Charities in general

Did you know that a donkey sanctuary in Devon received the most donations last year for an animal charity? So far it has raised three million pounds, more than all the homeless charities contribution added up together. In fact British people give three times as much cash to help animal charities than they do people. But when the media blitz us with images of a big tragedy, like they are doing this week, we respond very well, some of the best givers on the planet, the most generous of all for the tsunami, but when we are left to our own devices its donkeys. It's the media and the big charities that deserve the most examination when it comes to saving lives ...

OK so go on - ask me what I did on August Bank Holiday Monday? The answer is obvious really. I took my teddy bear to do a parachute jump for charity - what else? Seriously though, we had friends staying with us over the Bank Holiday weekend, I have this feeling we're going to be VERY popular now we live by the sea! This weekend saw my Goddaughter, Rosie aged 8, visiting with her mom and dad and another friend. At one point after having a bit of a walk round the town with mom and dad Rosie came to me and told me that she'd seen a notice advertising a parachute jump for teddy bears. Now, as you can imagine, I was somewhat sceptical and ...

Having ideas is great, you wake up in the morning and think that you have come up with a solution to a problem or something that was bothering you and you feel fantastic. As I said having them is one thing but acting on them is another! I thought that the recent spate of opinions by people on their favourite thing was a wonderful idea. It was the brainchild of Jill Murphy and marked her forth year being free from cancer. I don?t know about you but I tend to use dooyoo in a certain way. I read and rate the people who read and rate me. They tend to be my friends (in a virtual sense) and those others whose work I like to read. Only very occasionally will ...