Charities

[MarillionFan]

I am presently planning a Charity Trek which Im hoping that CUK members will give to. Knowing what a generous lot contractors are I'm sure you'll be giving.

Effectively it's going to be called Chasing The Aurora. I need to be able to raise the money for a train fair to the Yorkshire Moors an the hire of a pushbike where I then plan to cycle around at night with a camera and stay at inexpensive 5 star hotels and eat in cheap Michelin star restaurants.

I've done some calculations and it's going to cost around
£10k. Once I've raised the necessary fees anything after that is going to go to a charity of some kind.

Please give generously.

 

[Paddy]

I am presently planning a Charity Trek which Im hoping that CUK members will give to. Knowing what a generous lot contractors are I'm sure you'll be giving.

Effectively it's going to be called Chasing The Aurora. I need to be able to raise the money for a train fair to the Yorkshire Moors an the hire of a pushbike where I then plan to cycle around at night with a camera and stay at inexpensive 5 star hotels and eat in cheap Michelin star restaurants.

I've done some calculations and it's going to cost around
£10k. Once I've raised the necessary fees anything after that is going to go to a charity of some kind.

Please give generously.

Some years ago I did a stint at a charity, most of the money was raised from gifts, the money was invested and the profits used for the charity. Collecting from sponsored events and street collections were just PR stunts. They used to organise collection days where members of staff would rattle tines. It would involve staff staying away overnight and coming back next day. The hotel bill would be around £200, plus travel £60 plus meals etc. They normally raised about £100 per person.

 

[MarillionFan]

Some years ago I did a stint at a charity, most of the money was raised from gifts, the money was invested and the profits used for the charity. Collecting from sponsored events and street collections were just PR stunts. They used to organise collection days where members of staff would rattle tines. It would involve staff staying away overnight and coming back next day. The hotel bill would be around £200, plus travel £60 plus meals etc. They normally raised about £100 per person.

Had some mates at Uni who one night got dressed up in fancy dress, got a bucket, put a load of coins in it and
headed out on the town for comic relief or some such thing at the time. First pub they ask and do a rattle, round thanking everyone. Next pub they turned up didn't rattle it but bought themselves a beer from the bucket. They did this for the whole night , got wasted before spending the remainder on a curry, taxi home and beers from the
offy. Disgraceful.

 

[mudskipper]

Had some mates at Uni who one night got dressed up in fancy dress, got a bucket, put a load of coins in it and
headed out on the town for comic relief or some such thing at the time. First pub they ask and do a rattle, round thanking everyone. Next pub they turned up didn't rattle it but bought themselves a beer from the bucket. They did this for the whole night , got wasted before spending the remainder on a curry, taxi home and beers from the
offy. Disgraceful.

When I was in the civil service, they used to do that with leaving collections. A couple of people would go into town to buy a present. Parking, petrol and a boozy lunch were legitimate expenses to be deducted from the collected fund. Shocking.

 

[Paddy]

When I was in the civil service, they used to do that with leaving collections. A couple of people would go into town to buy a present. Parking, petrol and a boozy lunch were legitimate expenses to be deducted from the collected fund. Shocking.

The trick with leaving presents is to write on the envelope the amount each person donates, eg £10 or so each, hand the envelope to the management and ask them to donate and then and then give the money back to the co-workers. Buy the gift with only what management gave.

 

[oscarose]

with leaving presents

for permy back slapping.

I thought this was a contractors forum

Next.

 

[d000hg]

Some charities are very good. My sister-in-law works for Royal Blind Society Home Page. - very very low fund raising costbase. There are a couple of others we support too.

It's probably like regular business. Some work hard to generate profit for their shareholders, others are a corrupt shambles.

If you want to give but don't like "corporate charity" then find a local care home or a church which does work in the community or a youth centre or a food bank or similar... feed into your local area.
There are thousands of people scraping by on £10k a year, dedicated to trying to keep youths off the street by organising a local football team or whatever... they will really use every penny.

 

[mudskipper]

It's probably like regular business. Some work hard to generate profit for their shareholders, others are a corrupt shambles.

If you want to give but don't like "corporate charity" then find a local care home or a church which does work in the community or a youth centre or a food bank or similar... feed into your local area.
There are thousands of people scraping by on £10k a year, dedicated to trying to keep youths off the street by organising a local football team or whatever... they will really use every penny.

Must admit I was surprised by the figures on the charity commission website - hundreds of millions - makes the sort of funds raised by children in need or sports relief look like pin money. You're right in that a tiny fraction of that amount would make a phenomenal difference in so many communitites.