Donating Money To Charity, But Which One??

[cherokee]

I agree with Less TJH
Donating to a charity is a fine and wonderful thing , But holding on to your cash untill your thinking a little clearer maybe the answer.

There are many worthy causes out there but choosing one should really be done with your heart and sincerity and not because you want to clear out your bank account.

Please just sit back and take some time to get better before you rush into anything or You may deeply regret it later.
Good luck .

[Mick]

As your a member of Accrington web and have not donated to it yet how about a donation to help Accringtonweb
it costs a lot to keep these servers and site up to date
failing that RNLI or the Heart Foundation (bit bios here)but do as less says first

[AccyMad]

I work for a charity called Sense, it is a national organisation but we have a residential home here in Accrington where we care for 5 deafblind adults.
Although the care etc is obviously provided by the charity, if we need anything extra for the home itself we provide it by fund raising, a few years ago we raised enough to add a small conservatory on to the house and last year we held a raffle to raise money to re-invent our garden to provide more of a sensory area for our residents, and although our staff did well with the ticket sales we did fall a little short of our target figure.
I know there are many charity organisations in the area but if you were considering giving a donation to somewhere local. we would certainly be able to find a good use for it.

[jaysay]

Like a number of people have said Maundy is a very good local charity as is the Institute for the blind who do great work in the community, I myself support the Christie Cancer hospital with a monthly donation

[Margaret Pilkington]

Giving to charity is very personal. I think the experiences in life drive you to the charity of your choice.....if you have been affected by something in particular then it is fairly obvious that you will help someone who helped you through a distressing time.

I don't think you should rush into donating any money just yet...as others have said, it would be much wiser to wait until you are feeling better in yourself.

[BERNADETTE]

I agree with Margaret the choice of a charity to danate to can be a very personal experience. When my m-i-l died we had donations in lieu of flowers to Marie Curie Nurses as we had found their services nothing short of brilliant. When Ian died it was the Chemo Unit that benefitted. It was Ian's intention to give his first weeks pension money to the Chemo Unit but unfortunately he didn't live long enough to receive any. So what better way to honour his memory than to try and raise a bit of money for the place he so thought deserved it?

[katex]

I think this is extremely generous of you TJH and sure lots of our local charities would be grateful for whatever help you can supply them with.

If it were me, I would split it down into categories e.g.

• Arts
• Sports
• Health Care
• Youth groups
• Care groups
• Elderley care
• Children's welfare
• Animal welfare

And so on .... could be very satisfying for you, as lots of these groups would not need £1,000's just a few hundred.

I would feel that in some way, I had helped a good slice of my community.

[Less]

* Arts Porno for all, yippee!
* Sports Volley ball, accy needs a decent beach!
* Health Care Would you like an ash tray with your spittoon?
* Youth groups At last, putting girls back into skirts!
* Care groups Would you like a bed bath?
* Elderley care I know you would like a bed bath!
* Children's welfare Here's a tenner now go the pictures and leave me alone with your older sister!
* Animal welfare How would you like your bacon? we usually have ours dead, (less squealing)?

[lancsdave]

What about a Dragons Den type charity, where local market traders could get charitable help to expand in to a shop

[blazey]

Please pay off my student debt.

Well, some of it. £20,000 would cover a reasonable part of it. Then I might be able to afford to eat.

[TJH]

Sorry Blazey, i had to pay my way through university for exactly the same degree. It feels really good when you get the degree and the debt is paid back easily if you keep to the basic student loan and keep the over drafts down. Easier said than done i know. But i managed as did all my friends. Good luck -

[lindsay ormerod]

If I had the dosh to spare it would go to East Lancs hospice, MacMillan or Rosemere Cancer fund. I personally wouldn't give to Maundy as although I am sure some of the donations and hard work are appreciated by a few, the majority are just taking advantage of the "charitable" nature of the folk that run it.

[lancsdave]

Originally Posted by lindsay ormerod

the majority are just taking advantage of the "charitable" nature of the folk that run it.

I'm sure they help out a lot of genuine needy people out, but like you, working in the town centre you see the ones who 'use' them. Even worse when you are slap bang in the middle of the rat run between the centre and Maundy

[accyman]

Originally Posted by lindsay ormerod

If I had the dosh to spare it would go to East Lancs hospice, MacMillan or Rosemere Cancer fund. I personally wouldn't give to Maundy as although I am sure some of the donations and hard work are appreciated by a few, the majority are just taking advantage of the "charitable" nature of the folk that run it.

well said

iv walked past and seen folk i went to school with end up exactly where people thought they would end up

cadging off a soft touch

mind you that place dumped a pedophile in the house next to me and besides having children myself thre was cubs and guides up teh street and a school on the next street and they or he didnt even notify his probabtion officer about the move they arranged for him,it was only because my partner at the time recognised his name from darwen that she looked up on the net for old stories in the telegraph and we found that he was a pedophile

not everyone deserves a second chance

anyway once word got out the local kids made his life hell and forced him to move and was given the huge fine of £50 for not notifying his probabtion officer that he had moved to our street

[steeljack]

So long as you came into the money honestly I would rat-hole the money away in a locked-up term deposit until you get your head straight , you never know when you may need it down the line .