I can no longer afford to support all the charities that I would like to be able to contribute towards, so tend to stick to a few that mean a lot to me. Our local hospice is one I will always give what I can to, have done voluntary work for in one of their shops and helped at events/fundraisers - I even used to take trolleys (that had been abandoned by the cab rank outside the shop) back to supermarkets and collect the £1 coins then pop the money in the till - some weeks that could be £10-£20! Hope that one day I'll be able to do more voluntary work for them.
A local animal charity also gets our support - we donate cash when we can and have given extra a few times when they have had urgent appeals for help. I enter quite a few comps and donate the odd prize when I've been lucky enough to win something they could use (have had cat food, cat milk, horse feed, supplements, various treats and toys etc for the animals + a few bits they could use for raffle prizes or could sell at fundraisers + shopping vouchers). One comp I entered but didn't win even contacted me and offered to donate a few bags of horse feed directly to them as they liked my entry, which I thought was a nice touch and was much-appreciated by the charity. On the rare times I've won a little bit of money I give them a bit extra too (still waiting for that big cash win, lol). My better half and his business partner have given them practical help by supplying some materials and their time to build/fix things, and their company donates cash a few times a year. When I do get my lazy arse into gear to ebay a few bits, I more often than not put the charity donation between 10% and 100% depending on what the item is and its value, as this is a good way for me to be able to give them a little more without making personal finances even tighter. I like being able to give them stuff I know they need.
Apart from the aforementioned hospice and animal charity...there is a wildlife charity, an annual few quid to the Poppy appeal and the odd PDSA raffle tickets - about all I can stretch to these days.
Is there such a thing as delicious ready meals?