Allsorts
It worries me the high admin and advertising some charities have along with highly paid staff. Doing my research and am appalled at some, I support Salvation Army as I read what a high percentage goes to the people they are there to help, however they also have a big advert on tv.
Running a national or international charity is exactly the same as running a large corporation. If that charity is to succeed in reaching its goals and be efficiently and effectively managed then it follows that those in senior management should be paid accordingly.
The organisation is the charity - not the people who work for it.
If for example the CEO of the RNLI stepped down and a less experienced person took on the role resulting in a drop in fundraising, low staff morale and a drop in the number of volunteers surely that would be a bad thing?
I worked in the charitable sector for over 30 years and I can safely say that the majority of charity workers work longer hours, have way fewer perks and are prepared to make more personal sacrifices than most in the private or public sector.
It may be different now, but employed fundraisers usually worked on a 1/10 cost benefit ratio. I.e for every pound it cost the charity, £10 should be raised.
