How tight can people be!!??
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My girl friend is going to jump out of a plane in february, for a sponsored sky dive.
The aim is to raise money for the charity that she works for.
The charity looks after kid woth disabilities, and brain damage. They are the second biggest childrens charity in the uk.
She wrote to 30 local buisnesses, and only got one reply, of £25 from a Mazda dealer, so we resorted to the old fasioned method af walking around with a form asking individuals.
Its like getting blood out of a stone!!!!!!!!!!!!
What would your reaction be if you were asked for a small amount of money to help the cause?
Do u give to charity?
The aim is to raise money for the charity that she works for.
The charity looks after kid woth disabilities, and brain damage. They are the second biggest childrens charity in the uk.
She wrote to 30 local buisnesses, and only got one reply, of £25 from a Mazda dealer, so we resorted to the old fasioned method af walking around with a form asking individuals.
Its like getting blood out of a stone!!!!!!!!!!!!
What would your reaction be if you were asked for a small amount of money to help the cause?
Do u give to charity?
It would depend very much on the way the parachute jump was funded
A lot of these are marketed as the person jumps for free if they raise say £300
What actually happens is that a lot of the money goes toward the parachute jump not the charity
A bit like asking me to go on a sponsored night out, not many takers
IMHO paying for someone to do something they want to do isn't really chariy. If she really wants to raise money why doesn't she run a marathon
>> forgot to answer your other question, yes I do give to charity
>> Edited by Incorrigible on Thursday 9th December 11:43
A lot of these are marketed as the person jumps for free if they raise say £300
What actually happens is that a lot of the money goes toward the parachute jump not the charity
A bit like asking me to go on a sponsored night out, not many takers
IMHO paying for someone to do something they want to do isn't really chariy. If she really wants to raise money why doesn't she run a marathon
>> forgot to answer your other question, yes I do give to charity
>> Edited by Incorrigible on Thursday 9th December 11:43
Give to charity yes, pay for someone to jump out of a plane no.
There's a reason that your g/f has a minimum amount to raise, and that's because the jump has to be paid for. I would never sponsor anyone for parachute/bungee jumps etc (and those "do the Inca trail" free holidays irritate me too) unless it was absolutely clear that the person was paying for whatever it was they were doing out of their own pocket.
There's a reason that your g/f has a minimum amount to raise, and that's because the jump has to be paid for. I would never sponsor anyone for parachute/bungee jumps etc (and those "do the Inca trail" free holidays irritate me too) unless it was absolutely clear that the person was paying for whatever it was they were doing out of their own pocket.
The problem with a lot of things like this is people are getting wise to how much of the money actually goes to the charity 
I had 2 mates that did the jump out a plane for charity thing, and while they were filling in the forms I had a good read
The 1st £150 collected pays the people running the jump, so you have to collect more than that for the charity to get anything
one of my mates didn't quite reach that figure and had to fill in the shortfall himself, so in reality everyone who thought they were donating a few £££'s to a good cause were actually just funding a free parachute jump 
I had 2 mates that did the jump out a plane for charity thing, and while they were filling in the forms I had a good read
The 1st £150 collected pays the people running the jump, so you have to collect more than that for the charity to get anything
one of my mates didn't quite reach that figure and had to fill in the shortfall himself, so in reality everyone who thought they were donating a few £££'s to a good cause were actually just funding a free parachute jump 
I donate to several charities, but I do think people are beginning to suffer from compassion overload. There are so many charities, with incredibly slick and expensive marketing campaigns that I find myself starting to simply filter them out.
People are just getting asked too often by hundreds or thousands of charities each competing against the other for your money.
I'm not even going into the issues surrounding charities and their marketing, or modus operandi etc as that is much too complex for this thread.
As for the skydiving, well If I received a letter asking for sponsorship I'm afraid it would almost certainly go in the bin. Not becuase I am heartless, but because I probably get haf a dozen or more similar each week.
After all, it is a nice day out for someone to do something they enjoy.
People are just getting asked too often by hundreds or thousands of charities each competing against the other for your money.
I'm not even going into the issues surrounding charities and their marketing, or modus operandi etc as that is much too complex for this thread.
As for the skydiving, well If I received a letter asking for sponsorship I'm afraid it would almost certainly go in the bin. Not becuase I am heartless, but because I probably get haf a dozen or more similar each week.
After all, it is a nice day out for someone to do something they enjoy.
richie_few said:
Do u give to charity?
Yes, but not to street walkers though. About a year ago, I was doing some work in London. Just outside the office was the site for the charity worker to stop people in the street. Same people each day, different charities. Every time they would do their damnedest to get in your way to liberate you of even more money. Never took no for an answer and completely annoyed everyone who worked near. Commission perhaps?
Anyway, now make a note to NOT stop and listen to anything that these people have to say. I do give to charity and will continue to do so - but in my own private way. I seek no publicity or to be guilt-ed into it.
Probably the wrong time of year for ask anyone to give to charity. Money is tight and paydays are messed around.
I will give to charity when I can but I dont follow sponsered events and I will not give anything if someone pesters me (like the supermarket ones where they follow you shaking a bucket of coins! or whatever)
I will give to charity when I can but I dont follow sponsered events and I will not give anything if someone pesters me (like the supermarket ones where they follow you shaking a bucket of coins! or whatever)
as it happens the parachute jump its self is free!!!!! all money raised goes directly to the respite centre she works at.
Im proud of her for doing it, shes not doing it because she wants to do the jump, she just wants to raise abit of money to help the kids that she gets paid peanuts to look after.
>> Edited by richie_few on Thursday 9th December 12:06
>> Edited by richie_few on Thursday 9th December 12:09
Im proud of her for doing it, shes not doing it because she wants to do the jump, she just wants to raise abit of money to help the kids that she gets paid peanuts to look after.
>> Edited by richie_few on Thursday 9th December 12:06
>> Edited by richie_few on Thursday 9th December 12:09
I give to charity in the old fashioned way - money in a tin or donation of my time/skills. I refuse to give people on the street my bank details.
I'm afraid many people see the 'sponsor me to bike up the nile' type things as a free holiday for the participant with nominal gains for the charity - esentially the same as me asking for sponsorship to do a trackday and giving everything over and above my costs to charity!
I'm afraid many people see the 'sponsor me to bike up the nile' type things as a free holiday for the participant with nominal gains for the charity - esentially the same as me asking for sponsorship to do a trackday and giving everything over and above my costs to charity!
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