Fantasy Football for The Prince's Trust

sufs2000

Hello All,

I'm running a Fantasy Football league on the Official Barclays Premier League website with all proceeds going to The Prince’s Trust. In return for only a £5 donation there is a £500 Prize Fund on offer!!!

1st Place - £300
2nd Place - £100
3rd Place - £50
Highest Score in a Single Week - £50

3 simple steps to enter:
1) Register your team on h ttp://fantasy.premierleague.co m
2) Enter the Private League using PIN: 10622-4672
3) Donate your £5 at h ttp://my.artezglobal.com/personalPage.aspx?registrationID=361358&langPref=en-CA

Once you have entered your team you can make unlimited transfers until the opening day of the season so don’t delay!

Please feel free to pass this message on to family and friends, the more money we can raise the better

Oh and sorry for the broken links, as a new user I can't post links

Autumn19

Hi all

Just did a quick google on Prince Trust income and expenditure and found it quite interesting. Large 'Charities' pay out quite alot on staff and the Princes Trust (taken from their Annual Report For the year ended 31 March 2010) stood at:-

Staff members 2010 = 644
Staff costs 2010 = £21,036,000

This figure does not include building costs or utility bills and all the other add ons.

Everyone is entitled to make their own choices on who they wish to support. I personally would support individuals who are raising funds on a voluntary basis that goes to one particular person so that all money donated went to the person that needed said donation. I would not want any part of my donation going towards staffs wages, etc.

Just my point of view.

However, I wish you well in your chosen charity event.

sufs2000

Autumn19 wrote: »

Hi all

Just did a quick google on Prince Trust income and expenditure and found it quite interesting. Large 'Charities' pay out quite alot on staff and the Princes Trust (taken from their Annual Report For the year ended 31 March 2010) stood at:-

Staff members 2010 = 644
Staff costs 2010 = £21,036,000

This figure does not include building costs or utility bills and all the other add ons.

Everyone is entitled to make their own choices on who they wish to support. I personally would support individuals who are raising funds on a voluntary basis that goes to one particular person so that all money donated went to the person that needed said donation. I would not want any part of my donation going towards staffs wages, etc.

Just my point of view.

However, I wish you well in your chosen charity event.

I do agree, there are too many charities out there that focus more on paying the wages of their staff than ensuring the money is used in the right places. I'd still like to do my bit and do what I can with the best of intentions. This charity project I have set up is due to my company having a connection with the Prince's Trust, the more I can make through it the more hopefully will get to the people who need it.

Savvy_Sue

To be fair, a lot of the work which The Princes Trust does is IMO quite people-centric, eg they run courses for young people wanting to set up businesses to give them the kinds of skills they might need / build their confidence etc etc etc.

I work for a charity where our clients might be beneficiaries of such courses, so someone regularly phones to advise us of when the next course is and to see if we have anyone we want to encourage to apply.

Then there's a need for people to assess whether those the trust is thinking of supporting have got a viable plan, and then to continue to monitor progress, give advice etc.

It might be a lovely world if everyone working full-time for a charity could be a volunteer, but if you want good, consistent oversight on a day to day basis then in general you need to pay for it.

Autumn19

IMO I think it would be a good idea to have an open honest and transparent declaration from all charities on how much of your donation in % goes on Staffing costs, premises, utilities, travel expenses, sustenance expenses, accommodation expenses, and jollies, etc. and how much % goes to the actual person or cause. That way everyone would and could then make an informed choice on which charity they would like to donate to.

I do give to certain large charities such as Help the Heros and The Poppy Appeal, which raises funds for The Royal British Legion, the nation's leading Armed Forces charity providing care and support to all members.

I also donate to small individual charities who do not have any paid staff or premises so their only costs would be administrative, (phone, computer, printing, stamps, etc) this keeps the costs as low as possible so that the majority of any donation goes to the people who need it most.

But this is my choice and we all have the right to choose who we wish to support.

Savvy_Sue

If you look at a charity's detailed accounts then you can get a fair idea of how the money is spent.

However, I'm going to say again that you need to consider what kind of charity it is, and how their services can best be provided.

For example, a large international charity NEEDS to pay finance staff to oversee the movement of funds, IMO. And a growing charity which started off with all volunteers may find that it is better to employ an increasing number of staff in order to provide a consistent service.

and once you have staff, it's better to look after them well than have a constantly run down and exhausted team with a high level of turnover.

Same for computers and office equipment. Once you've gone from battling against outdated and unreliable kit to using something which just works, you won't want to go back ...

Autumn19

Guess were never going to agree, and I will say again that IMO not enough of the donation goes to the people who the money is being donated for, and it would be beneficial to all concerned to have a transparent (no technical jargon and in plain English)policy that shows the general public, the people who donate, how their donation is divided between as stated before costs to run the charity and the people who the charity are trying to help.

Perhaps if I worked for a charity and received a salary I might have a different view, but I do not, so will repeat we are never going to agree. I have my opinion and you have yours.

But hey everyone is an individual and they can donate their money or time or staples to any charity they wish.