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Rnli Slammed For Spending Millions On Foreign Aid
//Bosses last week warned the lifeboat charity is facing “some major challenges” after making losses of £6.3million last year. But donations to the service are being spent on creches in Bangladesh and swimsuits for Muslim women in Tanzania.
Tory MP Nigel Evans, who sits on the Commons International Development Committee, said the charity is putting its reputation at risk.
He added: “I would say 99 per cent of the British public giving them money do not have the faintest idea it’s diverted to projects overseas.”//
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This is one charity I thought was struggling and really needed the money to continue its excellent work around our shores. I certainly wasn’t aware that a proportion of my donations are going overseas. Will this information put this charity’s reputation at risk?
Tory MP Nigel Evans, who sits on the Commons International Development Committee, said the charity is putting its reputation at risk.
He added: “I would say 99 per cent of the British public giving them money do not have the faintest idea it’s diverted to projects overseas.”//
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This is one charity I thought was struggling and really needed the money to continue its excellent work around our shores. I certainly wasn’t aware that a proportion of my donations are going overseas. Will this information put this charity’s reputation at risk?
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If each contributor hasn't been informed but deceived into thinking they are contributing to a UK sea rescue charity, then no amount of annual reports, or claims one can find out if one does the detective work, is going to convince anyone much that it's been sufficiently openly done. And whilst it is a case of cutting off one's nose to spite one's face, what else can one do to show disapproval at the deceit other than support a differentworthy cause ? Perhaps some other charity can take the roll of sea rescue on and take it more seriously rather than use contributions for other things.
My Grandfather was a lifeboatman in Pett during the post war years. I'm not sure what he would have made of it. I think he would've been okay with it as long as it wasn't taking needed funds from UK boats, which I imaging it was.
The best way to help overseas projects is to bring them to the UK and show them how they do things in the RNLI. Pass on our knowledge, so they can do the safe in their own countries.
The best way to help overseas projects is to bring them to the UK and show them how they do things in the RNLI. Pass on our knowledge, so they can do the safe in their own countries.
The RNLI statement again explains: the "creches" are about trying to educate children about water safety. Improving people's education is still going to have the effect of saving lives by reducing the chance they get in danger in the first place.
And, as to OG's post, there is no deceit. If people didn't know that's their lookout. I didn't know either, but that's because I didn't research, not because the RNLI kept that information hidden.
And, as to OG's post, there is no deceit. If people didn't know that's their lookout. I didn't know either, but that's because I didn't research, not because the RNLI kept that information hidden.
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//The RNLI's response is that this is only 2% of its budget, and that it has contributed to saving lives. Just because they aren't British lives shouldn't make them any less worth saving.//
How very sadly predictable, Jim. If you want to donate money to the free burkini fund, or flooding relief in Bengal then yiou donate to those worthy causes. But contributors to the RNLI do so with a specific and local aim. And to spend their money however little in aggregate on anything other than the cause they thought they were contribututing to is fraudulent and a betrayal of trust.
How very sadly predictable, Jim. If you want to donate money to the free burkini fund, or flooding relief in Bengal then yiou donate to those worthy causes. But contributors to the RNLI do so with a specific and local aim. And to spend their money however little in aggregate on anything other than the cause they thought they were contribututing to is fraudulent and a betrayal of trust.
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