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Charities Wasting Money !
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If charities want to make the best use of their money, why do they have custom made head offices in central London?
I don't support any charity that has a head office in London for the simple fact that it is not necessary !
As for the ones who have offices custom built well ....
I don't support any charity that has a head office in London for the simple fact that it is not necessary !
As for the ones who have offices custom built well ....
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Agree with everyone over this, the mail shots they keep sending too, sometimes I return them in pre paid envelopes saying don't waste the charity' smokey on such things, that's not what people donate for! What must it cost them for TV ads too, seems some of them are quite good at spending other people's money on things that don't aid the charity.
@Sheikh - do you mean by people having cards that donate part of th 'spend' back to the nominated charity, or 'company' cards used by overpaid charity executives spending freely with reimbursement covered by public donations (where the 'good cause' is the employee and not the actual nominated charity) ?
I posted about this some time ago but it was more the missing of £3,000 from £17,000 that my nephew and his wife had made for a charity.
The head office have said this and that ie complimentary tickets to the ball - but nephew is not convinced and very sad and also has said he will never do anything again for a charity.
The head office have said this and that ie complimentary tickets to the ball - but nephew is not convinced and very sad and also has said he will never do anything again for a charity.
I've just got involved with my local Hospice and am shocked at the way they waste money. I'm also shocked at the comments/actions of fellow volunteers who feel that it's OK to take donated books, etc home to read then bring them back without making a donation. They think it's a perk of the job! You wouldn't do it if you worked anywhere else so can't see why it's different when it's for charity.
Charities are fighting for a share of peoples donations - there is only so much to go round.
There is a huge difference between volunteers who do charitable works and the essential employees who work for a charity, many of whom are highly skilled professionals such as solicitors, accountants and directors. They deserve to get a comparable salary to the private sector otherwise they simply would not do the job - they are not volunteers in any sense and don't pretend to be charitable workers. They are professionals employed by charities.
It is one thing to do voluntary work for a few hours (or many hours) a week if you can afford to, but not many office workers would work full time in a charity's office for nothing and very few can afford to work 'at a discount' just because they are employed by a charity yet that work has to be done.
It has been proven time after time that tv appeals work in raising lots more money than the cost of producing and broadcasting them; same with newspaper, billboard and mailshot appeals. If people are not aware of the charity or the work a charity does they simply won't donate.
There is a huge difference between volunteers who do charitable works and the essential employees who work for a charity, many of whom are highly skilled professionals such as solicitors, accountants and directors. They deserve to get a comparable salary to the private sector otherwise they simply would not do the job - they are not volunteers in any sense and don't pretend to be charitable workers. They are professionals employed by charities.
It is one thing to do voluntary work for a few hours (or many hours) a week if you can afford to, but not many office workers would work full time in a charity's office for nothing and very few can afford to work 'at a discount' just because they are employed by a charity yet that work has to be done.
It has been proven time after time that tv appeals work in raising lots more money than the cost of producing and broadcasting them; same with newspaper, billboard and mailshot appeals. If people are not aware of the charity or the work a charity does they simply won't donate.
The one I used to love the most was the one who used to send money in an envelope to encourage a monetary return. I also had D/D accounts to charities which were cancelled as soon as they started to get greedy. I only give these days to genuine collectors with tins & even then I am suspicious of some of them.
