What do you think

[weecalf]

We as a family have often gave to and supported cancer charties by donations and sponsored walk ect .what is getting to be annoying now is that there is a minimum of say £10 to do these walks .Is 200 small donations not better than no £10 .We will continue to donate and help .Who would be setting these amounts .Would charties not be suffering by these minimum donation rules .

[zabado]

I totally agree with pixi-. But our government wont.They seem to give our taxes to anyone overseas that holds their hands out. **Charity begins at HOME**

[jackthehat]

I think weecalf means that 'in addition' to your sponsorship money, you have to pay £ 10 to simply take part in the event.
In effect, it costs you £10 + the amount you raise in sponsorship money to 'compete'.

[Manwithnoname]

Agree weecalf. These charities are dictating the amounts you give & try & manipulate the emotions of the donator, by trying to make them feel guilty
One collector in our local was asked to leave after demanding a min of £2 for a flag.
However,there are a lot people who do donate the collectors demand.
& yes I also think that the widows mite mentality would be more benficial.

[milly143]

I'm slightly torn on this. My friends brother has been running the London Marathon for a few years and each year holds some spectacular fund raising event. He has to do this in order to get the minimum amount required before he is allowed to participate. I believe it was something like £1800.00 last year. So he has to guarantee he will have £1800.00 before they let him run. Part of me agrees that it costs money to put these events together and they have to be sure that people are serious about taking part, so making sure they have to part with some money is the way to do that but on the other hand, why should there be a minimum. A £5 donation from a participant is surely better then nothing at all.

[petal54]

I suppose the organisers of charity events feel that if people pay to take part,that thay're more likely to take part,but it is off putting to do something for a good cause.We seem to get endless raffle tickets from things we support,but realistically ,as you say,giving every other week is not always possible.