How generous are you..?

[Thedelldays]

do you give a lot to charities..?

have you adopted a little black kid or a lion or anything..?

are you generous with your friends and pay for things etc

 

 

or are you a complete tight arse..?

[Glasgow_Saint]

I give my mum £200 per month

[jjsaint]

Tight as f*ck. I do my bit for charity but everyone else can f*ck off.

[tony13579]

I am tight with my cash. But generous with my time and skills.

[saint_stevo]

i give out STI's F.O.C

[CB Saint]

My wife single handedly props up the cordwainers industry

[pap]

I'm pretty generous on the whole, will pay for people etc, especially if I haven't seen them for a long time.

 

That said, I don't like it when people take the ****.

[1976_Child]

I give to charity but only when I want to. I ***NEVER*** even give those annoying 'chuggers' on the street the time of day. You know the ones, with clipboard in hand who jump out at you and block your path. Feking parasites. Hate them.

 

I give to a local church sometimes which runs a very good homeless 'place' on Saturdays - food, advice, company and if they want it then prayers etc. Always look favourably on homeless charities - been too close to being on the streets myself on more than one occasion. It can happen to anyone.

 

Don't give to overseas development charities like Oxfam, Save Children etc. They are too big and have too much overhead and I know from first hand experience working in East Africa that not all the money reaches the intended target and even when it does the project - like a new well and pump - usually ends up being neglected and/or stolen for parts. Call me cynical but I have seen it. I make an exception to immediate disaster relief, then I usually hand over a tenner.

 

In my experience, and especially in the third world, if you want to maximize the chances of the money doing good in the intended way then give it to women to administer. I mean the local women. The men will just be lazy sods and drink it. There is good evidence from micro-loan agencies such as Kiva that this is the case. In fact, check out http://www.kiva.org.

 

I also give a standard order of £4 a month to The New Economics Foundation http://www.neweconomics.org/ which is a UK think tank, so not a charity.

Edited 14 July, 2011 by 1976_Child

[Sheaf Saint]

I used to be quite generous up until I got made redundant a few years ago. Finding myself out of work and wondering how the hell I was going to pay the mortgage made me re-evaluate my whole attitude towards money and, as a result, I am now a lot more cautious and conservative with it.

[benjii]

I give generously to all through my excessive taxes.

[benjii]

And I bunged DEC £5 for the Africans.

[Turkish]

I am like a modern day Robin Hood, the only difference being i take from everyone and give to myself.

[View From The Top]

I raise money for H4H.

[trousers]

The less tax I pay the more I give directly to others. Seriously.

[aintforever]

As a British tax-payer I'm more generous than most foreigners.

[benjii]

I raise money for H4H.

 

To avoid giving your own? You tight ****.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[1976_Child]

I raise money for H4H.

 

Indeed. I should have mentioned above that the only charities that always get me reaching for my wallet are: Poppies (Royal British Legion), RNLI, H4H.

[sambosa75]

I remember once this lad I used to work with came round asking for sponsorship for some ski he was doing for a charity dedicated to giving under-priveledged inner city kids a holiday every year. I didn't know whether to laugh or be angry. Just goes to show you can create a charity for more or less anything.

 

I donate to Barnados, RSPCA, NSPCC and the Down's Syndrome Association.

 

I am too generous with my money. Easy come, easy go is my attitude. Sometimes I wish I was more conservative with it but lifes too short.

[Thedelldays]

I give to cancer charities, RSPCA, H4H, Poppy Appeal and the RN benevolent fund.

I am also generous with football tickets for mates and even paid a few holidays for friends too

[dune]

I give to the poppy appeal and rainbows.

 

I did put £1 in the guide dogs tin the other week when they brought their dogs into town and I stroked a nice Labrador.

 

I refuse to give to any non UK charities.

[Thorpe-le-Saint]

Poppy appeal, Oxfam, NACC and Ovarian cancer

[Sheaf Saint]

I give to the poppy appeal and rainbows.

 

I did put £1 in the guide dogs tin the other week when they brought their dogs into town and I stroked a nice Labrador.

 

I refuse to give to any non UK charities.

 

Quelle surprise!

[Turkish]

Quelle surprise!

 

Just a comment, following on from your post on the "next to be banned thread" this was the type of post i was getting infraciton points for when i was banned be careful mate.

[Thedelldays]

Quelle surprise!

 

you say that is if dune is doing a bad thing

[Sheaf Saint]

you say that is if dune is doing a bad thing

 

Not really. I'm not the sort of person to look down on others just because they choose not to give to charity. It's his choice which charities he donates to, and it wouldn't matter to me if he never gave a penny to anyone in his life. It's just that given stanley's very nationalistic views on many other subjects, it does not surprise me in the slightest that he chooses not to donate to any foreign causes.

[Red&White]

As a British tax-payer I'm more generous than most foreigners.

 

Like this :-)

[View From The Top]

you say that is if dune is doing a bad thing

 

Yes, it is.

 

It automatically excludes people such as this http://www.msf.org.uk/ and I'd love to hear anyone suggest that they don't anything but a bloody fantastic job.

[JackFrost]

With money I am a tight arse.

 

I'll regularly give my loose change to charities on a pretty much daily basis. A few pennies at a time each time but it all adds up. The Rowans is one charity that's received hundreds of my spare 10ps and 5 ps

 

I categorically refuse to give to charities whose reps surround you and start screaming at you to give to them, or use any similarly impolite methods

[Saint in Paradise]

We sponsor 2 kids in Africa, Red Cross, SPCA and Guide dogs on a regular basis and

the Salvation Army now and then. No wonder I am a bit short most of the time.

[Danny R]

As a British tax-payer I'm more generous than most foreigners.

 

http://www.businesspundit.com/12-countries-with-the-highest-lowest-tax-rates/

 

You may find this surprising.

[Essruu]

I give what I want, when I want and to whom I want. I NEVER give to bucket rattlers outside supermarkets, clipboard merchants in city centres or doorstep direct debit muggers.

The last doorstep caller conversation I had went like this: -

Him> Have you heard of Battersea Cat & Dog home?

Me> Yes

Him> Do you have any pets?

Me> No

Him> Would you call yourself an animal lover?

Me> No

Him> Would you consider sponsoring​ an animal?

Me> No

Him> Ok, nice to meet you. Bye.

Me> Bye.

[angelman]

I got a standing order with Sense (Sense is the leading national charity that supports and campaigns for children and adults who are deafblind." http://www.sense.org.uk/about_us) for no other reason than I think that it must be horrendous to be deafblind.

[littleoldladysaint]

For years we have had direct debits for fairly small amounts for several charities, including the World Wildlife Fund. We also send larger donations annually to the Sally Army, the RNLI and the Royal British Legion.

 

It really gets on my toot when the Sally Army (whom I have a lot of time for) respond by writing to thank us for our donation, but if only we could send more that would be so useful and the WWF phone about every 6 months to thank us for our continuing support and could we please increase it!

[hutch]

do you give a lot to charities..?

have you adopted a little black kid or a lion or anything..?

are you generous with your friends and pay for things etc

 

 

or are you a complete tight arse..?

This. Although it's not strictly adoption. We are a registered "place of safety" in Pretoria for abandoned or homeless babies. No racial rules apply, but they are always black. 3 weeks ago we had 3. We're down to 1 at the moment. They stay with us for between 6 and 9 months, before they are either adopted or fostered on a long-term basis.

[Special K]

My wife gives money to the homeless.

 

I give money to the topless.

[Joensuu]

I got a standing order with Sense (Sense is the leading national charity that supports and campaigns for children and adults who are deafblind." http://www.sense.org.uk/about_us) for no other reason than I think that it must be horrendous to be deafblind.

 

Same. That and irregular larger donations to disaster appeals etc

[Junction 9]

NSPCC, Macmillan nurses and Greenpeace. Al on direct debit.

[benjii]

I give a bird a greenpiece oncse. Lolzzz!!111

[Hatch]

same as a few others, I donate tens of thousands every year to help thick lazy people with a supply of fags and cider.

[latter day saint]

i had a family member work for a charity for over 20 yrs & saw how wasteful some charities can be with the money they receive, so i am very wary who i give money to. Macmillan, RNLI, H4H,Guide Dogs & The British Legion i will gladly donate to.

[JonnyLove]

I have just started a new event for charity all costs are coming off my own back and I hope from it I can raise a large sum of money for two charities on a yearly basis. http://www.isleride4.co.uk (plug)

 

always looking for volunteers for various stuff if you have a little bit of spare time.

[Thorpe-le-Saint]

same as a few others, I donate tens of thousands every year to help thick lazy people with a supply of fags and cider.

 

What a bitter, cynical world view you must hold.

[Glasgow_Saint]

Anyone feeling generous today could sponsor me im doing a 100km cycle round the picturesque (but mountainous!) island of Arran on 23rd July.

 

http://www.justgiving.com/cycle-arran/

 

Action for Children, our charity of choice!

[Special K]

What a bitter, cynical world view you must hold.

 

Says laugh-a-minute Thorpe!!

[Sheaf Saint]

Anyone feeling generous today could sponsor me im doing a 100km cycle round the picturesque (but mountainous!) island of Arran on 23rd July.

 

http://www.justgiving.com/cycle-arran/

 

Action for Children, our charity of choice!

 

£10 duly donated. If you saw my recent "Using a gym" thread, I am hoping to do the coast-to-coast Trans-Pennine Trail ride next spring (plenty of training still required!) and Action for Children will be my charity of choice also, owing to the fact that my girlfriend works for them in Rotherham. Having met all her colleaguise on a night out and realising what a dedicated bunch of people they are, I know just what a valuable service they provide.

 

Good luck mate. I did a similar-length ride a couple of years ago - the central section of the TPT between Leeds and Chesterfield - and it nearly killed me. If you're interested I can send you the write-up I did for my charity contributors afterwards. Also, I believe it was Minty who did the John O'Groats to Lands End ride a few years back. I'm pretty sure he still posts on here from time to time so you may want to get in touch with him and ask him for his thoughts as well.