waltjnr 6,037 Posted March 9, 2015 Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 I dont want to sound sour/tight,but im sick and tired of charities beggiing/requesting money off me ,MORE so when its being requested by ,millionaire ,multi millionaire celebrities ,ooooh look weve raised £3mill!!errr no how about you give some of your wealth ,not beg working people to give their HARD earned money ,No one needs countless £100,000's cars,houses dotted around the the world that get visited a few weeks of the year,they make me sick with their false pleas for donations,sorry a bit of a rant ! 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dare 1,103 Posted March 9, 2015 Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 Think with charity its better to give your time. Money has different value to different peoples and its more rewarding being more hands on and seeing the difference you make. That said how do we have people still starving in 2015? The rich cant want to see the gap closed abit. How much is pumped into africa all these years yet still people are dying. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Truther 1,579 Posted March 9, 2015 Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 I only give to things like Help the heroes,the poppy appeal, and iv'e donated a few sticks to auction for a special needs school a mates daughter goes to, but that's it, charity begins at home. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dare 1,103 Posted March 9, 2015 Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 This is an idea what i saw and i found it a good idea. https://m.youtube.com/?#/watch?v=zPGD9uIqqLI 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
waltjnr 6,037 Posted March 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 a bit of an insult to come out of tesco's after a hard week at work ,to be greeted by begging pots!! Get outside harrods ,ect get money off people who can spare it!,By the time some overpaid fraudulent charity boss has had his share of my quid donation ,how much is left anyway? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blackmaggie 3,375 Posted March 9, 2015 Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 Think with charity its better to give your time. Money has different value to different peoples and its more rewarding being more hands on and seeing the difference you make. That said how do we have people still starving in 2015? The rich cant want to see the gap closed abit. How much is pumped into africa all these years yet still people are dying. how much gets diverted to fill the pockets of those in power in theses foreign shit holes or to buy weapons in foreign wars and all theses band aid heroes are paid yet they only need to walk round any town or city in THIS COUNTRY to see that money could be better spent at home we have enough homelessness etc without sending it aboard 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
the big chief 3,099 Posted March 9, 2015 Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 This is an idea what i saw and i found it a good idea. https://m.youtube.com/?#/watch?v=zPGD9uIqqLI that is a great idea Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rodp 316 Posted March 9, 2015 Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 Think with charity its better to give your time. Money has different value to different peoples and its more rewarding being more hands on and seeing the difference you make. That said how do we have people still starving in 2015? The rich cant want to see the gap closed abit. How much is pumped into africa all these years yet still people are dying. It's because we pump money in that they're still dying. I'm sorry for them but the land can't support them, simple as that. it's natures way of telling folk "this land cannot sustain human life" and what do we do, pump money in to keep them alive. Then the ones we kept alive breed even more offspring, so they need more money. Then they breed even more and need further money.!! We're not helping them, we're killing more and more children. Most aid (not all) should be stopped and let nature take it's course. Cruel but true ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dare 1,103 Posted March 9, 2015 Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 I think charity starts at home. Heard it got mentioned about more cuts to our army. Cant believe theyd do that rather than decrease the money sent abroad. Unless the money sent abroad is profiting those at the top in ways we dont have a clue how. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 29,754 Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 a bit of an insult to come out of tesco's after a hard week at work ,to be greeted by begging pots!! Get outside harrods ,ect get money off people who can spare it!,By the time some overpaid fraudulent charity boss has had his share of my quid donation ,how much is left anyway? If you dont want to donate to charity just say no......some people have a giving nature and are happy to donate but they shouldnt need to travel to Harrods to do so !.....Stop moaning about people trying to do some good in society for f**k sake !! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 29,754 Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 (edited) . Edited March 10, 2015 by gnasher16 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 23,998 Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 Donating money to starving kids in africa is like pissing in the wind,feed the world and bobby geldof back in the 1980's and now its the kids of the kids of those original kids starving,get on the tube to travel around london you see charities that want £3 a month to stop child-brides in chad or DRC,its not going to stop,you see female genital mutilation charities,that certainly isnt going to stop as they have brought FGM to these shores with them,theres a truism..................charity begins at home,plenty of good causes in the UK before money goes abroad to evaporate. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 29,754 Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 (edited) At the end of the day donating to charity is a personal thing people do for their own reasons we should never be dictated who or what we should give to ........i was once refused a donation to a certain charity if i didnt want all or part of the money going to a third world country hence i/we will now only donate locally......the common bond and logic we should all share is looking after our own and those around us in my opinion. Edited March 10, 2015 by gnasher16 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Accip74 7,112 Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 I've never been forced to give to any charity, so not sure what all the fuss is about really.......I take it every one is still using the same banks? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MoChara 1,600 Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 Something similar happened to me gnash, a certain charity collector stopped and explained what it was all about, I had a couple extra quid on me at the time and asked him to take it - he refused saying I could only sign up for 12 months paying X amount every month needing bank details etc. Thing was, the money I was going to give him worked out to around 5-6 months worth of small payments.. So now I'd rather just give to the likes of my sisters special needs training center and such like at least it's appreciated and actually goes there, and they don't even ask for it! Disappointed me - I thought I was doing a good turn. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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