Winter Fuel Payment - which charity?

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  • capital0ne
    capital0ne Posts: 872 Forumite
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    Ganga wrote: »
    Well i am not in a FS pension so do keep my winter fuel payment.
    But well done you for giving yours to charity.
    I know some of you who post here aren't in a position to donate and are seeking tips and help on pensions, but quite a few are extremely well off like xylophone, dunstonh, kidmugsy, jamesd, cepheus, AdrianC, gallygirl, masonic et-al who I'm sure donate to many charities.

    And of course I'll be gift aiding, anyone who pays tax can do so, and that includes pensioners.
  • BucksLady
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    capital0ne wrote: »
    but quite a few are extremely well off like xylophone, dunstonh, kidmugsy, jamesd, cepheus, AdrianC, gallygirl, masonic et-al who I'm sure donate to many charities.


    The MSE 'rich list' - cool :cool:
  • mgdavid
    mgdavid Posts: 6,705 Forumite
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    capital0ne wrote: »
    ...... quite a few are extremely well off like xylophone, dunstonh, kidmugsy, jamesd, cepheus, AdrianC, gallygirl, masonic et-al .........


    Well off compared to whom, exactly?
    Is this not a tad presumptious and subjective, not to say bordering on the rude?
    The questions that get the best answers are the questions that give most detail....
  • System
    System Posts: 178,093 Community Admin
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    capital0ne wrote: »
    quite a few are extremely well off like ..............




    I hope you got their approval before making that comment?


    If not then it seems to me to be in extremely poor taste.
    And if they did give approval, which I would doubt, then I would disaprove of their poor taste in flaunting their wealth in that way.
  • Malthusian
    Malthusian Posts: 10,938 Forumite
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    capital0ne wrote: »
    I know some of you who post here aren't in a position to donate and are seeking tips and help on pensions, but quite a few are extremely well off like xylophone, dunstonh, kidmugsy, jamesd, cepheus, AdrianC, gallygirl, masonic et-al who I'm sure donate to many charities.

    Never mind your insight into their finances, do you know for a fact that all of them are old enough to get winter fuel payments?

    If you want to humblebrag you might find Instagram more receptive.
  • xylophone
    xylophone Posts: 44,412 Forumite
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    extremely well off like xylophone,

    Oh, if only that were true.......:)
  • Terron
    Terron Posts: 846 Forumite
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    Nice of you to call me a youngster :) I won't get the WFP til 2025.
  • MallyGirl
    MallyGirl Posts: 6,617 Senior Ambassador
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    2034 for me - but them I am not on the 'rich list' unless there was a typo as well as general rudeness :)
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  • bowlhead99
    bowlhead99 Posts: 12,295 Forumite
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    Mnd wrote: »
    If you are a tax payer do you gift aid your donation?

    It would seem bizarre to pick a charity to support enough to give them your money, but not enough to allow them to claim the tax relief, instead leaving it to government to allocate the funds to wherever it sees fit - which could have been made available for you and/or your chosen charity if you had checked the box.
  • badmemory
    badmemory Posts: 7,791 Forumite
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    I prefer to donate all year round to my favoured charity. It is much fairer on the charity as they don't have to rely on me "remembering" at Christmas. I also donate somewhat more than the WFP. As for the retired rich list, would have to wonder how anyone would know actually, I probably come somewhere well below millionth & well under average earnings. Perhaps I should add here "I'm all right Jack!"
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