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Originally Posted by Ken Moss
I used to give regularly to three charities until I found out much the same thing. Salaries I don't mind as people cannot be expected to work for nothing but excessive salaries of over £100k and company cars pushed my sympathy a bit far. Two of the three also started phoning me regularly asking if I could give more which is when I stopped altogether.
It doesn't help that a new charity is being formed every week and the respectable organisations are being tarnished by those out to make money from the sympathy of the general public.
Cancer Research is the only box I have no qualms about dropping my coins into these days. Please don't spoil it for them by telling me that they're squandering it all as well....
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I agree Ken I make a monthly donation to The Christy, and support Asthma UK and the Osteoporosis society plus a few local charities, and I even have reservations about Asthma UK and Osteoporosis Society, because of costs