[Gayle]

I am always very wary of charity collections that are that spontaneous. I donate to a number of charities direct from my bank account and whilst I know that some of the money goes to admin etc, I do know that at least some of the money goes to the right place. When you have a natural disaster and people start out with collection boxes I'm never sure the money goes further than that.

Having said I do participate in school collections by supporting cake days and non uniform days, but that's partly so the kids don't feel left out rather than supporting a cause as such.