Do You give to charity

Mermaids, Rape Crisis, the Albert Kennedy Trust or AKT as it’s now known, UNICEF and the Cats Protection League. And then one off support to various crowdfunding things for surgeries, arts projects, vet fees, housing etc

Yes a womans refuge. I want the staff in charities to be paid well, in my experience charities that rely on volunteers rarely end well.

I give monthly to Devon Air Ambulance and UNICEF, which began as a monthly Paddington pack from around the world for my DGD. Most of my clothes come from charity shops and I support friends or relatives through sponsorship for various good causes when they participate in runs. When I was a young Mum, BLISS was important to me because of my much wanted, long waited daughter needing special care.

I also donate monthly to Mary's Meals and have done so for many years. At the start of the pandemic I started donating monthly to the Trussell Trust. Don't normally contribute to large organisations due to large salaries being paid to their Chief Excutives, etc. but think the Trussell Trust does a good job.

I give monthly donations to our local hospice, Wood Green Animal Rescue and a charity supporting refugees in Calais. I also give less regular donations to the Salvation Army and the Brooke Horse charity.

Yes of course we both donate time and money its our moral responsibility to do so.

I give to MSSociety as my DGD has MS; and to Motor Neurone Disease Association as it was that terrible disease that took my sister from us. I also sponsor a Guide Dog puppy.

Water Aid for many years, Smile Train.

I donate to 7 charities close to my heart every month by direct debit. Have done for years.

Yes, but have changed where we donate. Regular payment to Air Ambulance, local cat rescue and veterans charity.

Food donations when I shop and when a neighbour canvases for food bank donations.

Annually, Poppy Appeal and Salvation Army Christmas Appeal.

I have in the past volunteered but not sure I'll do any more volunteering.

Another, who has donated regularly to Mary's Meals, since it's inception. As paddyanne has said, a minimum of 93p in the pound is spent on charitable activities. No fat salaries here.

Does everyone know about Amazon Smile? Exactly the same as the normal demon Amazon but they give a tiny percentage of what you spend to whichever you choose of a list of charities. Mine is an RSPCA home. The tiny percentages from everyone mount up and every few months they email me to tell me how much my charity has received. It’s a very healthy sum. Apologies if this is coals to Newcastle.

Yes we do.
DH also volunteers for a charity and I help him.

No, I didn't Germanshepherdsmum, thank you.

Mind you, I'm not sure how much they'd get from me!

Biggest support goes to Sightsavers on DD. Ditto Cancer research..
Friends of Cancer, Chest, heart and stroke, foodbank. I consider myself fortunate to have enough to do this. And feel we have to share and help each other if we can.

I am a volunteer and donate to various independent animal charities.

Germanshepherdsmum

Does everyone know about Amazon Smile? Exactly the same as the normal demon Amazon but they give a tiny percentage of what you spend to whichever you choose of a list of charities. Mine is an RSPCA home. The tiny percentages from everyone mount up and every few months they email me to tell me how much my charity has received. It’s a very healthy sum. Apologies if this is coals to Newcastle.

Didn't know. Thanks.

Yes, we have Amazon Smile. Small percentage goes to a pancreatic cancer charity. I say small but the mount I've spent there over the last couple of years amounts to rather a lot!

The grandchildren and youngest AC sponsor dogs at rescue homes. I have a donkey sponsored at Sidmouth and I also am the proud helper of a sloth somewhere or other.

We do a Hospice charity weekly. Won £100 once bt gave it back.

Also send money to Water Aid and the RNLI

I have sponsored homeless teenagers in London for years. Also Women Bishops, Amnesty International and any non-cash donations go to Cancer Research charity shops.

I do not donate regularly to any specific charity regularly but to various ones as I come across them.

This year I am making up bags for Share the Dignity . An Australian charity that provides essential hygiene products for woman and teenagers who are in crisis, fleeing from domestic violence or homeless. The idea is that a collection of essential self care items are put into a bag (handbag or tote etc) These are everyday items that most of us take for granted, pads, tampons, soap, toothpaste, deodorant etc. I will also add some non essential items such as perfume and other bits and pieces.

Yes, I give about 40 hours a week at the moment!! ?

We currently sponsor 6 children between us; one through a large sponsor programme, two that my husband met when doing voluntary work in Kenya and three through a very small Devon-based project that works in Nicaragua.

I think we’ve probably twinned the toilets of most of our friends and family - and all four of our own. And many of our family members have the luxury of ‘owning’ goats, cows, birthing packs, forests, emergency shelter kits etc. courtesy of various charity sponsorship/gift cards.

I have several charities that I give ‘one off’ gifts to and others that I give a monthly donation to and my husband has a separate list of charities that he supports.

The small charity I lead has no paid staff, so all the money collected directly benefits our clients and we publish our accounts every year in our annual report. We have some individuals who give regular amounts of money every month and one man who gives an (anonymous) annual donation of £1000.

For years I have committed to two or three charities, usually one for children, one for the environment and one for animals. I change the specific charities from time to time, depending on what is going on the world. For the first time, in what must be at least about 40 years, I have huge cash flow problems and have had to withdraw my support. That I have done so is actually more distressing than the financial problems that are affecting my life.

We give each month to four different animal charities.

I have a direct debit to the local children's hospice and give to other random causes.

I occasionally give an adhock donation to the local food bank and a regular contribution by direct debit to my church I see so many charity appeals on tv and I try to avoid going that route I also give to the local community Shed by giving the occasional gift for them to sell on. I don’t feel very comfortable naming my charity giving but as this forum is meant to be fairly anonymous I’ve just gone ahead and done it I just think our great country shouldn’t have to give charitable fundings does anyone else agree with me?