August 10, 2010 at 2:12 pm
As ever, last week, just after payday, settled to write my usual quota of charity cheques. As i try to send them out on a rota, when i looked through my charity folder there were no envelopes for charities for which i had not given to in the last 3 months.
So i consulted my notebook [...]
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June 24, 2010 at 10:07 pm
Reading the book itself must awaits the next wodge of Book Tokens i have trained my nearest & dearest to give me for birthdays, but i read a review recently of a book called ‘War Games: The Story of Aid & War in Modern Times’ by Linda Polman. Sounds just my type of book, will [...]
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April 16, 2010 at 10:18 pm
I read a few weeks back there are 166000 charities in the UK. Probably a few more by now, breeding like wire hangers in the back of the wardrobe.
Clearly a legal activity in this country, to set up a charity, but why do we need so many? If i came across a situation where i felt charitable donations could be very useful [...]
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March 11, 2010 at 3:04 pm
A few weeks ago i read a story in in everyone’s favorite free daily paper, reporting on a Metro Harris poll around the governments decision to increase overseas aid by £2.3bn. The poll showed
50% think the UK government is giving too much in overseas aid
49% think foreign aid for developing countries is a a bad [...]
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February 24, 2010 at 10:37 am
I didn’t give to the latest disaster, ie the earthquake in Haiti, same as i didn’t give to the tsunami some years ago. My reasoning being that plenty of people who are not regular givers to charity (apart from loose change in a charity tin waved in their face) who will dig deep when the need is so obvious [...]
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February 14, 2010 at 5:40 pm
Can’t find the post where i suggested as much, but i was delighted to read a few days back that Help the Aged and Age Concern are shortly to merge to become Age UK. So now i will not have to haver over which one deserves my dosh when i am in the giving mood. I dare say if i [...]
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December 16, 2009 at 2:28 pm
Stille tag too, to judge by the lighter burden charities placed on my ’postie’ this December. I don’t have records to show but i am positive i have had considerably less charity mailshots this past month.
Then i read a piece in the London Metro last week highlighting how much harder fundraising is across the charity sector [...]
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November 3, 2009 at 3:03 pm
The latest appeal from Crisis should shift some money into their coffers anyway. What came through my door was round, a plate of food, and i was impresssed the plate had an underside too. It was the trad Christmas meal which was presented – trad for indigeneous Brits anyway – and well-designed to catch the attention [...]
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September 17, 2009 at 9:22 am
Have not had it yet but was delighted to hear this week i have been awarded a £25 a month payrise. Could not possibly spend all that on myself (!) so have decided to up my monthly contribution by a tenner, to £60. (Mr Gates, that is what is known as the ‘widows mite’.)
Most months i [...]
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September 4, 2009 at 2:48 pm
I am hoping to spend my weekend clearing my friend’s flat since he don’t need it no more. I was told the council charge rent until such time as they can clear out what remains and therefore the more family & friends can do the quicker it is for the local council to act.
From thinking [...]
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