On 27/05/2015 05:39, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 26/05/15 23:36, Nightjar "cpb"@ wrote:
On 26/05/2015 21:05, Cursitor Doom wrote:
On Tue, 26 May 2015 18:04:30 +0100, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
harryagain was thinking very hard :
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...reign-aid-fat-
cats-built-1-4billion-empire-tax-money.html
I have exactly the same concerns about many of the larger charities.
Many millions collected, but those for whom the money was collected,
see very little of the money.
Foreign aid and charity has now become big business, run by
millionaires.
You beat me to it! I was about to say precisely the same thing. The
Charities Aid Foundation is one of the worst offenders in this area.
Peeps, if you're feeling charitable, please give *directly* to those
you're satisfied are genuinely in need and NOT via intermediary
organisations!
So, if you are sitting in a sinking boat in the middle of the channel, I
should fly over and drop you a £50 note with the message 'here, hire
yourself a rescue boat', rather than give the money to the RNLI, so they
can have one ready when you need it?
If I give £25 to Oxfam on the understanding that they will use it to
provide a family in Africa with a goat, I don't really care if the goat
only cost £5 and the rest went on admin, if the family end up with a
goat.
However if you pro9vcide £25 to Oxfam, and £20 goes on the people who
staff it, and £5 goes on marketing and nothing goes on a goat at all,
you are justified in stopping your donation.
However, despite what the DM wants people to believe, that isn't very
probable. It is simple enough to check out any large charity and find
out where the money goes. In the case of Oxfam, 44% goes on development
work, such as the goat, 32% on emergency response, 6% on campaigning for
change and 9% each on fund-raising and on support and running costs.
The real rip-off merchants are the companies who employ chuggers to stop
people in the street and get donations in the name of a charity. They
guarantee the charity a minimum income, but the law allows them to pass
on as little as 10% of the money they collect.
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Colin Bignell