[WillowTheWhisp]

Originally Posted by mothernature

Isn't the idea of volunteering for a charity that you give your time freely and without pay.

Yes, that's volunteers. But I'm talking about employees or people who are recruited to do a specific job which there isn't a volunteer capable of doing. There is so much competition for charitable donations these days that simply wandering around rattling a tin isn't necessarily the best way. If people who already have full time jobs to pay their bills also have time to volunteer to help a charity then that's brilliant, but what if they don't? What if a charity gets into a mess because it doesn't have a volunteer accountant? You can't force people to do something for nothing but the something still needs doing.

One thought for instance: It would be nice if coach companies could take charity groups on free trips, you know like those make-a-wish things but the garages don't donate the deisel for the coaches for free do they? And should the driver be expected to volunteer to do their normal daily work for free if otherwise he/she would be earning a crust during those hours? It's really just not that simple.