Charities & Causes

Am I being unfair?

Charities & Causes

Posted by: Goulah

15th May 2009 11:47pm

With most charity collectors getting paid a hefty "wage", where is the money really going? Which charities actually give all the money to the people they are collecting for?

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  • 1st Dec 2010 11:51am

I'd like to see your evidence of the wages these Charity workers draw, Having been involved in the Voluntary side of Charity work I have seen some nice Cars rock up to the Office to discover some other Volunteer (A well off Business Person) giving freely of their time and substance to further the work of the Charity. Sometimes things are not what they seem. I remember in NZ some Businesses supported Charity work on the Side and their books were open to public Scrutiny, others that cheated were found out. People regularly checked up on them... There are cost to running a Charity and while the Governments try to be generous they still impose a lot of requirements. Some Charities just don't have access to free accountants and these services are usually sourced at less than cost. Groups like the Salvation Army endevour to help those not covered by the Government when problems arise and they do a great job getting volunteers into the front line to help the needy. If you have the resource to share and commit it to delivering help to the needy then you are doing a good thing...


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