Genes for Jeans Day

[jmo21]

An inyeresting take on charity I wad told by a friend.

His works with a buy who refuses to give to charity for the resons you mention. Instead whenever he travels to a word world country wbar he does is this - finds a well deserving individual who has an interesting story to tell and has performed some favours for him.

He was in Cambodia last year. His Wickshore driver was saving up to study to be an accountant. He didn't have his own motor - he was renting it and that meant he didn't get to save anything. So, he went to an ATM, withdrew 500 quid or so and but the little guy a motor.

Typing on an iPad were we?

[d000hg]

An inyeresting take on charity I wad told by a friend.

His works with a buy who refuses to give to charity for the resons you mention. Instead whenever he travels to a word world country wbar he does is this - finds a well deserving individual who has an interesting story to tell and has performed some favours for him.

Sounds more like goes and pays for some ad hoc hooker action to me.

[TheFaQQer]

Check here:
Find charities - Charity Commission

You need to search for GENETIC DISORDERS UK

stupid Charity commission web site doesn't let you link directly to the appropriate data

Linky

[TheFaQQer]

Q. What happens to my £2 donation?
A. Genes for Jeans takes their cut. What’s left over is donated to related charities in the UK or abroad. That 2nd charity will take their cut and will eventually be spent on anything from advertising to research. Paddy’s gestimate (based on other charities) is less than 10p
I call it a scam.

60.5% goes on charitable activities, so from your £2 it would be £1.21

Close with your < 10p estimate.

[Paddy]

60.5% goes on charitable activities, so from your £2 it would be £1.21

Close with your < 10p estimate.

What is a "charitable activity"? Placing an advert in a newspaper? Doing a survey?

[DaveB]

60.5% goes on charitable activities, so from your £2 it would be £1.21

Close with your < 10p estimate.

Less than that. Actual spend on charitable activities was £0.95m from an income of £1.85m so the percentage of your £2 that gets spent on what you think it will be spent on is 51%, or £1.02

If that spend is actually in the form of donations to other charities and the same relative spends apply then it's down to about 50p

Their classification entry states:

• MAKES GRANTS TO ORGANISATIONS
• PROVIDES SERVICES
• PROVIDES ADVOCACY / ADVICE / INFORMATION
• SPONSORS OR UNDERTAKES RESEARCH
• ACTS AS AN UMBRELLA OR RESOURCE BODY

So a good chunk of what they get is not actually spent themselves but given to other charities.

[Dactylion]

Typing on an iPad were we?

I don't think what chunk does could be called typing. It looks like he is using his fists rather than fingers.

[Spacecadet]

I always wear jeans to work on a Friday.

But tomorrow I've got my graduation so will be dressing up as Harry Potter (with a nice dress underneath).

wouldn't that make you Hermione Granger?

[Old Greg]

wouldn't that make you Professor McGonagall?

FTFY

[Spacecadet]

FTFY

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