O T Begging charity adverts on TV

Capitol · 2016-11-20T21:10:53+00:00

Is it just me, or are others fed up with the quantity of begging adverts on TV? If I resonded to all of the, I reckon it would cost me over 2K pounds a year. I do wonder how much it costs to make the advert and screen it and fear that most of the doantion is wasted. I have a couple of charities I support each year, and they don't spend a penny on TV. What do others think?

Nov 20, 2016 Last reply: 4 years ago 66 Replies

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Andrew Gabriel 9 years ago

The RNIB (or their agents) call me every year for the raffle. I always refuse. I have an RNIB collection box at home which collects all my coppers (and 5/10/20p coins which I generally don't take back out either). They got £59 in July from that, which is probably about the fouth time I've banked all the coins and sent them the money.

I happen to think that is a good fundraising idea and solved my problem of collecting coppers I wasn't prepared to take back out and use again.

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tim... 9 years ago

The charity lotteries are a business predating upon charities

they are not set up by the charities

tim

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Another John 9 years ago

Haven't read the whole thread, but IMHO there are several 000% too many charities in this country: all fiddling *our* taxes!

And I'm afraid that when I see most "bucket collectors" these days -- at the supermarket, in the street, or wherever, I think "bloody hell: more beggars".

This does not mean that I am against charities per se: I have supported some charities all my life, and continue to do so.

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charles 9 years ago

That's one of them.

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Chris 9 years ago

And the biggest crooks of the lot: the Charities Aid Foundation.

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Chris 9 years ago

"So sorry, we just found out your snow leopard actually died 6 weeks ago so we're re-imbursing you for your last 6 weeks' subs." Yeah, like that's going to happen!

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tabbypurr 9 years ago

I've seen where an individual animal sponsorship has been switched from one animal to another, since the original no longer needed the funds, for a few possible reasons.

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charles 9 years ago

please explain your reasoning. They provide a good banking service.

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harry 9 years ago

Not only this but "foreign aid" which often seems to be misspent/stolen. Including via the EUSSR.

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Chris 9 years ago

They have a banking licence??? The mind boggles.

My brother-in-law heads-up a steering committee for an organisation that's been compiling a stack of evidence detailing all sorts of "malpractice" going back over way more than a decade at this stage. It's the next BIG charity $candal and you'll no doubt read *all* about it some time next year...

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Cursitor Doom 9 years ago

It would be sensible to cap foreign aid to say

0.00000000000000000000000000000000001% of GDP.

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Harry Bloomfield 9 years ago

Chris brought next idea :

Can't wait!

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James Wilkinson Sword 9 years ago

The war ended ages ago.

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charles 9 years ago

but the lives of those who fought have not.

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The Natural Philosopher 9 years ago

A lot of them have sadly...

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Bod 9 years ago

Many severely injured war veterans are still alive and need looking after. That costs money.

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rick 9 years ago

You only have to look at large fleet of very expensive vehicles use by Oxfam and the like to realise they have to keep asking for your money to fund these.

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tabbypurr 9 years ago

Next you'll moan about the cost of all the shops they run.

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James Wilkinson Sword 9 years ago

Actually most have.

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James Wilkinson Sword 9 years ago

We have an NHS. Why do they need more than anyone else?

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