February 4, 2009 at 4:12 pm
From the World Relief Mission a personalised mug, from Cancer Research Foundation a torch including batteries, from Medical Mission International a mock silk scarf, and from Mother Theresa Children’s Fund a child’s blanket. All are accompanied by appeals to help suffering and all are harrowing. These incentives are manufactured, packaged and dispatched across the […]
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January 22, 2009 at 11:20 am
Having blogged previously in glowing terms about the work of World Villages for Children describing it as one of my favourite charities for the work it does with deprived children in the Far East, I now have to admit to being naïve and gullible. I further have to admit that had I carried out […]
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January 12, 2009 at 2:56 pm
Though I have argued that we should be tolerant of charities if they engage in fundraising activities with which we do not wholly agree, I have a comment to make about a charity which sent out a letter containing a surprise. That charities should become more business like is a mantra that one has heard […]
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December 1, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Not long ago I defended charities fundraising mailshots suggesting that we should be tolerant of organisations which are doing their utmost to relieve suffering in all its manifestations. But charities do have a responsibility for future as well as current beneficiaries if there are any. I make that comment after receiving appeals from Care International […]
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October 8, 2008 at 4:33 pm
Feed my People is a charity which I have always believed is doing good work especially for destitute children in Africa. I now believe that they are good at something else too. Their database records my donations over a long period of time and I consider that to be a good thing, proving that their […]
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September 16, 2008 at 2:06 pm
Being reminded by Blue Frog that the website has been in existence for more than a year, it is interesting to look back at the charity appeals that have been received during that time. All are attempting to relieve the suffering caused by: · Man’s inhumanity to man, for example torture, rape, genocide, fall […]
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September 12, 2008 at 3:21 pm
A couple of hours spent perusing the Newsletters published by a range of charities is always a good experience. These documents are an excellent way of communicating with supporters, and hopefully to the wider community, information about the needs of beneficiaries and the activities of the charities concerned to meet those needs. What an even […]
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August 14, 2008 at 10:49 am
Newsletters are an excellent way of keeping supporters informed and involved. I know they are appreciated because the feedback from recipients of the newsletters distributed by my own organisation is always very positive and very popular are personal stories when beneficiaries volunteer to write them or volunteer to be mentioned. Excellent examples of newsletters are […]
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August 14, 2008 at 10:14 am
From Crisis, a dinner plate size and shape appeal letter showing a succulent Christmas meal (alright this is a bit late). From Caford a blueprint of a water filter assembly as used to provide pure water in third world countries. From Feed My People a facsimile of a bill of sale for a slave. The […]
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June 26, 2008 at 10:22 am
On a recent visit to a cash machine at my bank, I was asked to “think of the planet – do not request a receipt”. This reminder of the perceived perilous state of the environment in which we live prompted me to look again at the charity appeals which I have received since contributing to the Blue […]
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