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Originally Posted by jaysay

I've been a patron of the Christy hospital for a few years, and am contaced regularly, I think the reason there was so much money in the Icelandic bank was because, a lot of what they do costs a lot of money and whilst they raise enough to carry out the project they invest in a high interest account to maximise the investment, would think this is the case with a lot of charities. Unfortunately this crisis in Iceland cameout of the blue and caught a lot of people of guard, not only cherities but the ordinary man in the street. The thing that really annoys me is the fact that places like the Christy have to rely on charity in the first place, as I know just what vital work they do in the battle to overcome cancer. The reason I got involved with this cause is that a very clse friend was given only a 30% chance of beating cancer and the Christy pulled him through

A spokesman for Christies on the news a few days ago stated that the charity had several projects waiting to start and that is why the donations were hoarded, although he didn’t used the word hoarded. But he did seem embarrassed with the situation. A bit like a kid caught with his hand in the cookie jar.

Now if they had several projects waiting to start there must have been enough money to get at least one off the ground and running.

More than 10 years ago in another forum the topic of charities was being discussed. One response was from a guy who worked for a charity and he admitted that his salary was £20k. His job? He was a fund raising manager.