Which charities to give to?

Amazon Smile for the Macular Society

d/ds for London air ambulance and Battersea

Donations to my local Cat Protection League which has no highly paid CEOs (locally). There is a more local branch opening soon so if possible I will donate my time.

Our local Acorns childrens hospice is in danger of closing as they are struggling for funds. We are trying to help as much as we can. We have a small direct debit set up and will donate what we can at Christmas.

Can I mention the Spinal Injuries Association? They do fabulous work.

Local charities

Decided on Salvation Army and Action for Children ....so many needy causes, wish I had more money to spare.....

Mitts? That's Notts, you wretched predictive thingy... Bah!

Lincs & Mitts Air Ambulance plus LIVES, the Lincolnshire First Responders and a cat rescue I've been involved with for many years.

Yes. Mary's Meals.

Are there any children’s charities without a grossly overpaid CE?

Oh yes, the raffle tickets
Whenever you go to a social event, you can't walk past the person with an expectant smile and books of tickets
All in a good cause!

I volunteer on a weekly basis for two separate charities, I donate to Alzheimer's UK every month, regularly buy charity raffle tickets, cook for a sick neighbour and have a lonely neighbour for Christmas dinner very year. All that, along with knitting for the local special care baby unit, takes up pretty much all of my time and a considerable amount of resources. I don't have a lot of disposable income but I do have time on my hands.

If you buy charity cards from actual charities, not supermarket charity cards, you can help more than just one or two.

And, if you can afford it, the food bank, Salvation Army.

Your local Women's refuge may welcome Christmas food before Christmas and nice toiletries afterwards if you receive unwanted gifts.

A local hospice that does wonderful work for the community.

Salvation Army and a couple of those without a grossly overpaid CE.

I give to Crisis and Salvation Army at this time of year. Not a lot, but what I can. My daughter does a charity swim for Aspire (spinal injuries) every year so we all sponsor her.

Donkey sanctuary and local hospice. My husband sings in many charity concerts for free over Christmas, so he does his bit too.

Pay roll giving monthly to Water Aid, which is a national charity proving clean water projects, in the developing world.
Amazon Smile to the Celia Hammond Animal Trust, which is a local cat charity.

Sorry for the typos

Small local charities, local hospice and local food bank.

grannyactivist I totally agree.

The Salvation Army do get a gandsome donation every year, but simply because all of the adults in the family donate their Christmas gift!
I started the trend a few years ago when, having been asked what I wajted for christmas gift, I asked for a donation to the SA.
We all do it now.
I also volunteer every week for an animal charity. Come sun or rain, I am there every week to help. There will be a donation at Christmas, but a smaller one.

I went for years having little disposable income and never donated to charity. I did not, and never will feel guilty for that.

For anyone on GN living frugally, giving money to a charity is not necessary, or admirable.

It is the act of those who can simply afford it.

Nothing to fret about ?

Not everyone has much in the way of disposable income and may feel bad about not being able to give to charities at Christmas (or any other time). So, if you're one of those people who are reading this can I just say that acts of kindness and voluntary work are valuable gifts in their own right, so anything you do from a kind heart is more than equal to a monetary gift.

At Christmas my small charity occasionally receives donations from people who are happy to hand over their winter fuel allowance or send us an annual cheque. We don't actually need much money because no-one is paid and we use our donations very wisely. What does gladden my heart is when someone contacts me and says they would like to pay for, or donate, a Christmas gift for our current or past clients (we provide a support group in order to continue to work with those we've housed). We don't feel it's right to use our regular donations for 'extras', so I'm always happy when I can pass on a gift and our clients are genuinely really touched and thankful.

Headway were absolutely fabulous when our 35 year old son had a major stroke. They helped him so much that he now lives independently and, although he wont work again, he does loads of voluntary work and has written a book.

The British Heart Foundation, our eldest daughter has a serious heart condition and their research and support means a lot to us. Also the Somerville foundation who help adults with congenital heart disease
Usually send a donation to a cancer charity in memory of both sets of late parents.
It is hard to decide who to support,so many deserving causes both at home and abroad.

Mary's Meals and RNLI specifically at Christmas.

A few others have regular direct debits the rest of the year.

Every charity can pull at your heart but we must just choose wisely and help where we can.