Charities

[Georgiesmum]

Do you regularly support any charities? If so, which ones to you give priority to?

[ChillDoubt]

Charities I would NEVER give to include all Christian charities, Help for Heroes, the RBL and the Samaritans, all of whom I totally despise.
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Hmm, despise is a strong word, but then if you think nothing of urinating on a war memorial......

[janbee]

Many animal charities, Cancer Research, RNLI, The Martlets ( a hospice in Sussex), St Columbas(a hospice in Edinburgh)Help for heroes.... and many others. So, yes I support charities. I wish I could support more. If I win the lottery...

[BlueToffee]

Cancer research, children's charities, water aid, medicine sans frontier and the lifeboats are all on my list.

[janbee]

I forgot, also the local Air Ambulance, and the Brighton West Pier.

[janbee]

...and Age UK and The British Legion. Many years ago, I adopted 6 meerkats at Gatwick Zoo. Sadly the Zoo closed as the airport wanted the land for expansion.

[BlueToffee]

So have you still got the meerkats jan?

[kvalidir]

I'll give to anything if its a worthy cause and as long as it's nothing to do with anything I personally have ( so I don't give to Diabetes UK for instance, although I'm happy to support their fundraising efforts by taking part in things) because imho charity shouldn't be about trying to better your own lot, it's about helping other people.
Medicine Sans Frontieres is one of my favourite charities, our local children's hospice and a German charity that runs an orphanage one of my Mum's former boyfriends used to raise money for for Aids orphans in Africa.
I'll support things like RNLI etc but I won't give a penny to the RSPCA (disgusting organisation), animal kill shelters (on principal), OXFAM and most other larger charities ( because they are bloated with admin costs and un-stream lined when it comes to delivering aid), or any charities with a religious message attached to to their help.

[1ozzy]

We support the Cerebral Palsy Alliance on a regular basis.

At Christmas time we spend quite a bit of money with Tear Australia. They support many different needs, mainly in third world countries.
You purchase a "gift", they send you a card, you personalise the card and send it on to someone instead of buying them a Christmas present, (what do you buy for some people?)
Last year my mum received a goat, my dad got an education and my younger brother received a toilet, and the list goes on.
The money spent then goes to a project along the lines of what you have purchased.

http://www.usefulgifts.org/site/view-all