Are you annoyed if you donated to the air ambulance charity?

absoluteutopia

bodyprojectliverpool wrote: »

My company is advising Ireland Air Ambulance and I have noted many of the post here which are directly reacting to the BBc reporting rather than the facts. Can I ask you all to visit ] irelandairambulance dot wordpress dot com to read the official statements then compare them to the BBC reporting and spot the difference and make your mind up. Unfortunately some journalists never let the facts get in the way of a story. Please continue to support this charity by getting fully involved and understanding the scale of what is required and maybe give the BBC a little more scrutiny as this great broadcasting corporation can be a little selective in the way it operates sometime.

And how much is your company getting out of whats left from donations to "advise" them? You're just someone else milking them dry.


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callow

I must admit I am very fussy about what I donate. I usually give a £1 or two but will donate a lot more if I trust the charity.

I do give a lot more to Shelterbox. I donated via my daughters school and the school was given the numbers of the individual boxes (each is £490) that the donated money purchased. I can then go onto the website and see where the particular boxes where dispatched, in this case, Haiti.

Shelterbox is run by the Rotarians and at lot of the work involved is voluntary. During a disaster volunteers come into to pack the boxes for dispatch to the disaster area. Obiviously there are admin costs, but these are kept to a minimum.

Golden_Anemone

The air ambulance story is strange for more reasons than the financial side of things. I remembered this story from last year.

The health minister, Michael McGimpsey, said he was bemused as to why the money was being collected for something he believes there is no demand for.

"The proposed helicopter that you are talking about operates only in good weather and in daylight.
"The maritime agency will provide us with a helicopter in all weathers, day and night, throughout the year so that is our prime resource in the event of needing a helicopter.

Is this just someone's expensive hobby which they have cleverly managed to get the public to fund?

belfastgirl23

This sort of thing tarnishes the name of the thousands of charities across NI that survive on hardly any money and a lot of time and effort from volunteers. For some small charities the few hundred quid they get from collecting tins allows them to do things that are really beneficial to their communities. There are rogues in every sector, but you can't tarnish the efforts of everyone with the bad behaviour of a few.

metalgal

i had heard that if you sign up with a "chugger" ( i personally prefer the term "charity c blank blank blanks) due to "admin costs" and all that other robbing-you-blind language your money won't reach the charity for at least a year. Then how much of it actually goes to the people or things that need help?

I used to donate a lot to the childrens hospice at christmas time, but i new only a bit of it would actually go to stuff for the kids so last year i went out and bought things and then handed them into the home (right word?) myself so the children were getting the full benefit of what i could afford to give.

mqandy

Oh, and also - check out http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/SHOWCHARITY/RegisterOfCharities/CharityWithPartB.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=202918&SubsidiaryNumber=0 to see how much any of the larger registered charities spend on admin and on their project work.

It's not as bad as some people are making out - with the notable exception of this one!

absoluteutopia

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12139300

max5heads

I agree with a lot of comments here. all charities are a joke they pay no bills at all / the boss always has a new very expensive car and in most cases are working from a quality - well heated building that any small business owner would have no chance of affording per yr, this is the reason why there are no normal shops on are high streets anymore except for charity shops.. I could go on all day..
The only way to do the whole charity thing and know that 100% of what you give is passed on is to copy the late great Joey Dunlop and drive the stuff to the people in need..

tyronealan

don't get me started with the companies set up to take people ski diving, trekking across China, climbing Ben Nevis, cycling across Africa all in the name of charity!!! I know most charities do deserve support but it is a personal choice. If you want to climb a mountain pay for the journey, b+b, food etc yourself, you'll feel all the better for it. I did this recently and met many people from the UK who had flown over stayed, in a nice hotel, had all food and gear supplied and a gala dinner at the end of it!!!!!! Is that Charity when you have to raise £500 to pay for the privledge and anything on top of that goes to the charity, or is that just the society we live in now??? Gone are the days of the sponsored walk round the park etc where 100% went to the charity. Use our friend google you'd be suprised whats out there under the guise of charities. My tuppence worth and thats not to charity!!!!

Pretani

I've given to Air Ambulance Ireland in the past, but after reading that I'll put my trust in the army or the RNLI to pick me up if i'm stuck up the mournes somewhere.

The only ones I make an effort to give to are RNLI, Salvation Army and Marie Curie and the royal legion. They've done alot for family members.