I'm sick to death with Charities
 

I getting very, very weary of the constant bombardment I'm getting from such a wide variety of Charities.
My letter box never has a day off, if I gave clothes to all the people begging for them I'd die of exposure.
Fortunately my white sack is next to the door so they are a benefit to my recycling.
Next in line are the better known charities that without any notice at all send so called raffle tickets & collection envelopes expecting me to wander the streets doing their job for them, (At the moment the worst of these seem to be age concern & the R.N.L.I), if I want to collect for a charity then I will contact you until then whatever you've sent is white sack fodder.

Then there is the constant nagging that comes in T.V. Adverts lots of children, families and animals all in dire straights each one pleading that I generously donate on average, 'just £3.00', per month.

No I won't if I gave to each of you AccyWeb would have to run an appeal for the downtrodden and starving member with more generosity than sense.

It has started effecting the way I behave when pubs run an appeal for some unfortunate that is terminally ill or in need of a trip to see a specialist,
I just don't want to know anymore because I'm sick and tired of being asked.

It isn't because I'm a skinflint I must have given away a fortune over my lifetime, but now, well, now I just don't want to know anymore my generosity needs a rest, time to recover, the chance to sort the good charities from the bad but unfortunately everyday there seem to be even more jumping on the charity gravy train, just so long as it no longer stops at my station maybe I'll start giving again until then they can all go away, their appeals have lost there appeal.

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On my last three visits to Accy, I'm sick of being approached by those in empoly of charities, whose job is to try and sign you up, and get your bank details off you.

How come when we did a fund raising day, we were told it's illegal to rattle your bucket, or solicit for money, by speaking to people first, yet hoardes of aggressive youngsters are allowed to run up and down Broadway in their green tabards, actively hassling people going about their business?

They used to drive me mad in London, and Glasow.

Who's given them permission to run amok in Accy?

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I'm with Less.

I tend to choose what charities I support.

Rarely are they charities that use emotional blackmail to solicit donations, and never charities who pay their collectors a wage.

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I already support three favourite charities....and when I am approached by these charity people I tell them that my charity purse is empty, but that I do donate cast off clothes to the BHF and the Hospice(I buy stuff from them too when I go in to donate).

I think in the current economic climate the charities are having a tough time....aren't we all? It is time for them to think about what they are paying to their CEO's and perhaps they should be giving some of their time rather than being paid for it.

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Oh, and anyone who disturbs my peace, by knocking on my door, seeking a donation for some charity or other.

They get a polite no thank you.

If they don't accept this, which they've done on a number of occasions, questioning my 'no thanks', they get a rather less charitable suggestion next.

Give, give, give.

I just can't help it.

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I once accepted the offer of bag-packing at Asda, I asked the girl what the charity was and she told they were raising money to send a netball team to Spain (or some-such place) for a tournament. As I was committed by this time I felt obliged to "donate"!!
Not my idea of a charity.

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Cheeky cows.

I'd have tipped my oranges out of their net bag, and said...

'Here, I'd like to donate this...for you to practise with'.

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Didn't think of that at the time - too busy trying to find enough 2's & 1's to make it sound like a generous donation.

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I also choose who I donate to and support. Had no idea i was illegal to "rattle tins" to catch peoples atention -seems a bit extreme! My last "active" donation was in Accy Library for 3 poppies in October, and my usual Unicef Xmas cards.

Here in Italy they can't come door to door unless you've agreed to a donation beforehand over the phone, which means constant calls where I say "no" and am frequently made to feel mean. I have a new tactic which is to speak to them in English and pretend I can't understand!

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What a good idea, mobertol! Next time they pester me I'll speak to them in Italian!
Hold on- just one problem!
What's Italian for something a bit stronger than 'Go away'.

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Charity is charity. How much of the donations go to the''administrators''?

If I remember correctly, anyone can register a charity, then anything upto Accringtons famous 95% of the monies collected can be pocketed as 'Administration expenses', with a measely 5p in the pound actually going to help the so called needy, nice work if you can get it, especilly if you can get some mug volunteer to freeze on a street corner collecting it for you.

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Charity begins at home.

At home in Emmerdale, with the other Dingles.

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I have always donated to charities.......... Those of my own personal choice, the leaflets through the door,bags,Tickets sent through the mail "ALL" go straight in the recycle bin n anyone calls i tell em so simple as.

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Are charitable donations tax deductable for you guys over there?