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Do you give money to charity?

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  • #62
    Femme_Fatale
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,628 ✭✭✭Femme_Fatale


    Mr Benevolent wrote: »
    They're mostly information services and do very little to actively and positively help except to be a relatively ineffectual lobby group. The majority of the homeless have mental illnesses, so I consider Simon and Focus Ireland to be one of the very few who make a real contribution, if only in providing some comfort to those in dire need.

    Mental health treatment in this country is appallingly bad. It's still at the sweep it under the carpet/village loony stage. The UN actually had to step in in 2011 and tell the govt to change the laws. It's a sick joke at this stage.
    There's nothing wrong with people being choosy re what charity they support, if they support any - very few of us have the resources to support them all, but with regard to mental health charities: Pieta House and Aware do excellent work.

    I'm not seeing any real evidence from you that most mental health charities just piss the money away. Is it more that you just have that feeling?


  • #63
    Reindeer
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    I spend most of my weekdays volunteering at an animal rescue.


  • #64
    corktina
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    Keith wrote: »
    Drunk one night, I decided to sponsor a Panda, it was £10 a month. Paid it for over a year before noticing. Its probably dead now anyway.

    sponsored a Panda to do what? Could be worth a tenner if it was fire-walking or something cool..well hot I guess like that


  • #65
    MonstaMash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,425 ✭✭✭MonstaMash


    Personally I don't, but as a member of a motorcycle club, we contribute funds from rock nights etc. annually to a different charity.


  • #66
    MiseryMary
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 67 ✭✭MiseryMary


    The charities that I support is the Cancer Society and Autism, when the ladies have the buckets there I throw in a few coins ,I never give my bank details to no charities and I absolute hate it when you walk around town someone is doing their charity normally guys wearing the t-shirts they try to get your attention to them and they keep blocking your way when you try to pass, "can i have a few moments" I tell them no and the still try to block you ,I hate it when the try to force it on you and its like 10e a month or whatever and bank details ,I'm like no sorry and walk away.


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  • #67
    JuliusCaesar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,886 ✭✭✭JuliusCaesar


    Jumboman wrote: »
    I'd much rather give money to someone on the street than a charity.

    I never give money to beggars, it only encourages them. Most of them get Social Welfare anyway.

    I contribute to a couple of charities.


  • #68
    Femme_Fatale
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,628 ✭✭✭Femme_Fatale


    greenflash wrote: »
    Not really. Occasionally extremely hostile towards street chuggers but generally I just walk on or say 'no you're ok'. Once or twice I've explained why I support the charities I do over those opposing puppy farms or such. In my head they can all **** right off but because I'm civilised and not overly confrontational, I just smile politely and move on or close the door as appropriate.
    "My charity is better than yours."

    Just support whatever charity you want but adding an afterthought as to how you don't give a FUK about other charities... renders your charitable nature a lot less so.

    Chuggers are a scourge though, for sure.


  • #69
    qo2cj1dsne8y4k
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    I used to donate to concern I think it was 21 euro a month, and I stopped as I got fed up of those jerks that work for concern leaping out in front of me when I would be just trying to make my way to work. "I already donate to concern"
    "That's great, could you afford to donate another 2 or 3 euro a month"

    Fock off. If a regular donation isn't enough, and my money is helping keep those bastards on the street, it'd be better off in my bank tbh.

    Now i give to local charities but mostly SPCA ones or cancer. Wouldn't be too bothered with any other ones tbh


  • #70
    Pumpkinseeds
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,635 ✭✭✭Pumpkinseeds


    I donate to small animal rescues, particulary ones that don't get much or ofen no government funding. All of the money goes on the needs of the animals and even very small donations make a huge difference to them. It's just making a small contribution to the welfare of animals in my community and I prefer to have the money spent helping animals in Clare and Limerick.


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