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Originally Posted by Neil

So as long as he raises more than £20k he has cost the charity nothing.

Councils are starting to get wise to this as well. Some employ people to find money from outside the Council. They have to pay their own wage though by using management fees included in funding bids.

The Friends of Rhyddings park can apply for money that HBC can not. This means we can bring in money that would otherwise be lost to Oswaldtwistle. We try to add in a management fee when we can to fund the group. For example every meeting we hold costs us about £30-£35 in postage, stationary and venue costs.

He has cost the charity £20k pa. What is wrong with going in one day a week or month for free to do the fund raising?

If a person ‘works’ for a charity, that person should give his/her time FREE, just the same as the street collectors give their time for FREE.

That is the problem with charities. Those who run the charity get paid for doing so. Those who do the work that the charity supports do the job for free, except for a handful of ‘executives’ at the top who earn a comfortable wage.

The RSPCA is a typical example. If it weren’t for the volunteers the various establishments would not function. The RNLI is another example. So is the British Legion.