Maybe you should make a proper sacrifice for charity and he might donate
You think giving up alcohol for a month is easy? It’s not Fran, I’m disappointed in you.
Some lad I know is off to do a walk for charity in Machu Picchu.
The best reaction to somebody telling you that is to squint your eyes like you are staring at the sun, holding the squint until they get uncomfortable and move away.
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I bet he’d walk around a homeless person on the street though.
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It’d be harsh enough to walk on top of a homeless person in fairness.
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be the bigger man
Fact. Give at home first. I give money to Mary mount hospice and the guide dogs and homeless people I occasionally come across. I certainly know with the first two it’s going to good use and badly needed.
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I’d give nothing to those Goal cunts thats for sure. This is the way to go alright.
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This is a very long read (as it says in the title) but very interesting.
Kev, I never felt charity begins at home or should be local, there a more people in greater need further afield.
I am all for contributing abroad don’t get me wrong, but I have become overly suspicious of alot of these cunts.
Never contribute to a TV ad using kids for emotional blackmail. Apparently the majority of these are paying big salaries to people and only a % is going out.
I have a friend who volunteers on Chernobyal (sp.?) and Africa and I would contribute there sometimes as I know where it’s going, she is in fact partly responsible.
The real hard working charities who are truly volunteers are the ones who do the worst according to herself. Charity is big business, the rule is, the more you see if them, the less you should trust them.
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I do disagree though. I think you are only bluffing and looking for a pat on the back if you put outsiders before your own.
Charity does start at home. Not much point in living someone else enough to give if you are not willing to give locally.
That extends to sport and music and community volunteering too.
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There’s plenty of ways of checking which charities get the highest proportion of contributions to people/the actual work they’re doing, that’s easy.
If you’re talking about contributing time, then fair enough. If you’re talking about money, it’s likely to go much further and have a greater impact in helping people abroad than it will a home, and by that measure it will do more good.
I give to Rehab. The tax kickbacks they have arranged are extraordinary.
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I’ll rarely donate to any charity I see or hear running TV ads or radio ads. Why should I pay for their advertising? Will support local charities who are more likely to support people I know.
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Just beware of those charities where only a meagre portion of your donation goes towards helping people, guys. There’s small print when some of these organisations are selling tickets, badges etc.
“20% of the profits from sale of these tickets will be distributed to…”
Charity is for mugs. Philanthropy is where it is at for international business men.
Don’t get too hung up on costs once they are below about 33% of donations/income. Focus on the impact the not for profit makes. Problem in Ireland is lots of tiny one man shows which make no impact and then the bigger, bloated charities where costs almost equal income. There are great charities and not for profits but culture of philanthropy does not exist in Ireland so hard for not for profits to scale, leverage and plan.
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Yes, you need to be very wary. There was a guy in the Munster region who was basically offering an outsourced charity collection service. He guaranteed the charity a certain monthly income but he then had the use of their charity number (or whatever) and could keep anything he raised above that amount. Apparently he was taking in serious cash, with the charities set fee generally only be a small fraction of what was being collected in their name.
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Where? (serious question)
We need something like this here
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There’s a couple organisations mentioned mentioned in the article I posted above for a start that publish on that kind of thing. I’m aware of a few more resources I could look up but can’t recall immediately.