Do You give to charity

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

Water Aid for many years, Smile Train.

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.

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

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.

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 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.

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.

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. Cancer Research, DH and son in law having treatment. RSPCA and Cats’ Protection where our rescue animals come from. Battersea Dogs’and Cats’ Home.
Salvation Army as DD works with the homeless.

Yes. Large charities can't manage themselves so I don't worry about reasonable admin costs.

I give a monthly about to SightSavers a charity which does incredible work curing trachoma an agonising eye condition. I have very poor eyesight and think that if I was in a developing country without glasses/opticians I would be unable to see to do the daily tasks. I'm grateful for my good fortune and try to give others a leg up.

My mother devoted the last decade of her active life to raising money for AnimalsAsia who save poor bears from horrible conditions. I was so proud of her.

Yes I do.

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I tend to tick the box that says "add an extra donation of £1" to xyz when I buy things online.

Apart from that I usually give to food banks but now I am getting deliveries I need to figure that out. I wish there was an option for it when online shopping

I buy a few extra extra goods in my order and when I have a bag full, pop them to a food bank collection point - sometimes at an actual food bank, or in a box at a local supermarket ( they accept food bought elsewhere) or through a local appeal on FB. I’m also very active in the WI and we have regular food collections for a local homeless charity.

An option when ordering food would be a good idea although I like to prefer very local groups rather than big name charities.

I have a monthly direct debit to our local hospice, plus support their regular appeals and fund raising events. Used to support the Dog's Trust until I saw how much was deducted for salaries and "administration fees", so now it's the local cattery that gets it.

Yes, I do.

I give to man who feeds feral cats.

I tend to tick the box that says "add an extra donation of £1" to xyz when I buy things online.

Apart from that I usually give to food banks but now I am getting deliveries I need to figure that out. I wish there was an option for it when online shopping

Yes, animal charities.

I have monthly payments to two children's charity and a homeless charity. I also do a monthly lottery for our local air ambulance. OH also has a number of charities that he supports monthly. Back in the day, when I had cash on me I always used to give all my loose change to a charity if stopped in the street and I also regularly give and buy from charity shops. With regard to the costs of running charities, the big charities need good staff so I don't object to them paying decent wages. My niece has worked for a number of charities and we always donate to them too, currently she works for Sight Savers, she's a clever woman with a master's and could earn heaps more if she worked outside of the charity sector. I certainly don't begrudge her a penny of what she is paid and over the years she has lived in some very difficult and dangerous places eg Liberia, Darfur not for the faint hearted!

Yes to local hospice regularly, a local woman’s refuge and food bank lump sums twice a year.

Yes - I work on the assumption that whilst a lot of it might not reach its target -if you give nothing then whose who need it will definitely get nothing. I give to several charities - again assuming that some of it might get through.

I donate to the local hospice and the special care baby unit at our local hospital.

Yes I give to charities but it is small charities that are not big organisations. Mary’s Meals Little Mouse, a charity providing books and encouraging children to read them in Laos, I also get my toilet paper from Don’t Give a Crap which donates 50% of is profits to building toilets in Africa. We have helped several people from Laos through college or Uni by paying their fees and give a yearly donation to a school in Laos that teaches English to village children. Also give to the food bank on a regular basis. When you see how other people are living it makes you grateful for you have.

Any books that I have written have gone to charities and any money after printing costs are taken out goes to them. That includes animals and veteran charities.
I am more than pleased to say that the main one which is my local Childrens Hospice has received well over a 4 figure sum to help the children with equipment to help keep them alive.