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Sarnia Tue 29-Jul-25 13:15:14

Ever since the freeloaders who go on holidays without insurance or need money for trivia arrived on Just Giving, I donate direct.

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pably15 Tue 29-Jul-25 12:54:40

I was taken in by that too, a little girl in my grandsons class at primary school, had some type of cancer, I and many others donated, and it wasn't till I had confirmed that I noticed a 20% extra fee....now I never donate to just giving pages.

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Whiff Tue 29-Jul-25 12:48:05

I have always donated directly to any charity that way I know they get what I give .

Thank you about the warning Greenfinch.

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Greenfinch Tue 29-Jul-25 10:09:03

A dear cousin died recently and we were encouraged to donate to a local hospice via a Just Giving page. I went through all the motions : posting a message, giving my credit card details and address only to discover at the very end that they had added a fee of 20 %. Fortunately I had not pressed the confirm button so am now in the process of sending the donation directly to the hospice. I have since been reading up about Just Giving and their unacceptable profit margins. How can they justify it? Many of you will obviously be aware of this but a word of warning to the naive like myself. Don’t be sucked in . Donate direct.

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