75kpa

[PhilRich]

NSPCC is the same, I warned my sister some years ago about working for them, much of the monies going to staffing, she didn't stay there very long.........

I stick to MacMillan, for personal reasons, through local events, Help the Heroes, but mostly local charities where just about 100% goes direct into the project......

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Same here, plus the 'Esophagoose' charity at Newcastle upon Tyne, which is close to my heart & set up by the team that saved my miserable carcase!

[brendan1983]

The house I own at the moment was owned by a very old lady who I think must have been taken advantage of by charities - every single day there is post for her from one charity or another, I saved it all for a month recently (to post it all back) and it was over a carrier bag worth full... some of them even send money asking for you to send it back plus more, not to mention pens/other cheap crap items.

I am all up for donating to charity - but it's sad to see that a vast sum of money is just wasted 

[Sir Tigger KC]

Anyone who has spent anytime in African countries will have seen the bods from charities and aid agencies driving about in smart new 4x4's, staying in the best hotels in town, whilst carrying out their work from flash offices in upmarket areas and trousering $5000 per month salaries (plus expenses!! ) 

[chrisgixer]

http://society.theguardian.com/salarysurvey/table/0,12406,1042677,00.html

This was a survey in 2003 - will look for update.

Any luck?

[pscocoa]

Not as yet but nothing hits you immediately - as though someone has knobbled the report as undermining charities work