June 22, 2009 at 5:40 pm
If I was somewhat brighter, I would write this in rhyme: because that is how a letter (which purports to have been written by an 11-year old) has come to me from S Pinter Youth project – which offers opportunities to children in the Stamford Hill area. It claims to be the largest holiday playscheme [...]
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June 13, 2009 at 5:37 pm
A letter comes from Margaret Mountford – probably well known to those who have watched The Apprentice. As a trustee of CORDA, she is asking for money to fund research ‘to make a significant impact on the detection and treatment of heart disease’.
She outlines three projects, two of which make use of a brand new [...]
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June 11, 2009 at 5:19 pm
My last donation to the Salvation Army was in January 1998. Periodically, since then, they have written for money, referring to the fact that I have donated in the past.The latest letter, received a few days ago (like all the others), was sent to the address they knew. But I left there more than five [...]
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June 2, 2009 at 4:06 pm
Does The Prostate Cancer Charity feel that, by repeatedly asking me to send £1,000 to become a Founder Member of the Research Action Fund, it will wear down my resistance? Sending the same message, time and again, does not create the right impression. Also, if, after however many years, they still want founder members, it [...]
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June 2, 2009 at 4:01 pm
Dream Makers has sent a letter to an address which I left more than five years ago, using he name of an organisation whose correct address is widely available in reference books and on the web. Did it just buy a list of names and addresses? If so, it has received poor value for money. [...]
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