Monthly D/D donations to charities.

[Triggaaar]

http://www.whoopsadaisy.org/

 

[bomber130]

I was thinking about sponsoring a donkey a short while ago but Couldn't decided between Obika or LIta.

 

[DumLum]

I have a small monthly DD to Cancer Research. I do sometimes have my doubts about its worth as they often keep writing to me either thanking me for my continued support or asking if I can up my DD. All this costs them money. I just feel that they should take my cash, use it for research and get on worth it, I don't need feedback every 2 months on cancer rates etc.

I only get emails from them every couple of weeks which obviously doesn't cost as much. Is that because I gave them my email address or because I forgot to tell them I moved five years ago?

 

[SK1NT]

I do £10 pdsa £10 rspca £10 split for two others I can't remember the acronyms...

I think everyone should donate a small amount.

 

[zeetha]

My cousin runs a charity for adults and children with HIV in Zambia so I give to that as I know where the money goes. I do get a bit annoyed when I do a one off donation to a big charity and then get inundated from them asking for more even when I ask them not to contact me - the Red Cross seem particularly bad for this.

 

[fat old seagull]

Macmillan Cancer Support - They do an amazing job, not just for the sick, but the families too.

The chances are, a lot of us will be using them sometime in our lives. That reason alone is worth a small donation I reckon!

This, and this and this !

 

[CheeseRolls]

I personally don't have an issue with heads of big charities being paid large salaries as long as it's comparable with similar positions in other sectors . You cannot IMHO expect a talented individual to head up a large global charity for free or minimum wage or whatever. And it may well be the case they bring more value to the charity than their salary.

Some of the structures seem offensively top heavy. My personal pet hate is charities that focus too heavily on lobbying and PR. I used to donate to the NSPCC, but the actual good work they do, seemed to be shrinking. I also starting ranting when there is a celebrity accused of some misdemeanour - for example wife beating and regardless of whether they have actually done this, there is a spokesperson on the news from some related charity, giving it the hard sell. There was one last year I think related to football homophobia where the vice president of communications from a charity was given a platform to spout a load of irrelevant crap.

My favourite charity is Anthony Nolan - a practical bone marrow register, backed up by some serious and focussed medical research, that genuinely makes a difference and saves lives.

 

[BattFink]

On a similar(ish) theme, it's worth finding out if your company can donate on your behalf through their payroll system (called Give as you Earn)

Essentially means you're donation is made before tax (but after NI), so the charity should get a little more

 

[withdeanwombat]

Gosh.

 

[clippedgull]

My charity is the financially poor footballers of BHAFC.

12 D/D's a year and the cheeky gits increase it every year, although I do have an option of not renewing.

 

[applecrumble]

Not sure how much this has changed on the last 3yrs but Cancer research get about 100million a year in grants for research into the most common 10 types of cancer whereas the mental health foundation, which is essentially the same but for mental health receive 2million. Mental health is set to be the biggest cause of death in a few years and charities like mhf provide no services just research so people don't tend to support them. charities like mind need the research just like mc million need cruk. Had the chance to work for mhf and imo they are brilliant.

 

[algie]

Don't have any direct debits set up and i simply wouldn't.

I will often chuck money into collection boxes for Help the Heroes, Guide dogs for the blind(very special to me) and obviously buy a poppy every November.

 

[Vegas Seagull]

I give to Chesnut Tree House each month, the club regularly support it too - based in Sussex, helped out a relative too.

http://www.chestnut-tree-house.org.uk/

I give to them once a year, £100 last year, increasing it every year