charity? scam

ok i pay monthly direct debit to sos childrens and dogs charity aswell, but a work mate told me that they hardly give any money to the charity they keep most of it themselves. Could this be true? if thats the case id rather save my money and go to countries to give to the poor?

somone must know?

This is the case with a lot of charities. I can't be specific with the ones mentioned but it does happen.

You have to look into the small print of the charity, it will tell you in the small print the %age that actually goes into the care etc.

Someone must know whether a charity you haven't named spends its money ethically?

Someone must know whether a charity you haven't named spends its money ethically?

Pains me to do this to you

ok i pay monthly direct debit to sos childrens and dogs charity aswell, but a work mate told me that they hardly give any money to the charity they keep most of it themselves. Could this be true? if thats the case id rather save my money and go to countries to give to the poor?

ok il check with them tommorow

Pains me to do this to you

I think sos means "some old shite"?

I think sos means "some old $#@!e"?

i meant sos children,http://www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk/children-charity.htm

If it's SOS Children's Villages, you could check out their website. A quick Google reveals an article in which they talk about the difficulty of comparing costs, but they make the point several times that their philosophy is to keep costs to the minimum. Their accounts are also online.

There may not be a simple answer to your question, but I agree that contacting them is much better than relying on what your mate said or listening to other uninformed speculation.

Edit: as usual, too slow.

Unfortunately admin fees takes the majority of the cost in making a donation. I can't remember who it was now but the last time I enquired it was something like 84% admin fees and 16% to the charity.....

Therefore making the whole thing a waste of fooking time and money.......

H.

If it's SOS Children's Villages, you could check out their website. A quick Google reveals an article in which they talk about the difficulty of comparing costs, but they make the point several times that their philosophy is to keep costs to the minimum. Their accounts are also online.

 

There may not be a simple answer to your question, but I agree that contacting them is much better than relying on what your mate said or listening to other uninformed speculation.

il give them a call to check how much they take out of it, it would be a shame out of the 20 pounds i give to sos that only 5 pounds went to children

Some may say, this is a way for you to highlight that you give £20 a month to charity.

Im not one of them, im just saying.

majority of them suck down a lot of donations to fund their organisations! best thing is to actually give to the biggest organisations like oxfam and red cross as they give a higher % to the needy.

Some may say, this is a way for you to highlight that you give £20 a month to charity.

 

Im not one of them, im just saying.

thats just the childrens one i also give to the animals etc, just would be a shame if only a little tiny amount went to them

ok i pay monthly direct debit to sos childrens and dogs charity aswell, but a work mate told me that they hardly give any money to the charity they keep most of it themselves. Could this be true? if thats the case id rather save my money and go to countries to give to the poor?

somone must know?

12 minutes between posts. Nobody owes you an answer that quickly. Don't be so pushy.

If I won millions and millions and wanted to give money to charity, I think I would set my own charity up and give that way so as to avoid the admin costs

thats just the childrens one i also give to the animals etc, just would be a shame if only a little tiny amount went to them

If a charity is run like a business, it might be worth paying a decent salary to a team capable of distributing the funds in the best way.

Would you rather 100 percent of the money was scattered by helicopter over a large area, or 50 percent was handed to the neediest?

You know what I think is a scam? That "postcode lottery" thing I keep seeing advertised.

Apparently "Charity Starts At Home!"

Not at my home it doesn't all I get are letters asking me for money, once I get a letter that gives me money, I'll start dishing some of that out......

H.

Apparently "Charity Starts At Home!"

 

Not at my home it doesn't all I get are letters asking me for money, once I get a letter that gives me money, I'll start dishing some of that out......

 

H.

We must get two a week of those charity bag things through the letter box that you're supposed to leave out on your doorstep (full or not) the following monday or whatever.

I take great pleasure in just binning them. If I want to give to a charity I will (and do), but I'm not going to piss about having to remember to leave the bag thing out.

We must get two a week of those charity bag things through the letter box that you're supposed to leave out on your doorstep (full or not) the following monday or whatever.

 

I take great pleasure in just binning them. If I want to give to a charity I will (and do), but I'm not going to piss about having to remember to leave the bag thing out.

They don't seem to collect the empty bags left outside anyway. They make great bin-liners!

They make great bin-liners!

Do you know, I'd never even thought of that, good idea.

Do you know, I'd never even thought of that, good idea.

...To follow on from the idea, Garbage men wont take bins over flowing now or bags next to bins.

fill up the bag and give to Charity, problem solved

...To follow on from the idea, Garbage men wont take bins over flowing now or bags next to bins.

Ours do actually, they're pretty good with that. Our bin is often overflowing as I've forgotten to put it out the week before, or I've left a bin bag next to the bin but they've always taken it.

And so they bloody should, when I were a lad you didn't have to put the bin out, they'd bloody well go collect it from round the side of the house themselves. All this were nowt but fields then too.