Giving to too many charities at once
Posted by: frilly
29th Jan 2010 02:28pm
They seem to want more and more each year they say their costs are going up but so are mine and we are on fixed incomes. I am disabled and we are on a pension.
This seems to have no affect when told to them perhaps I should jump on their list LOL. Certain charities help pay outstanding fines etc that people "find they are unable to pay" This is so wrong they should never be given money.
Vouchers or coupons. We see so many TV reports showing how young people and perhaps not so young blatantly tell their stories about how they can live up in Byron Bay on the "Dole"
How can they do this when we have to list every source of income we have and our pension goes up and down even weekly in tune with our assets. The fact that these assets we cannot cash in as the interest from them supply the remainder of our pension.
We thought we had totally covered ourselves for our retirement until the market crashed.
That was the biggest shock of all to find so much money had just disappeared. Now we have to keep Centrelink informed of every change in our financial situation. How do these others manage to get money so easily
One more thing, I said I was disable, it means lots of Drs and hospital visits. We can almost guarantee that after a hospital visit we will receive a request for a Charity at that hospital. Charities are exempt from the "Blocking of unwanted calls"
bronzzeAngel
- 12th Apr 2010 12:49pm
I have a charity I support.. It is the Down society of SA. My son has downs and I need all the help I can get to help him.
I have to pay to go to his early intervention groups.
It isnt a heap to pay but on a restricted budget I do notice what I pay.
Thing is.. They are not staffed by a lot of volunteers, even though there are those who help out. And I need someone who knows what they are doing when it comes to instructing both myself and my son. IF that person is paid I believe that means we have someone fit for purpose. With a volunteer, if they have money coming in so they dont have to work elsewhere great, but if they if they live on the dole they cant just help out, they have to work and this means we become second to their life and the need to eat.
I have worked as a volunteer and I know that you dont always get someone who is trained properly, so you have to go into training, management and further ongoing support, them if they leave you need to do it all over again. I know in one place we had a new volunteer every month and I was having to train them and then once they were getting up to speed we would lose them due to work or family commitments.
I feel that at the other end of the money chain, if someone is being paid so care, training and support is there for those in need, then I am glad of it.
If everything was given to a charity eg, equipment, management, qualified staff and training etc, they wouldnt need to ask for money. But things need to be paid for. Including staff.
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