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RStar | Report | 14 Jan 2013 15:58 |
I never knew that charities paid big wages to their staff. |
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AnninGlos | Report | 14 Jan 2013 16:14 |
I knew they paid some wages but that is quite an eye opener thank you. |
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GeordiePride | Report | 14 Jan 2013 16:52 |
I believe that in the 1950's a well known charity was exposed in one of the newspapers. It was found that for every £1 collected only 2 pence was used for charity purposes and the rest went in administration charges. |
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RStar | Report | 14 Jan 2013 16:59 |
How sad it is though. I suppose wages have to be paid to get the right people who are experienced, but I've never before considered just how much gets spent on administration and functions promoting the charities. Its a shame, when small charities really struggle to survive! |
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BrendafromWales | Report | 14 Jan 2013 17:03 |
I don't understand some of these charities. |
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RStar | Report | 14 Jan 2013 17:19 |
Brenda, thats really sad. I hope that gentleman can volunteer somewhere else if he wants to? I watched a programme on ch 4 about young carers, a young teenage girl looked after her blind parents and all the children and went to a carers group. She got no help and was at her wits end, it was making her start to bully her younger siblings through the stress - but she was told that she had to carry on or she didnt qualify for the carers group anymore. She told the camera about a friend who had killed herself as she couldnt cope, who was also a young carer. The work carers do is amazing and saves the state a fortune! Some people seem to be making a lot of money from the other very big well known charities..... |
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jax | Report | 14 Jan 2013 18:45 |
I remember many years ago when my ex was a travel agent he told me Lord and Lady whatever was travelling by concord to the US, paid for by the leading charity they were patrons of |
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RStar | Report | 14 Jan 2013 19:10 |
Lord above!!! How odd these things are allowed to happen....but then the people allowing it to happen are the ones benefitting.... |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 14 Jan 2013 19:13 |
Many years ago, my sister worked in Oxfam's headquartes in Oxford. |
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DazedConfused | Report | 14 Jan 2013 19:16 |
Check out how many charities have their headquarters in some of the most expensive parts of London and other major cities. |
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BarbinSGlos | Report | 14 Jan 2013 19:29 |
High St Charity shops have paid managers ok they work very hard. Then there's area managers with company cars petrol expenses and mobiles. Then you have managers above them all with company cars etc. |
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RStar | Report | 14 Jan 2013 19:30 |
I dont really like donating - which sounds bad, BUT the reason is that it doesnt go to people who need it (kids coats or shoes etc for example. Ive donated enough stuff and it just doesnt appear in the shop!!), I put eveything on freecycle and ok, its not immune from fraudsters but I do know that its used by many people who really need it. We've got a family of Roma travellers on my street, they dont bother anyone and are quiet but arent allowed to claim benefits (I dont want to get into the debate of whether they should or not, just saying) and they struggle. Ive given them dolls my daughter doesnt want, and outgrown clothes. They're grateful, and Im pleased the stuff has gone DIRECT to somebody. Im not daft enough to think they dont have cash in hand jobs but hey ho, we all have to do the best for our families. |
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Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond | Report | 14 Jan 2013 19:52 |
I was told recently by the manager of a neighbouring shop that the charity shop for the Samaritans next door to him was refurbished before it opened at a cost of £50,000. I think it's disgraceful, the shop is out of the city centre, on the outskirts so depends mainly on locals or passing traffic for customers and it's in a relatively poor area too. They had two break ins recently, the first not too bad, the second, the burglar took cleaning stuff, tea, coffee and sugar from the kitchen area and rails of men's trousers, sweaters and women's sweaters, no children's stuff. The Manager said they would have to sell £7000 worth of stock to recoup the loss (I think that's what she meant) Due to publicity in the paper about the break in, people have been dropping donations of clothing etc to them to make up the stock deficiency again. |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 14 Jan 2013 21:02 |
.......and then there are the 'charities' called Public schools!! |
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RStar | Report | 14 Jan 2013 21:33 |
My son passed a scholarship exam a couple of years ago but then wasnt given the scholarship, I never found out why. His behaviour is excellent too. I wondered if its because I was on Jobseekers allowance at the time and we didnt seem to be 'the part'. Although its possible that too many kids passed the exam and not all of them could have places of course. We know our place, in t'gutter!! :-D |
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trafiklitedol | Report | 14 Jan 2013 22:28 |
The only donations I give are to the Salvation Army and the Poppy Appeal. Have known for years that most of the money given to charities goes on salaries, such a sad state of affairs because there are so many genuine cases that need help. |
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Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond | Report | 15 Jan 2013 06:42 |
Yet another local charity shop broken into, what low lives do this kind of thing? |
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Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond | Report | 15 Jan 2013 06:43 |
Mention of the Salvation Army reminded me that apparently they own many properties that they let out to their people, at low rents. |