charity ? too fussy by anybodies standards

borders_dude

instead of typing that post you could have typed a letter of complaint.

Give it a try.

How many other people think the woman is rude but dont say anything. Point it out to managment and they can try and get her in order.

edgex

mumoftwins wrote: »

My s-i-l has just come back from America. Whilst she was there her friend took her to a charity shop (Goodwill) and she said she could have bought enough to fill a suitcase!

All the items were in excellent condition as one of the rules is that the person who is donating the items has to have washed and pressed the item, or had it drycleaned before handing it in.

She said that the shop was laid out in such a way that it was easy to see where trousers, cropped trousers, skirts, short sleeved tops, no sleeved tops etc were - then they were put into colour order and finally in size order.

It was so easy to get around and to see what was available.

And to top all that - the prices were incredibly cheap! She bought 10 items, all of which were like new, and paid about £22!!!!

Goodwill in the US probably get a better quality of donations, as im pretty sure that you can use the value of the donation as a deduction off your tax bill

silkcutblue

linmad wrote: »

they eventually received something in the region of £11,500 and i have often wondered who had a nice shiny new car at head office !
my advice is steer clear of heart foundation and help age concern and ymca, two organisations who seem to know what the word "charity " really means.

Dude, pot - kettle. You making a slur against them doesn't excuse them; just reflects on you. If in doubt then go on Charity Commision after their year end, DL their accounts and check out what they spent their money on.
Yes, donations are rarely restricted funds (unless specified in the will, I'd assume) but I'd think that they wouldn't be sitting their gloating over a great donation of £11,500. They are heavily audited and I'm sure it goes on good stuff.

We had a fundraiser held for us in Dec 08. It cost us £250 for tickets (that we had to buy to collect the cheque; no freebies and travel and accomodation; no problem because of the awesomeness of the offer in the first place.
However, I then spent the next year chasing for the donations (got it two weeks ago). (And chased in a nice way as I can't very well be horrible to people who are let down by the admin behind it)

Still, five letters (ALL really nice, bcs I know it was promised but...we can't demand. That's...I don't know. Feels very rude and ungrateful), e-mails, calls, etc, and it kind of left me a little bit exhausted. Also, there was the worry because I didn't know if the people had left their positions and was I hitting dead inboxes/addresses? Then trying to track down other associated members...

Yes, wonderful gesture of holding a fundraiser. But we're small. We can't soak up £250 cost like, say, The Donkey Sanctuary who gets £17mil+ a year

Just my 5pence worth of experience :j

Happy Christmas and keep on donating! I am always humbled when we get £5 or a cheque in the post by someone who has held a sponsored lunch for us. It's selfless acts like those that make me so glad I went from Corporate into the Third Sector. It reminds me every day that most people help out where they can. :T

Savvy_Sue

silkcutblue wrote: »

We had a fundraiser held for us in Dec 08. It cost us £250 for tickets (that we had to buy to collect the cheque; no freebies and travel and accomodation; no problem because of the awesomeness of the offer in the first place.
However, I then spent the next year chasing for the donations (got it two weeks ago). (And chased in a nice way as I can't very well be horrible to people who are let down by the admin behind it)

Still, five letters (ALL really nice, bcs I know it was promised but...we can't demand. That's...I don't know. Feels very rude and ungrateful), e-mails, calls, etc, and it kind of left me a little bit exhausted. Also, there was the worry because I didn't know if the people had left their positions and was I hitting dead inboxes/addresses? Then trying to track down other associated members...

That is a horrible job, isn't it? A couple of years ago I had to keep phoning my son's 6th form because they'd run an event for us and not sent the results! (Nothing to do with my son, so no point hassling him!)

You feel a bit grasping doing it, but if someone has used the charity's name to publicise an event, you HAVE to chase it up if the money doesn't arrive!