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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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i work for a major charitythe salaries aren't as high as you lot seem to think
they are however, competitive. this is because everyone has to pay bills, and if you pay peanuts, you get fucking monkeys. incompetent fucking monkeys.
you know how hard it is to get money out of joe public for things that don't directly affect them?
seriously, while there are charities out there that are not giving a good impression (chuggers, questionable finance use etc) the vast majority are made up of a lot of people working VERY fucking hard for their below-average salaries, and a lot more people working very hard for nothing at all. the spend in the pound is different from charity to charity. generally, offshore causes, i'm looking at oxfam, water aid, etc, have a higher media spend as they have to do more advertising to get known. this is because whereas there's a lot of us who will know say, someone who's had a macmillan nurse, a relative in a marie curie hospice, seen great romond street on tv etc, others need more of a push to get into the public domain.
it might seem mercenary, and, to a point, it is, the difference being that unlike a business, the 'profits' ie the gap between operating costs and money made, goes into doing somethign positive for the world.
to answer the original question, i generally volunteer my useful skills. already done some video and photography work for some charities, and hopefully next year, will be heading out to remote areas of either india or africa, with a charity called Sightsavers (cataract operations for third world countries) to make a short film, and photograph, blog, tweet and so on their work in those areas. for me, this is more useful longer-term than say, sitting in a bathtub full of beans or jumping out of a plane, but that doesn't mean those things aren't essential and positive for charities.
if you want to point the finger of shame, point it at the people who would rather sit and spout nonsense about not giving to charity because of some perceived financial iniquities, but don't then turn round and try to donate money/time/energy on other ways.
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Why should people have to pay towards a charity or risk the wrath of the finger of shame?Most of them are run as a business, with questionable practices and high admin costs. You really are a dick.
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Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 11:40,
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