On 20/11/2016 21:10, Capitol wrote:
Is it just me, or are others fed up with the quantity of begging
adverts on TV? If I resonded to all of the, I reckon it would cost me
over 2K pounds a year. I do wonder how much it costs to make the advert
and screen it and fear that most of the doantion is wasted. I have a
couple of charities I support each year, and they don't spend a penny on
TV. What do others think?

I am in two minds about professional fund raisers...

People often complain that only a small proportion of the money raised
goes to the charity in question. However in many cases they are also
very good at raising much much more than the charity itself would
typically raise on its own - so their small percentage is still in
absolute terms significantly more than they would have received otherwise.

Hence you can see what it in it for the charity.

From the donors POV however its less desirable (although I expect they
can find a way to make direct donations that skip the fund raisers if
they look carefully)


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Cheers,

John.

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