Charity choice

[Martin]

I'm looking for a charity - a REAL one..........Having collected throught the summer for a major charity (which will remain nameless), I was horrified to find that they have a chunk of trendy and doubtless power-guzzling office block in London (doubtless at vast expense), and appear to give light paid work for a bunch of hooray Henriettas.
Further enquiries show that 23% of what they raise goes on "expenses"........
Am I being perfectionist, or shouldn't a REAL charity be entirely voluntary, with ALL the funds raised going to the needy?
Any suggestions for a good charity for next year's collections?

[Stonehead]

Have a look at http://www.guidestar.org.uk/

If you use the search facility, it gives you a wide variety of options to find the charity/charities of your choice.

[Martin]

excellent! - I'll let you know how I get on!

[the.fee.fairy]

Aw, that's a shame Martin.

Good luck with a real charity.

Personally, i can recommend BLISS - they do work for premature babies and birth problems. Being a premature baby myself, i am forever in their debt.

Or, how about a local hospice, or hospital - buy an incubator or something? Then you know exactly where the money's going and what they're going to get out of it.

[mrsflibble]

Childline or GOSH for me, both very worthy causes...



BUT on a personal note, if i make enough money at any point i will be going to my local WHCM councelling place and giving them £892.50. that is the LOSS which they made while they put me back together after a breakdown topped off with PND. they charged me £3 a week, making a £42 loss per week. i had 17 sessions, but they also managed to accomodate my hubby's working pattern (to cover childcare) so I only had sessions 3 weeks out of every 4.