April 24, 2008 at 3:03 pm
The latest ploy to prise a donation from me started with the words: “We write to you once again to thank you for the invaluable help that your donation has provided”. Looks reasonable enough on the face of it. But I have never given to Strongbones Children’s Charitable Trust. And, if it stoops to that [...]
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April 15, 2008 at 2:48 pm
I hope charities will not adopt the disgraceful ‘money saving’ approach of one commercial greetings card manufacturer. It blithely states: ‘We have been unable to ascertain the copyright holder of the above artist’s work but will be pleased to acknowledge credit for this on any future publication’.
That looks to me very like stealing the right [...]
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April 15, 2008 at 2:39 pm
There are ways of putting the screws on people who have said ‘no’ to a fundraising appeal in the past. I like the simple approach of The Haileybury Club, seeking funds to refurbish its building in Hoddesdon, Herts. It simply says: “You kindly considered an application for funding from us last year, but unfortunately, you [...]
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April 15, 2008 at 2:35 pm
I don’t know if, statistically, it helps a charity to ask for a specific amount – be it £5000, £1000, £14.22, or whatever. What I do know is that I dislike being asked for a figure far in excess of what I would contemplate for the type of charity involved. So, two cheers for DEStiny [...]
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April 10, 2008 at 4:48 pm
The British Dental Health Foundation writes: “I have read about your current charitable work……….”, going on to ask for a donation. I view that sentence with suspicion, since the letter was sent to the address which I left four years ago, and the post code used is much older than that. The moral to charities [...]
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