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?
sherri
  • 3rd Dec 2011 12:33pm

And in another 'interesting' twist, a former volunteer at an agency I know of tells me that the agency now prefers 'subsidised volunteers' -not sure how this works, but apparently there is some sort of subsidy that can be paid to orgs for taking on people who are fulfilling centrelink work requirements. She feels that as an old-age pensioner, her contribution is not quite as valuable!

Now I know that every charity needs to 'turn their dollar over several times before they spend it' - and that with financial situation as it is, that many now HAVE to work reducing the pool of available volunteers, but if she is correct in what she is saying, then this is another sad trend.

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