Charity Fundraiser- what's it like?

Nala

Hi everyone,
I'm thinking of applying for a job as a charity fundraiser, i.e. stopping people on the street to ask them to sign up to give x amount of money per month. I'm just wondering if you could tell me about your experience of this kind of work?

Thanks

Nala

Third_Echelon

<rant>
If you meet me on the street prepare deal with with a polite FCUK OFF....

Without any exception... I HATE direct debit charity collectors more than anything on this planet... ANNOYING ANNOYING ANNOYING... :mad:
</rant>

<advice>
If you want to make money then this could be the job for you, but if you want to make money for a charity out of the goodness of your heart, collect money and donate directly. These direct debit 'scams' are a joke. Only a small proportion actually goes to the charity...

Use the search funtion. There was a thread on this on after hours a few months ago.
</advice>

oxygen_old

Third_Echelon wrote:

<rant>
If you meet me on the street prepare deal with with a polite FCUK OFF....

Without any exception... I HATE direct debit charity collectors more than anything on this planet... ANNOYING ANNOYING ANNOYING... :mad:
</rant>

<advice>
If you want to make money then this could be the job for you, but if you want to make money for a charity out of the goodness of your heart, collect money and donate directly. These direct debit 'scams' are a joke. Only a small proportion actually goes to the charity...

Use the search funtion. There was a thread on this on after hours a few months ago.
</advice>

In fairness while they are annoying, and they are, the direct debits are not a scam. I have one set up with World Vision and the assure me that %90 of my money goes directly to the village that I donate to. %10 on admin and advertising is perfectly understandable.

From my understanding these jobs are just that, jobs. Anyone please correct me if I am wrong now but they get decent wages and work on commision, and I dont hink people go in to it for charity reasons but,like the rest of us, just to get a job.
My advice would be to organise a charity event,a table quiz night or a 70s night of something. Set up a direct debit yourself or something.

Nala

To be honest, the main reason I'd be applying is because I really need the money, but the charity aspect is there aswell. I think I'll give it a shot because like I say, I really need the money. I hope people on the street won't be too nasty to me, I know how annoying charity fundraisers are.

nesf

Have done it. I enjoyed it, went home from work with a "warm, fuzzy feeling" inside.

But it really does show you the nasty selfish side of humanity.