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Do you give money to charity?

[Deleted User]

Well, do you ?
This came up at the watering hole yesterday, so I might as well ask what Boards does.

I don't donate to the charities you see on TV but I would find myself in the local SVP or Charity Shop more often then not and buying books, CD's etc from them :pac:

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goat2

murpho999 wrote: »

What do you think a CEO of an organisation such as Concern Wordwide with over 3000 employees should be paid?

Have you thought about what would happen to the people who need their help if the staff were paid less or not paid at all as many think should happen?

Most families rely on 35 to 40 thousand to live, some live on less than 20, what is wrong with a normal wage, especially since it is coming from the good will of the hardworking tax payer in the first place to help the needy

spodoinkle

I never carry change/cash, used to work for a company on payday everyone gave a pound to that months charity, I would bring in change on that day for this. One day, I didnt and a manager hounded me for two weeks solid to bring in money. I havent gave a penny to charity since.

corner of hells

No , I work for a charity , they get it out of me in sweat and tears.

Ragnar Lothbrok

Two charities directly out of my wages (one Irish, one for foreign aid). Only about a fiver a week, but over time this adds up and I don't miss such a small amount.

I also regularly give books, clothes etc to local community centre and SVP or to the official plastic collection bags that come through the letterbox.

Raffle tickets for various organisations and charities throughout the year cost me a small fortune, but I do occasionally win a prize

Graces7

My extended family, friends, colleagues, work with many very needy folk. eg homeless, abandoned babies overseas. They live in extreme simplicity and work for their keep only and I trust them fully. So they get every cent I can spare. Other charities help me do that by running charity shops where I buy what I need

The Tetrarch

Foreign mainly.
A school build in Kenya, bicycles for World Bicycle Relief (Africa), orphanage in Argentina, St Vincent de Paul in Ireland.
I'm not paying the six figure salaries of the charities in Ireland.

Potential-Monke

Nope. Don't give to any charity as I don't trust any of them. Especially the bigger ones with people earning over 100k a year.

Alun

I give regularly to one of our local Mountain Rescue teams, I never know when I might need them

WesternZulu

The Irish Cancer Society.

I donate 15 euro a month.
One of my family had cancer and although luckily they're better now you feel so helpless that the only thing I felt I could do was donate a regular amount.

DesperateDan

Gave to concern for years. One day I met a Concern chugger and gladly acknowledged them and told them I'm all signed up thank you very much. Well they had me talking for 5 mins and managed to have me double the amount I was giving them.

I can't even look at a chugger now for fear of doing that again

Had to quit the direct debit after about 2 years of paying that, and forgot about it. Then someone from the Irish Hospice Foundation knocks on the front door and I'm signed up to them now :pac:

But hey, at least they have a competition for a Fiesta.

corner of hells

The Tetrarch wrote: »

Foreign mainly.
A school build in Kenya, bicycles for World Bicycle Relief (Africa), orphanage in Argentina, St Vincent de Paul in Ireland.
I'm not paying the six figure salaries of the charities in Ireland.

Aw c'mon , I need to get the Porsche serviced before Christmas.

Mad_maxx

Capuchin Centre, Simon Community too riddled with left wing politics

[Deleted User]

I spend money in charity shops and give occasional donations to passive collectors.

I refuse to donate to charities that employ chuggers - like most people, I am not a fan of harassment, bullying or intimidation.

realdanbreen

I never put money in an open bucket regardless of the cause or who is holding the bucket.

realdanbreen

facehugger99 wrote: »

Own your meanness.

Don't be looking for excuses.

The guy is perfectly entitled to not allowing himself/herself to feel pressurised into donating to a charity if the head honchos are on mega bucks and expenses.

Kyle More

DesperateDan wrote: »

Gave to concern for years. One day I met a Concern chugger and gladly acknowledged them and told them I'm all signed up thank you very much. Well they had me talking for 5 mins and managed to have me double the amount I was giving them.

I can't even look at a chugger now for fear of doing that again

Had to quit the direct debit after about 2 years of paying that, and forgot about it. Then someone from the Irish Hospice Foundation knocks on the front door and I'm signed up to them now :pac:

But hey, at least they have a competition for a Fiesta.

They saw you coming

bertsmom

I'm not mad about charities who lecture on policy issues and on how the more fortunate should be almost guilted into feeling bad for having a home (provided for by working a long hard week not other tax payers) so I give to my local hospice sporadically and two local animal charities who do amazing work on a regular basis.

beertons

Guide dogs and ispca. That's it.

Autosport

I donate to Teach Tom (Suicide And Counselling) and with the week that was, definitely needed and of course Puppy Recuse

murpho999

goat2 wrote: »

Most families rely on 35 to 40 thousand to live, some live on less than 20, what is wrong with a normal wage, especially since it is coming from the good will of the hardworking tax payer in the first place to help the needy

Because good and genuine CEOs are very capable people and lead organisations.

Their skills are very marketable and their services would be in demand and they could command high salaries in a commercial organisation.

Charities have to compete with that.

The people you are talking about being on 35k to 40k are not capable of working at the level of a CEO.

If charities did not pay the money they would not get quality people and their programs, projects etc would not happen and people would not get the help they need.

LollipopJimmy

murpho999 wrote: »

Because good and genuine CEOs are very capable people and lead organisations.

Their skills are very marketable and their services would be in demand and they could command high salaries in a commercial organisation.

Charities have to compete with that.

The people you are talking about being on 35k to 40k are not capable of working at the level of a CEO.

If charities did not pay the money they would not get quality people and their programs, projects etc would not happen and people would not get the help they need.

I am in agreement with the above and IMO a lot of charities could be amalgamated resulting in lower wage bills leaving more money for frontline services

[Deleted User]

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

I am in agreement with the above and IMO a lot of charities could be amalgamated resulting in lower wage bills leaving more money for frontline services

This. How many cancer charities exist in Ireland, each with admin expenses and salaries for CEOs? If there was one overall cancer charity, headed up by a well paid and very organised CEO who could allocate funds into various different cancer research projects and funds it would be a far better use of money. I also think people would give more generously to 1 umbrella charity like this rather than splitting donations amongst several competing charities. And they could really promote 1 donation day, such as daffodil day, where again the public might be tempted to donate €50 instead of €2.

Plumbthedepths

Charities receive significant funding from the state. The state receives tax form me every week and on every purchase I make. So yes I give to charities indirectly.

Kintarō Hattori

Not really no. Our home gives bags of good quality items to local charity shops at least a few times a year.

witchgirl26

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

Charities receive significant funding from the state. The state receives tax form me every week and on every purchase I make. So yes I give to charities indirectly.

Do you know how much they get? For example St. Francis Hospice in Raheny (who I support). They receive funding for staff costs from the HSE and other than that very limited amounts from the government. In fact the building of the new unit in Blanchardstown was completely funded by donations and the loans related to the same are also paid off using the donations (this is made clear in their annual report) as they did not receive money to do this from the government but it's a much needed and utilised facility.

downtheroad wrote: »

This. How many cancer charities exist in Ireland, each with admin expenses and salaries for CEOs? If there was one overall cancer charity, headed up by a well paid and very organised CEO who could allocate funds into various different cancer research projects and funds it would be a far better use of money. I also think people would give more generously to 1 umbrella charity like this rather than splitting donations amongst several competing charities. And they could really promote 1 donation day, such as daffodil day, where again the public might be tempted to donate €50 instead of €2.

I can see where you're coming from but there are some reasons why. For example, individual hospices are set up as charities so as to exempt them from tax implications. It also allows them to fund-raise to receive funding for day-to-day activities of the hospice. The Irish Cancer Society does provide some support to them and other aspects of support to individuals but it would require a major overhaul of how certain services are run.

Rubberchikken

irish guide dogs (love the doggies), local meal on wheels. thats it. wont donate to the main ones and the homeless etc doesnt really interest me.

Plumbthedepths

witchgirl26 wrote:

Do you know how much they get? For example St. Francis Hospice in Raheny (who I support). They receive funding for staff costs from the HSE and other than that very limited amounts from the government. In fact the building of the new unit in Blanchardstown was completely funded by donations and the loans related to the same are also paid off using the donations (this is made clear in their annual report) as they did not receive money to do this from the government but it's a much needed and utilised facility.

I don't know what they get but I do know taxes I pay and paid by others support these organisations. So indirectly I've done my bit. ;-)

mad muffin

Nope.

OU812

Don’t give money to charity but decided this year to buy toys with my Tesco Xmas club vouchers and giving them to the local women’s aid refuge.

I’m sure there’ll be kids that turn up Xmas eve still counting on Santa.

cavan4sam

I pay to local charities & SVP because i know first hand of the good work they do at this time of the year