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Xmas present for 3rd world ?
Came across this by accident...........
http://savethechildren.sandbag.uk.co...8--seeds+.html Seems like a good idea ! -- Jenny (the Netherlands) remove squirrel to reply |
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Xmas present for 3rd world ?
JennyC wrote: Came across this by accident........... http://savethechildren.sandbag.uk.co...8--seeds+.html Seems like a good idea ! It's lovely. I like the 'sneezing elephant' gift. I might offer this one ) |
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Xmas present for 3rd world ?
On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 18:19:15 +0200, "JennyC"
wrote: Came across this by accident........... http://savethechildren.sandbag.uk.co...8--seeds+.html Seems like a good idea ! How much of the £10 you give will actually be used to buy seeds? £1? £2? And how much will be used for a new BMW or computer for the MD of Save the children? |
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"The Invalid" wrote in message ... On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 18:19:15 +0200, "JennyC" wrote: Came across this by accident........... http://savethechildren.sandbag.uk.co...8--seeds+.html Seems like a good idea ! How much of the £10 you give will actually be used to buy seeds? £1? £2? And how much will be used for a new BMW or computer for the MD of Save the children? Exactly :-(( Saw a 'wonderful' example of how money was wasted at the RNLI and have never subscribed since and on talking about it, was given even more examples. Such as the Inflatable Repair Station at East Cowes HAD to spend their property maintenance budget quickly for a certain year or it would not be allocated the next year. So they re painted the buildings, even though they did not need it. If you DO wish to subscribe the RNLI, make it a personal donation for a certain piece of equipment at a lifeboat station itself :-)) Been there, done that, got the RNLI sticker :-)) Mike |
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The Invalid writes
On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 18:19:15 +0200, "JennyC" wrote: Came across this by accident........... http://savethechildren.sandbag.uk.co...8--seeds+.html Seems like a good idea ! How much of the £10 you give will actually be used to buy seeds? £1? £2? And how are you going to get your £1 or £2 worth of seeds to the right place any cheaper? Or are you saying that it's better not to give at all just in case some of the money is not used as wisely as you hope. There is a web (sorry, have lost the url) which summarises for all the major charities the proportion of donations that go to administration costs. -- Kay |
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"K" wrote in message ... The Invalid writes On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 18:19:15 +0200, "JennyC" wrote: Came across this by accident........... http://savethechildren.sandbag.uk.co...8--seeds+.html Seems like a good idea ! How much of the £10 you give will actually be used to buy seeds? £1? £2? And how are you going to get your £1 or £2 worth of seeds to the right place any cheaper? Or are you saying that it's better not to give at all just in case some of the money is not used as wisely as you hope. I would love to be able to send seed directly to people but that is of course inpractical. There is a web (sorry, have lost the url) which summarises for all the major charities the proportion of donations that go to administration costs. Kay Found this: http://www.savethechildren.org/financial/index.asp Ans a survey on how much we trust charities: http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk...eytrustrpt.pdf Jenny |
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JennyC wrote: I would love to be able to send seed directly to people but that is of course inpractical. Last year when we wanted to give money to the Pakistan earth quaker disaster and I spent perhaps a whole day in total searching the web looking for organisations on the ground trying to understand what system was in place to help those poor people. In a forum I found a young student who was studying in the state. He had returned to Pakistan and kept a diary of his accounts there. Through him I found an organisation based at the university of Asad Jammu - where women and children were brought after the earthquake. I checked it with some friends in Bradford and donated the money directly to them. |
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On 14/10/06 09:55, in article , "K"
wrote: The Invalid writes On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 18:19:15 +0200, "JennyC" wrote: Came across this by accident........... http://savethechildren.sandbag.uk.co...8--seeds+.html Seems like a good idea ! How much of the £10 you give will actually be used to buy seeds? £1? £2? And how are you going to get your £1 or £2 worth of seeds to the right place any cheaper? Or are you saying that it's better not to give at all just in case some of the money is not used as wisely as you hope. There is a web (sorry, have lost the url) which summarises for all the major charities the proportion of donations that go to administration costs. This 'what proportion' thing is always difficult. On the one hand a charity does have admin costs and some would say that professional fund raisers justify their salaries because of the contacts and professional approach they bring to such things. I used to be the local chairman of the Leukaemia Research Fund, which used to give a high proportion of each £1 to the charity, from what I remember. In the end, I think people tend to give to the charity that most affects them or someone they know, or which appeals to their personal interest and imagination. For example, Ian Botham is a strong supporter of the LRF and I was chairman when he first became involved. That was not because members of his family had leukaemia but was because he had seen children with it and had become so emotionally involved that he felt he must do what he could to help. He did one of his famous walks for us, round the 12 parishes and if it wasn't the first, it was certainly one of the earliest ones. He's gone on to give great publicity ever since. The RNLI gets my whole-hearted support because they do an immensely dangerous job, entirely as volunteers, except for the engineers who are, I think, retained on a full time basis for obvious reasons. What it would cost for a government funded service on the same basis and how it would be run isn't something I care to think about! This breakdown from their own site speaks for itself: "Our running costs averaged around £330,000 (€484,510) per day in 2005. For every £1 raised, 78p was spent on operations, 3p was spent on support and 19p was spent on fundraising." There's another excellent charity called Intermediate Technology which also gives simple tools and seeds to third world countries so that they can feed themselves without the cost of oil, petrol and repairs to machinery. I see that they're now called Practical Action: http://www.itdg.org.uk/ The awful thing in terms of decisions is how many charities there are needing and deserving support - the leaflets just pour into the mail at this time of year. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ |
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"Sacha" wrote in message ... On 14/10/06 09:55, in article , "K" "Our running costs averaged around £330,000 (?484,510) per day in 2005. For every £1 raised, 78p was spent on operations, 3p was spent on support and 19p was spent on fundraising." -- Sacha South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ and you don't question the heading 'operations', 'support' or 'fundraising'? Under what heading would the petrol and car running expenses for 3 or 4 suited gentlemen to travel from Poole to Southampton. Over on the Red Funnel Car Ferry to East Cowes to the Inflatable Depot. Jump into the Yard Launch with further members of the depot at about noon, cruise up river to the Folly Inn and have lunch, then cruise back at about 3 00 pm and then depart back to Poole via the Car Ferry.. How many little school girls have held front garden sales and raised their few 'very important pounds to them', only to have it spent on some 'jolly' for those in Head Office. RNLI STINKS at Head Office level and people like Hubbard are sucked in by the paperwork and advertising :-((( Give the money to where it works. Buy equipment for the Stations. Mike |
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Sacha writes
This 'what proportion' thing is always difficult. On the one hand a charity does have admin costs and some would say that professional fund raisers justify their salaries because of the contacts and professional approach they bring to such things. Snip The awful thing in terms of decisions is how many charities there are needing and deserving support - the leaflets just pour into the mail at this time of year. Which is of course exactly why charities need their professional fund raisers. They can no longer rely on it being 'a good cause' - they're competing with all the other good causes. And that requires being able to hire good publicisers. -- Kay |
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On 14/10/06 13:07, in article , "K"
wrote: Sacha writes This 'what proportion' thing is always difficult. On the one hand a charity does have admin costs and some would say that professional fund raisers justify their salaries because of the contacts and professional approach they bring to such things. Snip The awful thing in terms of decisions is how many charities there are needing and deserving support - the leaflets just pour into the mail at this time of year. Which is of course exactly why charities need their professional fund raisers. They can no longer rely on it being 'a good cause' - they're competing with all the other good causes. And that requires being able to hire good publicisers. I'm afraid so. It's a double edged sword. A year or so after we launched the LRF in Jersey, we held a drinks party and invited as many of the island's great and good (i.e. rich!) as we could think of so as to swell our ranks of supporters. I had an understandably irate phone call from someone who accused us of using donations to give a party and I was relieved to be able to tell her that the whole thing, down to the last peanut, had been paid for by a couple of generous people and had cost the charity nothing but had considerably raised its profile and its mailing list. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ |
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Xmas present for 3rd world ?
"JennyC" wrote in message ... Came across this by accident........... http://savethechildren.sandbag.uk.co...8--seeds+.html Seems like a good idea ! Yes, just wish it didn't mention T*chm*rsh :-( Mary Not a fan |
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Xmas present for 3rd world ?
"Mary Fisher" wrote in message . net... "JennyC" wrote in message ... Came across this by accident........... http://savethechildren.sandbag.uk.co...8--seeds+.html Seems like a good idea ! Yes, just wish it didn't mention T*chm*rsh :-( Mary Not a fan I'd also much prefer a budding Monty Don :~) Jenny |
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On 15/10/06 17:16, in article
, "Mary Fisher" wrote: "JennyC" wrote in message ... Came across this by accident........... http://savethechildren.sandbag.uk.co...8--seeds+.html Seems like a good idea ! Yes, just wish it didn't mention T*chm*rsh :-( Celebrity works. It most seriously works. A couple of months ago we looked at the menu outside the New Angel in Dartmouth (John Burton Race) where the food is *wonderful*. However, the prices have taken a real upwards hike but I heard someone say "not that expensive when you think he's on TV and everything". Hmmmm! I wonder if Titch gets paid for supporting charities and of course, we will probably never know but I do hope the answer is 'not'. I'm sure he can be as hard-nosed a businessman as the next person but there is no doubt he's a 'draw'. Botham doesn't get paid, AFAIK, though at the time I was involved, he did have to wear a Nike cap and not an LRF one! John Nettles did a mass of fantastic and free stuff for us in Jersey, turning out on many, many weekends at various things with the Bergemobile, as did Sean Arnold, his 'sergeant' in Bergerac. So did Jack Higgins (Harry Patterson real name) and all brought in loads of punters, to be frank. They were just SO generous with their time, patience, kindness to those who wanted to meet them or be photographed with them, that I remember them with fondness when reading about some wannabe throwing a tantrum! One is a personal friend that I've known for many years but ALL are genuinely nice to be with people who were very aware that the public made them famous, so the public (and charity) deserved some of their time. I never heard a syllable of 'moan' from any of them at giving up yet another Saturday/Sunday to sit at yet another féte. Love 'em or hate 'em, there is some public attraction to people who are famous, however briefly! Look at the recent brouhaha over Madonna. Whatever one may think of it, people have been made strongly aware that there are orphans in Malawi, needing loving families. It works. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ |
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