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".......... but dont they realise that, by using the images too often, of every campaign they are running the risk of desensitizing the donating public. discuss?" Compassion fatigue. Geldof started it and it's grown and grown. Charities realised a few years back that more and more of them are competing for fewer and fewer spare £pounds so their adverts have become more shocking to the point of becoming misleading. | |||
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"I pick the ones I want to support myself and give regularly so they can get the tax back. I can't help think a lot of money is being wasted on tv adds rather than helping." | |||
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"When you have charities paying their Chief Executive more than the Prime Minister, you know something has gone wrong. When you have 2 or 3 charities ALL doing much the same thing, ALL paying their Chief Executives more than the Prime Minister, you know someone is taking the piss (+Gift Aid)." this, along with a multi million pound computer system a guy i used to talk to fitted in their new, purpose built headquarters, is the main reason i have nothing to do with crUK | |||
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"I volunteered for a local charity until fairly recently. As a result of this I got included in a supporters mailshot asking for financial donation! The work I did was to support the physiotherapists which enabled them to work with more people so I was in an active, hands on role and had had to undergo lifting and handling training. That's not the reason I stopped work there, nor even a contributing factor, but it did shock me a little. I wasn't in a position to help any charity financially but I had free time so I gave that. It's a good thing the job was so rewarding because otherwise I might have felt my time wasn't worth enough to them. I've grown very tired of the pushy collecting tactics of some charities. The ones that have management that take large salaries can niggle meva bit too. I was recently followed down the street by a Red Cross collector waving a bucket at me and talking at me to try to change my mind after I'd said sorry but no. It was embarrassing and also very stressful because I wasn't well that day, really didn't want to be out and wanted to do what I needed to as quickly as possible and get home. I believe those collection tactics are actually not allowed but it didn't stop him trying it." It is not allowed you are not allowed to even shake collecting boxes. | |||
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"When you have charities paying their Chief Executive more than the Prime Minister, you know something has gone wrong. When you have 2 or 3 charities ALL doing much the same thing, ALL paying their Chief Executives more than the Prime Minister, you know someone is taking the piss (+Gift Aid)." I totally agree with this. A few years ago I (Carl) produced an adult tongue in cheek humour music production. We raised 15k in one show for demelza house which is a children's hospice. The show was a year in the making. Only later to find out that paid the wages for 6 months for the chief executive wages. Not to mention all the other paid managers and area managers who hardly lifted a finger to assist. Hasten to say the following show went direct to a young local cancer sufferer to send her and her family to Disney USA. But to discuss the original point it seems they will try every tactic to grab the last penny. Then ask how much did that advert cost. | |||
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"When you have charities paying their Chief Executive more than the Prime Minister, you know something has gone wrong. When you have 2 or 3 charities ALL doing much the same thing, ALL paying their Chief Executives more than the Prime Minister, you know someone is taking the piss (+Gift Aid). I totally agree with this. A few years ago I (Carl) produced an adult tongue in cheek humour music production. We raised 15k in one show for demelza house which is a children's hospice. The show was a year in the making. Only later to find out that paid the wages for 6 months for the chief executive wages. Not to mention all the other paid managers and area managers who hardly lifted a finger to assist. Hasten to say the following show went direct to a young local cancer sufferer to send her and her family to Disney USA. But to discuss the original point it seems they will try every tactic to grab the last penny. Then ask how much did that advert cost. " | |||
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"When you have charities paying their Chief Executive more than the Prime Minister, you know something has gone wrong. When you have 2 or 3 charities ALL doing much the same thing, ALL paying their Chief Executives more than the Prime Minister, you know someone is taking the piss (+Gift Aid). I totally agree with this. A few years ago I (Carl) produced an adult tongue in cheek humour music production. We raised 15k in one show for demelza house which is a children's hospice. The show was a year in the making. Only later to find out that paid the wages for 6 months for the chief executive wages. Not to mention all the other paid managers and area managers who hardly lifted a finger to assist. Hasten to say the following show went direct to a young local cancer sufferer to send her and her family to Disney USA. But to discuss the original point it seems they will try every tactic to grab the last penny. Then ask how much did that advert cost. " being honest, i think charity adverts get huge discounts, hence they are nver on primetime, but still, cant be free | |||
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"I am trustee of a charity providing headstones for babies and children up to the age of 5 for those parents that cant afford to give their babies that final goodbye, we dont advertise on tv or by paper fliers and we dont drop leaflets through letterboxs, we go by word of mouth and through social media as we think on the whole the money spent advertising is detracting from our goals, none of us take a penny from the organisation if anything we use our own money to bolster any auctions or raffles to enable us to raise the much needed funds, we also try to give freebies away to show that we do really care because we do, we dont want huge amounts of praise all we want it to ease the burden that some families have to bear. i personally find the fact that most charities are using much needed funds to advertise on tv and pay their exec's a huge salary extremely distasteful, surely that money could be better spent elsewhere now my family on a whole donate a lot of money per month to various charities but they are charities we have chosen of our own violition i really dont think that guilt tripping the public into donating works (this is just my personally opinion so please dont bite my head off lol)" I think thats a fabulous charity to be part of, well done xx | |||
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"I think charities need to be more open and show exactly where the breakdown of each pound donated goes. If you could see exactly what you money is helping, then i think more people would donate. " You can find details of income and expenditure on the Charity Commision website. The sad animal adverts annoy me most. | |||
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"I think charities need to be more open and show exactly where the breakdown of each pound donated goes. If you could see exactly what you money is helping, then i think more people would donate. You can find details of income and expenditure on the Charity Commision website. ............." I don't think that's the case in Scotland via OSCR. You can get a total income figure but if you want proper accounts, you have to apply to the charity direct and smaller charities are allowed to refuse on grounds of cost. | |||
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"I think charities need to be more open and show exactly where the breakdown of each pound donated goes. If you could see exactly what you money is helping, then i think more people would donate. You can find details of income and expenditure on the Charity Commision website. ............. I don't think that's the case in Scotland via OSCR. You can get a total income figure but if you want proper accounts, you have to apply to the charity direct and smaller charities are allowed to refuse on grounds of cost." I heard charities only have to give as little as 30% and then the rest will go to wherever else it will go. Do charity companies get taxed anymore than income tax and national insurance? Corporate tax at all? | |||
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"I am trustee of a charity providing headstones for babies and children up to the age of 5 for those parents that cant afford to give their babies that final goodbye, we dont advertise on tv or by paper fliers and we dont drop leaflets through letterboxs, we go by word of mouth and through social media as we think on the whole the money spent advertising is detracting from our goals, none of us take a penny from the organisation if anything we use our own money to bolster any auctions or raffles to enable us to raise the much needed funds, we also try to give freebies away to show that we do really care because we do, we dont want huge amounts of praise all we want it to ease the burden that some families have to bear. i personally find the fact that most charities are using much needed funds to advertise on tv and pay their exec's a huge salary extremely distasteful, surely that money could be better spent elsewhere now my family on a whole donate a lot of money per month to various charities but they are charities we have chosen of our own violition i really dont think that guilt tripping the public into donating works (this is just my personally opinion so please dont bite my head off lol)" | |||
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"I am trustee of a charity providing headstones for babies and children up to the age of 5 for those parents that cant afford to give their babies that final goodbye, we dont advertise on tv or by paper fliers and we dont drop leaflets through letterboxs, we go by word of mouth and through social media as we think on the whole the money spent advertising is detracting from our goals, none of us take a penny from the organisation if anything we use our own money to bolster any auctions or raffles to enable us to raise the much needed funds, we also try to give freebies away to show that we do really care because we do, we dont want huge amounts of praise all we want it to ease the burden that some families have to bear. i personally find the fact that most charities are using much needed funds to advertise on tv and pay their exec's a huge salary extremely distasteful, surely that money could be better spent elsewhere now my family on a whole donate a lot of money per month to various charities but they are charities we have chosen of our own violition i really dont think that guilt tripping the public into donating works (this is just my personally opinion so please dont bite my head off lol) I think thats a fabulous charity to be part of, well done xx" thank you but it really is neccessary and worthwhile, we do our best to help those in need in their darkest hours, we dont do it for thanks or kudos we do it because we genuinely care and it is unfortunatley a very sad fact of life that happens but if we can ease just one persons burden then it is worth every minute and every penny we spend | |||
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"I think charities need to be more open and show exactly where the breakdown of each pound donated goes. If you could see exactly what you money is helping, then i think more people would donate. You can find details of income and expenditure on the Charity Commision website. ............. I don't think that's the case in Scotland via OSCR. You can get a total income figure but if you want proper accounts, you have to apply to the charity direct and smaller charities are allowed to refuse on grounds of cost. I heard charities only have to give as little as 30% and then the rest will go to wherever else it will go. Do charity companies get taxed anymore than income tax and national insurance? Corporate tax at all?" charities get taxed on profits made but exemptions can be made, we are subject to VAT if we have business activities but we can apply for relief and exemptions also corporation tax is also payable and again exemption can be applied for in some instances, its a bit of a dark area to me as i dont really deal with the accounting side but we audit our books at least every 3 months and every 6 its done by an accountant, we personally dont have to pay tax or NI being part of the charity because we personally dont take anything out of it but we do in our everyday jobs | |||
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"I support 2 charities, both mean something to me, The stroke association and a Local Donkey trust, I friends 2 your old had a stroke when she was about 9 months old and has hemiplegia, the SA for obvious reasons and the donkey trust because she goes there along with a good number of other disabled kids to ride the donkeys " i too am hemiplegic and also support stroke charities as my mother suffered a couple of them in her time, i am lucky my hemiplegia only gives me a really bad head and temporary paralysis, they are both whorthwhile causes | |||
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"I am trustee of a charity providing headstones for babies and children up to the age of 5 for those parents that cant afford to give their babies that final goodbye, we dont advertise on tv or by paper fliers and we dont drop leaflets through letterboxs, we go by word of mouth and through social media as we think on the whole the money spent advertising is detracting from our goals, none of us take a penny from the organisation if anything we use our own money to bolster any auctions or raffles to enable us to raise the much needed funds, we also try to give freebies away to show that we do really care because we do, we dont want huge amounts of praise all we want it to ease the burden that some families have to bear. i personally find the fact that most charities are using much needed funds to advertise on tv and pay their exec's a huge salary extremely distasteful, surely that money could be better spent elsewhere now my family on a whole donate a lot of money per month to various charities but they are charities we have chosen of our own violition i really dont think that guilt tripping the public into donating works (this is just my personally opinion so please dont bite my head off lol) I think thats a fabulous charity to be part of, well done xx thank you but it really is neccessary and worthwhile, we do our best to help those in need in their darkest hours, we dont do it for thanks or kudos we do it because we genuinely care and it is unfortunatley a very sad fact of life that happens but if we can ease just one persons burden then it is worth every minute and every penny we spend " My niece recently used a similar charity after she gave birth to a stillborn baby, as she was only so far into the pregnancy it wasnt classed as a "real" baby so she wouldnt have got any help and unable to pay for or be able to think about paying for a funeral a nurse at the hospital put her in touch with the charity and they helped sort everything out, yes I know you dont do it for the thanks but still .....thankyou xx | |||
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"I am trustee of a charity providing headstones for babies and children up to the age of 5 for those parents that cant afford to give their babies that final goodbye, we dont advertise on tv or by paper fliers and we dont drop leaflets through letterboxs, we go by word of mouth and through social media as we think on the whole the money spent advertising is detracting from our goals, none of us take a penny from the organisation if anything we use our own money to bolster any auctions or raffles to enable us to raise the much needed funds, we also try to give freebies away to show that we do really care because we do, we dont want huge amounts of praise all we want it to ease the burden that some families have to bear. i personally find the fact that most charities are using much needed funds to advertise on tv and pay their exec's a huge salary extremely distasteful, surely that money could be better spent elsewhere now my family on a whole donate a lot of money per month to various charities but they are charities we have chosen of our own violition i really dont think that guilt tripping the public into donating works (this is just my personally opinion so please dont bite my head off lol) I think thats a fabulous charity to be part of, well done xx thank you but it really is neccessary and worthwhile, we do our best to help those in need in their darkest hours, we dont do it for thanks or kudos we do it because we genuinely care and it is unfortunatley a very sad fact of life that happens but if we can ease just one persons burden then it is worth every minute and every penny we spend My niece recently used a similar charity after she gave birth to a stillborn baby, as she was only so far into the pregnancy it wasnt classed as a "real" baby so she wouldnt have got any help and unable to pay for or be able to think about paying for a funeral a nurse at the hospital put her in touch with the charity and they helped sort everything out, yes I know you dont do it for the thanks but still .....thankyou xx" awww bless her i am pleased she found one of us to help her, the rules on what term a baby is classed as a baby are so very wrong, i lost a baby to an early miscarriage and its hard i cant even begin to imagine what losing at a later date would have felt like, but the fact that we are out there to help and support and maybe just maybe make an angel parents life a little easier is worth every tear we shed, give your niece a hug for me, it really truly is our honour to do what we do, love and hugs to you all xx | |||
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"I think charities need to be more open and show exactly where the breakdown of each pound donated goes. If you could see exactly what you money is helping, then i think more people would donate. You can find details of income and expenditure on the Charity Commision website. ............. I don't think that's the case in Scotland via OSCR. You can get a total income figure but if you want proper accounts, you have to apply to the charity direct and smaller charities are allowed to refuse on grounds of cost. I heard charities only have to give as little as 30% and then the rest will go to wherever else it will go. Do charity companies get taxed anymore than income tax and national insurance? Corporate tax at all? charities get taxed on profits made but exemptions can be made, we are subject to VAT if we have business activities but we can apply for relief and exemptions also corporation tax is also payable and again exemption can be applied for in some instances, its a bit of a dark area to me as i dont really deal with the accounting side but we audit our books at least every 3 months and every 6 its done by an accountant, we personally dont have to pay tax or NI being part of the charity because we personally dont take anything out of it but we do in our everyday jobs " Corporation tax isn't due for charitable activities. Small charities don't need to report in such detail as larger ones - but they're not likely to be the ones harassing you or paying six figure salaries! | |||
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