It seems poverty kills very sad

olly300

gailey wrote: »

Kind of shocked donkeys get more than mencap.

People don't like talking about mental illness.

Until recently, and partially the Armed Forces are to thank for it, it was a taboo subject.

Anyone who has a mental illness is often pictured as an axe wielding murderer when actually they are more likely to be a danger to themselves. This includes an inability sometimes to remember to do simple everyday things.

It's scary when you get someone who can say put a pizza in the oven but leaves the plastic coating on and not realise it's burning.

gailey wrote: »

Never thourght about how donating to health charities ie cancer is form of insurance.
Think a lot of charities people donate due to personal experience or interest and childrens charity/cancer be huge contribution.

I use to know someone who worked for Cancer Research. The cancer charities that get the most are children cancer charities or breast cancer charities. Rarer adult cancers get ignored even if they are more common - hence the campaigns for prostate and testicular cancers began.

Also if you have watched anything in the last year on TV you would be aware that there are fights going on from parents and sometimes with the now adult children themselves to get help as an adult with certain disabilities including learning disabilities.

gailey wrote: »

Does feel like we live in no frills britain at times as we getting less and what we do get not good enough.
Dont blame all politicians its breakdown in soceity as hate reading paper about all the awful things people do and how the riches can be so selfish..

Rich people have always been selfish. It's been tested again and again over the decades. If you want to collect lots of money randomly for charity go to a shopping centre in a poorer area.

BTW the government raising the retirement age is going to cause a lot of volunteering problems.

Generali

nickmason wrote: »

the Donkey Sanctuary charity alone annually receives more in donations than the top three UK domestic violence charities combined.

That's pretty disgraceful. Personally, I'm against domestic violence. Who would start a charity supporting it?:mad:

gailey_2

Generali wrote: »

That's pretty disgraceful. Personally, I'm against domestic violence. Who would start a charity supporting it?:mad:

Thats not what they meant

its a charity helping people get away from violent partners supplying counselling, safe place to stay and legal advice.

The_White_Horse

gailey wrote: »

Thats not what they meant

its a charity helping people get away from violent partners supplying counselling, safe place to stay and legal advice.

thanks for clearing that up.

i think people feel that by giving to the donkeys they can stop them falling into gang culture. feral herds of donkeys, drinking stella, giving people a good kicking is something we can do without.

chucknorris

Generali wrote: »

I try to contribute to disliked charities as much as I can. Puppies and cancer get huge sums of money. Mental illness, refugees and homelessness get very little.

I have to admit that I donate to a dog rescue centre (The last chance) who take dogs from council pounds that would otherwise be put down (some pounds especially in Wales I think only give these dogs 7 days and don't feed them on the last day as they consider this to be a waste of money). I also do volunteer work for them too although recently after coming out of early retirement I have had to curtail this temporarily as I haven't the time, but will start again once I have negotiated my desired reduced hours at work.

It isn't that I do not have sympathy for most needy causes it's just that having a rescue dog myself I see this as my priority. Also I think the last chance don't get anywhere near the attention of organisations like the RSPCA.

SingleSue

I tend to donate to local causes, for example, the special needs playgroup two of my children attended as I know they always stuggled for funds when I was there and they are a godsend to the parents who use it. Or the local Mencap, again for the same reasons as above.

nickmason

olly300 wrote: »

Rich people have always been selfish. It's been tested again and again over the decades. If you want to collect lots of money randomly for charity go to a shopping centre in a poorer area.

This is rubbish. Take it from someone who knows - I've been working in fundraising for the last decade, and I assure you I have robust analysis that shows that poor areas give less.

What is true, and the media fixates on this, is that marginally, wealthy people give proportionately less. Recent studies show that those earning around £32K give on average 1%, while those earning over £52K give on average 0.8%. Tell me, which of those two groups is giving more per head?

BTW the government raising the retirement age is going to cause a lot of volunteering problems.

I can't categorically tell you that your assertion is wrong, but I suspect so.

carefullycautious

If he was an alcoholic and had received more money surely he would have just spent it on more drink. I expect their situation was one of co dependancy and they were unable to break out of the cycle. So their living conditions just deteriorated. Very sad but inevitable.

Im suprised it doesnt happen more often

FATBALLZ

They mentioned this on one of the other boards...

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3601249

Sounds like basically they deliberately kept the state out of their business and didn't claim what they were entitled to. Sad, but sometimes you have to say there's nothing that could have been done.

homelessskilledworker

This story upset me big time, that man stuck by his wife even though things were so desperate.
What is up with the f******g country, we just cannot seem to get the balance right. I am a big fan of the welfare state when it is used for the weak and needy, this being a good case. Sadly those who know the system and how to play the game now use the welfare state as a way of life.

I am not a communist, and I am not a right wing nut job either, but we need to look at ourselves as a type of society that will pay a thick yob moron football player £250,000k a week and let these type of people fall through the nut.

And it's not that uncommon trust me, I do a little work for a homeless charity.