Charities

[plowsie]

Can people throw some names of charities that you would recommend please, personal favourites, ones that mean the most to you etc. Like Cancer UK etc.

[tinpants]

Clic, NSPCC, RSPCA, RSPB, PDSA, Canine Defence League. Is that enough?

[Bluepete]

List of UK Charities (http://www.ucandoit.org.uk/information/charities.html)


Pete

[dizzyblonde]

Poppy appeal

Dogs trust and Cat protection League, Tia Greyhound Rescue

[Stingo]

Arthritis Research Campaign (ARC), Seafarers (formerly King George's fund for sailors), Help for Heroes, The Poppy appeal (formerly The Haig Fund).

[Stingo]

List of UK Charities (http://www.ucandoit.org.uk/information/charities.html)


Pete


Smarty pants!!!:cheers:

[hovis]

http://www.tyhafan.org/

[454697819]

the Alex is poor charity...

[dizzyblonde]

the Alex is poor charity...

that stands next to Dizzys XtraRaptor fund

[keithd]

try this ..

www.google.com (http://www.google.com)

hth

[Blue_SV650S]

Feelin' generous then Mr P?? ;)

[krhall]

The stroke association!

[madness]

The Railway Children, Scope, Mind
Healey City Farm, South Normanton Pet Rescue.

[plowsie]

Feelin' generous then Mr P?? ;)
Summit like that.

[plowsie]

try this ..

www.google.com (http://www.google.com)

hth
funny you say that but for some reason all search engines are blocked at work :rolleyes:

[keithd]

funny you say that but for some reason all search engines are blocked at work :rolleyes:

ah you know me pluffy. always like to have a craic :D

[Ceri JC]

http://www.tyhafan.org/

+1 for that. Awesome charity and well deserving of your support.

[plowsie]

Edited OP to make more sense.

Love you Keith xxx

[Lou M]

the RNLI is the only one I tend to support.

[SuzukiNess]

http://www.justgiving.com/process/charityGuide/Domestic

any animal charity...
i donate montly to the dogstrust (sponsored dog in scotland) and WWF... both good causes.. imho

[Mogs]

The National Autistic Society (http://www.nas.org.uk/)

[Mr Speirs]

Guide Dogs for the Blind. I sponsor a puppy. :)
I get pupdates n things and a nice photo of the puppy.

[fizzwheel]

Umh... I'm finding myself less inclined to donate to the big charities now I think I am suffering from the extensive "make you feel guilty" advertising that a lot of them use.

Plowise is there a local charity near you or a charity / group that your money would make a difference to that you could see where your money had gone.

I raised money a while ago for the Neo Natal Unit in Taunton, got a very nice letter back saying thank you and what they were putting the money towards ( an incubator and a feeding machine )

It was nice to know that money had gone on something tenable rather than just into a pot if that makes sense...

[Ceri JC]

It was nice to know that money had gone on something tenable rather than just into a pot if that makes sense...

Yep. I am vastly more inclined to give to local charities for this reason.

[ArtyLady]

The stroke association!


Ditto - not nearly enough coverage given to this (and many other) killer/disabling neurological condition.

[Quedos]

macmillan nurses, RNLI, anything to do with the Beatson in Glasgow but my favourite

http://www.sttiggywinkles.org.uk/

i love hedgehogs and sponsor one!

Did you know that as a country we give more dontaions to animal charities than human based charities.

[plowsie]

Umh... I'm finding myself less inclined to donate to the big charities now I think I am suffering from the extensive "make you feel guilty" advertising that a lot of them use.

Plowise is there a local charity near you or a charity / group that your money would make a difference to that you could see where your money had gone.

I raised money a while ago for the Neo Natal Unit in Taunton, got a very nice letter back saying thank you and what they were putting the money towards ( an incubator and a feeding machine )

It was nice to know that money had gone on something tenable rather than just into a pot if that makes sense...
Thanks Fizz, constructive suggestions, I like that idea too. Will look into it.

Some great suggestions aswell people.

[hovis]

Umh... I'm finding myself less inclined to donate to the big charities now...

+2

the local club i ride with charge a £1 on every ride out (optinal) then xmas time we donate it to a charity, last year we raised over £500 for http://www.thrivecardiff.co.uk/ they dont get any funding like other charities

we all dressed up as santa, and delived the monies, and sweeties to them, then we caused choas riding through cardiff hehe all 30 of us

[Warthog]

don't like to talk about it.

[hovis]

Can people throw some names of charities that you would recommend please, personal favourites, ones that mean the most to you etc. Like Cancer UK etc.

errrrrrr why?

[Dicky Ticker]

Charities are a very personal thing which often depends on circumstances that may have surrounded your life or those close to you. Having had major heart surgery and being arthritic I donate to both but I am also a big supporter of Essex Air Ambulance
[Best to hedge my bets]. My favourite local charity is our local childrens hospice,which gets regular donations and to see the smile on a kids face who you know is terminally ill is such a reward.

It is surprising the percentage of charitable donations that go to animals as against life threatening ailments

[yorkie_chris]

I think the fact that animal charities not being government funded has a lot to do with it.

http://www.britishlegion.org.uk/
http://www.brighouseecho.co.uk/news/Trust-fund-tribute-to-a.3196558.jp

[Dicky Ticker]

What charities are government funded,I was always under the impression that it was the research that was funded? Donated to or given grants isnt the same as funded

If I am wrong I stand corrected

[yorkie_chris]

For human disease there's NHS, drugs company research etc it's not just the charities alone. That's just my take on why more money is given to the animal charities. Also don't forget animals are all cute and fluffy.

[chasey]

http://www.saintmichaelshospice.org/

They looked after my Mum for 6months until she passed on. Amazing place with amazing people that work there.

[Woz]

It is surprising the percentage of charitable donations that go to animals as against life threatening ailments


R.S.P.C.A
R.S.P.B.

and then

N.S.P.C.C


What does that say about us as people.

[Lou M]

macmillan nurses, RNLI, anything to do with the Beatson in Glasgow but my favourite

http://www.sttiggywinkles.org.uk/

i love hedgehogs and sponsor one!


Thanks for this Quedos :thumbsup: We have a mum living in our garden, last year got the most gorgeous hogletts. I'm off to support this as well as RNLI, hadn't heard of it before.