joanne5600 Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 I am on the committee for a small charity for children with learning disabilities and their families - we do all our own fundraising and beleive me its hard - all the big companies are in there before us and we struggle as we are not as recognised. So if anyone wants to spare some time/consider doing some fundraising events get in touch.. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janie48 Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Hi I think a prime example of this was live aid Bob Geldof organised, he raised millions of pounds i think it was Africa whom he raised the money for, About four years after the live aid he went back to Africa the first words he said was where has the money gone, nothing had changed no money ever got to them and they had raised millions and millions of pounds for among other things the Children of Africa they got nothing. Yet Live aid is still operating,and sending aid to Ethiopia and other parts of Africa.Midge Ure returned to the same places twenty five years after and saw a massive difference with schools and hospitals built that the charity had provided,but of course there can never be enough to help with all the repeated droughts and famines they keep experiencing due to climate change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidley Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Yet Live aid is still operating,and sending aid to Ethiopia and other parts of Africa.Midge Ure returned to the same places twenty five years after and saw a massive difference with schools and hospitals built that the charity had provided,but of course there can never be enough to help with all the repeated droughts and famines they keep experiencing due to climate change. Hi janie This is a good read i would not know subscribe to anything like this now and there are many more articles like this. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1394154/Live-Aids-corrosive-legacy-David-Cameron-UKs-overseas-aid-budget.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I1L2T3 Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Most charities especially the bigger ones have forgotten their way. Not most but some have. It's hard to believe that the sick culture of excessive pay for executives has started to embed into the charity sector. Also, I know of one charity with a fundraising machine so efficient that because of the way their delivery is structured (using a highly limited supply of specialist staff who can only volunteer for short periods of the year) they can't possibly spend all the money they raise, but still the fundraising machine rumbles on collecting more and more money that stockpiles in the charity's coffers. This takes money away from other charities that work in the same parts of the world delivering really good outcomes at low costs per person but not able to reach out to everybody they could help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairyloon Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Also, I know of one charity with a fundraising machine so efficient that because of the way their delivery is structured (using a highly limited supply of specialist staff who can only volunteer for short periods of the year) they can't possibly spend all the money they raise... Why not hire more staff... or pay the ones they have got? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janie48 Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Hi janie This is a good read i would not know subscribe to anything like this now and there are many more articles like this. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1394154/Live-Aids-corrosive-legacy-David-Cameron-UKs-overseas-aid-budget.html Yes Kidley i've seen articles like that before from the cynical views of newspaper journalists In no way am i saying we shouldn't be wary of who and what we choose to donate to and certainly fundraising from charity groups should be open to question and scrutiny.Thats why we have a separate organisation "Charity Commission" which operates to investigate whether charities are legitimate and no fraud is involved. Obviously it does happen and thats when genuine charities can become stigmatised,but as i said before if everyone was suspicious of all charities and lost all trust the result would be a disaster with no donors,can anyone say that would be a good thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dromedary Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 while some or all of what you claim might or might not be true i'd make the observation that there are advantages for charities to operate their trading activities via a private limited company. Yes that may be true but it all depends where the money from that PLC company goes, and in the HFH scenario none of it gets passed on to the charity it represents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairyloon Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Thats why we have a separate organisation "Charity Commission" which operates to investigate whether charities are legitimate and no fraud is involved. There doesn't have to be fraud for moneys donated to be used less charitably than the donor's intent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janie48 Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 There doesn't have to be fraud for moneys donated to be used less charitably than the donor's intent. True,its probably a good idea to do a little research though before deciding who to donate to, because anyone can set up a charity. An established large charity will have its financial details available for the public to view.I suppose its because of that people are more aware of the various expenditure involved and have become more cautious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfish1936 Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 I deal with a few charities I know about. The local Rural Fire Service - mainly volunteer people, need funds to buy equipment; A medical emergency charity working in 3rd world countries; A few other similar ones. My wife supports a "sporting wheelies" group (gets cross with me when I tell her the "snorting weasels" are calling!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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