cerastes wrote: » where do you find that information? and who decides, Id like to have alook at whos getting what, if Im not happy I'll make my opinion known to my local representative, Im sure they will nod and promptly ignore me. But if were sending financial aid or supplies to a country that seems to have funds for military hardware upgrades (no matter how much they need it based on their neighbouring disputes), then I think we shouldnt give aid to those countries. As much as I believe they might not actually be spending our charity iself on military equipment, just if they are arming/involved in conflict/concerns of humanitarian nature, then should we be funding them? If charities here are unaccountable, what makes us think countries will be? maybe because our politicians want us to lookthemselves to look good/a certain way for giving aid, fcuk it, spread it around here, the problems those needing aid will no doubt be mostly much worse than those experienced here, but we can never really hope to change there, at least we might alleviate suffering here.
grundie wrote: » We have a sign in the window next to the door that says "No callers without prior appointment". Salesmen generally respect it, charity callers don't.
cerastes wrote: » where do you find that information?
cerastes wrote: » was she hot?
Kevin McCloud wrote: » A burial is expensive, could be money for that.
foggy_lad wrote: » Those hawkers call here every so often but I just tell them I only give to local charities like the St Vincent de Paul and local hospice care team in the local hospital. I tell them to fook off to wherever the disaster they are collecting for is because I believe in charity beginning at home!
cerastes wrote: » Part of them taking details is, I believe, easier for a person setting this up to forget about it and it can be difficult to get these things shut down too, with banks requiring the customer to do the legwork of contacting the organisation to shut things down from their end. Someone signing up really relies on how reputable the charity are or how quickly they would process the transaction?? Personally, I wouldnt give details like that at the door and Im suprised anyone hands over details like that at all for a charity. I did sign up with a utility provider like this when I was considering changing, but I rang the service provider as the guy at the door was from a company hired to do that work, I got the number myself and directly called them, they could give me his details, some kind of employee number so I knew it was legit, in the end it didnt work out to be worth the savings claimed. To make it worse, some people do sign up for charities this way, Ive seen their details and if I was intent I might have been able to recover some details, so if they are that careless about my neighbours details they can take a jump if they think they are getting mine.
OSI wrote: » Interviewed for a charity years ago when I was in college. Was told if I got 15 people to sign up a week, I'd make €600. Madness.
MugMugs wrote: » Treat every unwanted knock at the door like it's the TV licence inspector. Never have an issue with charity callers Simples.
Pinch Flat wrote: » Freely available on the google machine. €637m to be precise in 2013.https://www.irishaid.ie/what-we-do/how-our-aid-works/where-the-money-goes/
goz83 wrote: » I don't give to charity anymore. Nit since that whole CRC scandal and I was signed up on DD with them. I certainly wouldn't give to SVP. Not long ago, they were caught paying the mortgages of a couple of affluent families who could no longer afford to gloss their ryvita with caviar. They do DD because they then have regular donations, rather than the once a year fiver most people will put into the trocaire box. Irish people like to think we are very charitable, but in my experience, we are usually just lazy and money wouldn't go to charity unless it was made convenience for us. You were told lies. 15 sign ups would not get you half that amount in most agencies.
FullblownRose wrote: » Sorry to be crass but I think the ebola victims are supposed to be ehm cremated
Kevin McCloud wrote: » Apologies for not being an ebola undertaker expert.
The_Captain wrote: » Last Friday I was absolutely plagued with charity callers. They were seriously at the door every ten minutes or so looking for me to donate food to hungry children. Since when are children allowed to collect for charity anyway?
Chunners wrote: » No worries he is wrong they are not always cremated, the procedure is that before they can leave the hospital they are put in two body bags, unlike a normal death no one can clean them, they cannot be embalmed.They are either cremated or put in a into a hermetically sealed casket by trained mortuary personnel wearing head-to-toe protective gear and then buried. Either way the government would pay for it to make sure it is done by the book. No matter what the country is there is no way they would trust their citizens to do it right and follow all the protocols they have in place to properly dispose of an Ebola body because if Mr f**k up or Mr "lets do it on the cheap" paid a visit then one case could easily become 1 million caseshttp://abcnews.go.com/Health/remains-ebola-victim-thomas-eric-duncan-handled/story?id=26048687 <--- Source
corner of hells wrote: » Tells us more about SVP paying peoples mortgages , particularly the "getting caught" part.
BobMc wrote: » I hate any sort of cold callers, I'm usually the one sent to the door as the wife is a bit soft, I'm straight with them all be it charity, airtricity etc etc, a straight no nonsense NO THANK YOU! and start closing the door, dont even let them start their speil, Wife is always saying that was a bit rude, well if they dont like it dont knock on MY DOOR!
41.— (1) Any person who— (a) advertises on behalf of, or causes another person to advertise on behalf of, a charitable organisation that is not registered or deemed to be registered, (b) invites, or causes another person to invite, members of the public to give money or property to a charitable organisation that is not registered or deemed to be registered, or (c) accepts, or causes another person to accept, a gift of money or other property on behalf of a charitable organisation that is not registered or deemed to be registered, shall be guilty of an offence.
10.— (1) A person guilty of an offence under this Act shall be liable— (a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding €5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both, or (b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding €300,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years or to both.
Geuze wrote: » Our taxes fund 600m of foreign aid. No need to give anymore.
foggy_lad wrote: » Those hawkers call here every so often but I just tell them I only give to local charities like the St Vincent de Paul and local hospice care team in the local hospital. I tell them to fook off to wherever the disaster they are collecting for is because I believe in charity beginning at home! They are usually very pushy and often get smart like telling you that in the time they have been talking to you x number if babies have died horribly in some god forsaken place, this is usually when the door closes slowly in their face as I smile at them. They are only doing a "JOB" and get paid quite well for getting their company access to your bank account
berger89 wrote: » Do the posters who've said they get charity callers living in towns/cities?? we nevr get any here thank god. just once a year someone from the local gaa club comes around selling tickets but thats about it. i thought the days of people calling to your door were gone? although saying that, we've had people trying to sell pillows (from brown thomas, apparently ) and sets of knives and the like. but never charity callers
foggy_lad wrote: » Beware of these people. they are usually making lists of addresses where elderly poeple and other vulnerable people are living to call back to later to do roof repairs, tarmac the drive etc
