Charity

[sparksburnout]

My pet hate is charity muggers placed strategically down the high street every 20m or so.
harassing all and sundry to give five pounds or hand over the bank details.
its big business alright tugging at the heart strings
my wife's friend works in a charity shop where they have actual targets to meet every month.
turns out the charity was short of 350k to meet the yearly overall target.
a quick Social media campaign later and they had that money and more within 2 weeks.
i have stopped all charitable donations since.

The best thing to do is just put money in charity boxes when you are out and about. If I go down the co-op for whatever and it comes to £4.75 or whatever I just put the 25p in the box, assuming it's for something worthwhile and not the local conservative club. Every little helps.

 

[DuaneMHunt1976]

They need to ask for money at right times ie say not over Xmas and January or month before and in the summer holidays also before school starts and September (as most children are born about 9.5 months from Xmas to new years)

You could do holiday ones, ie the British heart foundation dose valentines day "show someone your heart by giving in your love ones name"
"charity beings at home" for the nspcc