Charities Paying Staff To Raise Money

[gordiescotland1]

I keep on getting stopped in the high street by groups of over zealous individuals trying to get me to sign up by direct debit to main charities but I object the staff are getting paid surely the money should be going to help the people the charity represents

[ummmm]

Do you work for free?

[Gromit]

They are 'chuggers' - Charity Muggers.

They are paid on commission, not salaried. If they get you to sign a DD they get a one-off fee. This works very well for charities because fund-raising is very labour intensive. People working violintary for free are welcome contributors, but someone with an incentive (a small fee) tend to be more effective.

[hc4361]

Do you really believe that everyone that works for a charity should be volunteers?

[Gromit]

Most Charity Shops have a paid manager. They have to pay commercial rent. There is a cost involved in raising money. If they raise in excess of their costs then everyone wins.

[B00]

The other day it hit home to me how difficult it must be to get volunteers after a conversation I had with a recently retired customer at work...

She was telling me how horribly bored she was doing nothing all day every day, and that it was driving her nuts and she hated it.

me: "have you thought about volunteering for a charity?"
her:" God no! I'm not working for nothing!!"
me: "errr, well alrighty then...."

[ToraToraTora]

That's why I don't give to charity this way, very very little gets to the intended target. All the major charities are the same.

[mikey4444]

Charities have to use paid fund-raisers Gordie, or they wouldn't survive. I support the Dogs Trust and they almost all their new Members by manning a stand in places like Tesco. Great charity by the way.

[dave50]

I would never dream of giving my bank details to someone who approached in the street, no matter who they said they were working for.

[hc4361]

dave, you do realise that all those details are on a cheque, don't you?

[ToraToraTora]

cheque? Is that what they used to use in the olden days?

[ummmm]

I still have a cheque book.

[BRIGHT SPARK]

I would'nt do voluntary work if you paid me!

[cazzz1975]

I object to charities using pushy methods to drum up donations, at a local tesco's the two charity muggers were blocking the doorway of people arriving and leaving the store.

charity is big business now

[mccfluff]

not many people are lucky enough to be in a position to work for free.

It would be nice to have 100% of every donation go to the charities mission whatever that may be, but people have to live, bills have to be paid....

If i get asked by chuggers i explain i donate to my chosen charity through payroll and decline, easy enough to do

[atalanta]

I really resent the fact that charity shops sell new goods on the high street, in direct competition with shops which have to pay staff and other overheads which the charities avoid. Second-hand stuff and Christmas cards - fine. Not fair to compete with new stuff, even if it is only "gifts".

[hc4361]

atlanta, the new items are often donated by companies. What do you suggest the charities with the goods?

[janbee]

I do collecting for quite a few local charities. I'm often to be seen, and heard, rattling my collecting can outside places like Sainsburys, Tesco etc. I NEVER ever get paid. It's all voluntary. I also would never expect to get paid.
As for those ghastly chuggers...grrr. Seek and destroy ! Why on earth would you give your bank details to a total stranger? I don't give my bank details to my closest friends or family and nor would I expect to be told their bank details, so I sure as h**l wouldn't part with details to a total stranger in the street or at my door.