Raffle Tickets

[slinky.kate]

I am getting sent raffle tickets every other day for every charity going,would you send them back?or buy them?i know its for a good cause but this is getting to the ridiculous stage.

[slinky.kate]

I sometimes buy the mobility raffles and an odd time the big issue as I feel sorry for them

[Zeuhl]

/Still to be convinced about its worth./

gness - something like this...

if they send out 100,000, that might cost 60 pence each with postage and volume print discounts

So £60,000

If just 5% respond that's 5,000 added donors. The average donation tends to be higher than the minimum ask so if that was £12.50 let's say £15

That's 5,000 x £15

So £75,000

25% profit (£15,000) straight off

and that's just the start of the additional income

a percentage of new donors will then respond to a follow up mailing, email or phone call

/are charities allowed to push you into buying stuff?/

pushed?
or encouraged to feel guilty?
we are very good at helping charities do that but it isn't illegal yet
:-)

[Alex_Higham]

I think there are far too many Charities....It's now somewhere in the region of 200,000.

So many of them are very similar and should get their heads together.

Just work-out the cost of giving 10p to every one.

[Zeuhl]

/Just work-out the cost of giving 10p to every one. /

But people don't give to every one - that is the whole point

Some people give £20,000 to one charity

Some people give £50 to 20 charities

Some people give less to more

It's a matter of choice; and some charities do cooperate and merge

[Alex_Higham]

@Zeuhl....Where do Patrons fit into the calculations? I understand that names on letterheads are worth money to the persons concerned. In other words Lady or Lord Pennypoor is paid a fee for the use of their name.

[cazzz1975]

last time I went shopping they had charity collectors at the end of the actual checkout. I had no qualms about ignoring them.

[albaqwerty]

Cazza, glad I'm not alone in ignoring them.
Emotional blackmail is a no-no as far as I'm concerned.

I haven't yet received any raffle tickets but have received the Red Cross cards and coasters etc.
Don't like the picture at all. Last year's was nicer.

[2sp_]

(hello, Alba! xx)

[Zeuhl]

alex

I'm not aware of any Patrons being paid a fee for lending their name to a charity (if i've understood your question)

Usually they have several charities as part of 'the job' or may have a particular interest in the cause

e.g. Carey Mulligan and Alzheimers or Princess Eugenie and Scoliosis

///Princess Eugenie has taken on her first royal patronage, “The Telegraph” reported April 27. Princess Eugenie spoke at the St. James' Palace launch of the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Redevelopment Appeal, a £15 million campaign to raise money for new equipment and a residential facility for families visiting RNOH.

The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital performed surgery on Princess Eugenie's back when she was 12 years old, curing her of scoliosis, or curvature of the spine. ///

[Alex_Higham]

The Red Cross is becoming a pain in the posterior.

My wife has been a contributor to the organisation, but I am beginning to think that her contributions are being used in the postage and costs of sending her pens, coasters, note cards etc etc. with requests for further donations.

[Zeuhl]

The Red Cross have a reputation for 'persistence'

Contact their Legacies Manager; tell them you've put a massive gift in a codicil in your will but their pushiness is causing you to have second thoughts

:-)

[quinie]

I thought charity collectors had to stand outside the shops or just inside the door not at the check-outs.