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Does anyone do anything for charity? Which charities? How do you support them?
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i also donate all my clothes/shoes and stuff to charity when im done with it, aslong as they are in good nick.
I also support Breakthrough for Breast Cancer, and buy a lot of their products, and I give money (when I can afford it, which unfortunetly isn't often) to other charities, usually related to illnesses that have affected me and my family/childrens charities. We also bought our dog from the RSPCA, and regularly give them contributions.
Other than that, it's a few irregular pennies in the charity boxes if I see them, and at Christmas I give a fiver to the firemen in town. I inherited that tradition from my mum, and my sister's picking it up as well, although last yar she gave them chocolate coins, whih they seemed grateful to recieve anyway
Be careful what charity you give too though, some of them when you read the small print read every pound 10p goes to charity.
You can give knackered clothes to charity shops too! They might not be able to re-sell them, but they'll still get money off the rag man
My main charity is the local hospice, where two of my close relatives died. I go to their fairs, put my spare pennies in the box and give them all my old clothes. I've also had a stall at the fair before and donated my proceeds. I'm a sucker for any charity shop though.
Other than that I just have a direct debit to FoE, sponsor a child through Action Aid and shop almost exclusively in charity shops.
Sometimes I'll sort a homeless guy out with few fags or cans.
I usually give to charities that have some meaning to me. like altzheimers(?) or Cancer research.
As for tramps... There is a few tramps in town, who sit in the same spot every weekend. I've seen them during the week, shopping and looking clean and tidy. So I don't give anything to them, I just tell them to get a job like everyone else! Scavs! :mad:
He had an operation on his knee and it damaged his nerves. He developed...neuorone sympathy....gah I can't think of the whole of the name but his brain won't shut off the pain in his leg. He will be on morphine for the rest of his life and he will forever feel like he has a broken leg......yet he still does 20 hours a week voluntary for Banardos, they have also rcenlty given him some paid hours work on top and he's the nicest happiest guy I know.
People like that put a lot to shame.
Hey koe_182
Sorry the company we use haven't been great - I'll get onto them because they should be making it as easy as possible to recycle for us. If you've got stuff for recycling that they still haven't collected let me know and I'll give them a call!
Put some change in boxes and give money to homeless people now and again but that's the height of it.
when my nan died, i donated some money (not much mind you) to the hospice that cared for her and where she died. when my grandma died i donated some to her local gp practice as she'd wanted us all to do.
when my dad got remarried, they didn't want presents. so we donated some money to the woodland trust or something as requested by them.
i'll also sponsor people who are doing events for charity - it's only a few quid though but i can't afford much more.
i haven't done any in years but i've also done things for charity and got sponsored e.g. a 24hr fast and a dog walk.
the thing is, it took a few times of me emailing and calling to get a collection arranged, then they said they would send a label for the courier that was comign to my work, and never did, so i had to make some myself while the driver waited (all while im supposed to be working). its sorted now and all to a good cause.
they dont take epson cartridges either which is a shame cos i can get 100's of them a week, there must be something someone can do with em?
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My parents also donate to Great Ormand street Hosptial as they saved my life when .. before i was born actually!
Yes, children are in the same boat but they have lots more willing people to give to those charities.
Anyway, to answer my own question, I don't really do much at all. I give stuff to charity shops, though thinking about it, with some stuff it would probably be better to sell it on ebay and give the profits to charity since you'd make more. I sponsor anyone doing a sponsored event. I put change in collection boxes. And when I was a kid, I used to do the old BT Swimathon, but I haven't for years. That's about it though.
Oh and out of principle, I never give to people asking on the street. And that includes irritating people with clipboards (is it just me being really cynical, or do you reckon all these people collecting are the types that are doing it for something to add to their CV).