Charity

Stanley Leisure · November 17, 2014

Just reading the Geldof thread (defo a c*nt), and the subsequent discussion of charities, it got me thinking about who I give to and why.

I don't consider myself a particularly charitable person but I was quite moved by an ad from Crisis, urging people to donate £21.62, which guarantees a homeless person a meal and a bed at christmas. I thought it was quite a neat way of getting people to donate (which you can do here: https://community.crisis.org.uk/christmas-appeal-2014). After I donated, it struck me that it was probably the idea of a CEO who is on double what I earn, but I guess a good cause is a good cause.

I sometimes buy a Big Issue, I always donate to Guide Dog charities when I see them, the RNLI (I was obsessed with Lifeboats when I was a kid) and I normally buy a Poppy. I'll usually pledge money to friends who are running marathons etc - I figure if the cause is important to them, then I can thrown in a tenner.

Thing is, written down, that's not bad, but I have mates who have sh*tloads of direct debits, are putting themselves through various feats of human endurance or are flying out to Ghana to build orphanages, and it makes me feel a bit useless.

I think one thing that puts me off donating more is the in-your-face methods employed by some charities - I find the notion of charity muggers very distasteful; drama students on £9 an hour to pretend to be my best mate as I'm walking to work. I have a real problem with that sort of canvassing but it seems to be the norm now.

Anyway, charity: who do you give to and why?

Edited November 17, 2014 by Stanley Leisure

kop205 · November 17, 2014

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