Charities in general Reviews

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

This is a bit of an update on the actual expedition taken from my diary. Ariving at Hanoi airport was quite an experience with the baking heat and scary looking communist police but that was nothing to the drive into to city. The bus raced along roads crowded with motorbikes all going wherever they wanted without any kind of road rules. ...

Giving Fishing Rods not Fish A bit of an odd title I know but it is the basis of this story, this relates to a holiday in Kenya that led to a chance meeting that led to further holidays and an ongoing adventure. With it so far? It all sounds a little breathless I know but I promise if you stick with this it will make sense and ...

I do believe that charity organisations have an important place in our society; whether the motive for giving be a genuine compassion for those more needy than ourselves, or a means of quietening our conciences. I choose to give a small proportion of my income to "favourites" by monthly direct debit. But, outside of these, tread ...

You may be surprised to know that most money raised by the general public really struggles to get to the ones who need it. Of the one hundred million dollars sent to the Turkish earthquake relief the government trousered half with a further third going to local building contractors and gangsters (Not including Jeffry Archer). The impoverished ...

There are many thousands of fine institutions up and down this country of ours, which do charitable work for those who need the assistance. Most if not all rely on public donations in order to carry out their valiant work. Some of the larger charities even advertise on TV for donations and unless the advert maker and the TV company give their ...

I just read some opinions about various websites that allow people to contribute to charitable causes by just clicking on banners at a place called Digitalcharity.com. I give all my dooyoo miles to charity because I live in America and can not do anything else with them so I figure I might as well give them to the needy. But ...

Every time you go to town nowadays, there is someone shaking a tin under your nose or selling you the latest copy of the "Big Issue". These people are doing good for the world by collecting money for charity. But are there too many charities and are they choking each other? I think so. I remember being in ...

O.K. - Up-front, this is not going to be one of my longest, or in-depth opinions, but I sincerely hope that you take it in the true context that it’s meant in, and understand what I earnestly hope to achieve by writing it. I personally am very much in favour of the concept of ‘Giving to Charity’ and whenever ...

Don’t you just hate it when someone, usually a complete stranger, asks you for a donation to some charity. I hate it because it puts me in the position of looking like a complete heartless rat if I refuse, and I believe that charitable donations should be given without coercion. If we were to give to every needy cause we came across we ...

...Charity begins at home, so my parents kept reminding me as I set off to do voluntary work as a teenager. Sorry, what I did, I did from choice. What I was burdened with at home was basically child cruelty. I could have used the help of a charity, the N.S.P.C.C., but I didn't realise that other children didn't go through the same ...

Although I give to Great Ormond St by DD, and make occasional donations to charities involved with issues that effect our family (Encephalitis, Autistism,Epilepsy) I am still very cynical about charities. The reason is, I feel that a large slice of the money given by ordinary people, does not actually get to where *they* think it is going. ...

I volunteer part time to help Breast Cancer Research, as it has now struck three members of my family. You may think it strange for a bloke to be supporting Breast Cancer Research, but it something which has affected my life. They need all the help they can get to fight this cause, and they are currentley hold a national raffle ...

Charity begins at home ive heard people say RUBBISH I think that if you have it share a little as you could help 1 person or thousands does not matter we all get self indulged at times even me but we have to stop and think hey im doing ok time to help others . It need not be money you could spare time out to help in shops painting even ...

I give to Charities and will give with a good heart. I will not give to the charities that are paying goodness knows what out to staff and all sorts of other people though as I want the money I give to go to the service that I have given to. Not just a percentage but the lot. I would like to hear that the charities that are to do with ...

"Charity is a part of the life of the nation" is a quotation that I noticed at least 10 years ago, and made by one of the Welsh Charity Commissioners. Since current statistics show that there are around 200,000 registered British charities, we cannot deny that there is truth in that statement. Indeed, there are well-over 20,000 ...

I love charities. No, really, I do. I got a lower degree than I should have done because I spent too much time fundraising and not enough time studying. I left University, started working for a charity as a project worker, changed jobs and became a fundraiser for a different charity. And here I am. I would fundraise for anything ...

Remember the saying charity begins at home well think of all those items put away that you have never got around to throwing out to you they may be junk but to other people they could mean a lot. I try my best to give as much to charity as I can most of the time its money even a few pence can make a difference. I am not saying give all ...