Quote Originally Posted by Trickytreesreds View Post
I have to admit, I stopped giving myself when it was pointed out how much of this "charity" money is being creamed off by certain organisations. Yet the amount passed on to the supposed needy is nothing like what you think. There are some, that are half decent but many are not.

The BBC children in need is a classic. The make it look like it is a BBC charity for the glory. In effect it is no such thing, so they do bugger all, just air it for viewing figures. The boss of the charity is paid £130 k and 126 staff get £6,5M in wages out those donations.
Not just them either, the poppy fund, has £70m sat in the bank?

So charity is a very argumentative subject.
If you just feel a tightarse, fair enough, but if you are just concerned about stuff being creamed off, take a more direct approach, Mrs F and I used to run a soup kitchen (as part of a team) and despite the fact the folk queueing up for Mrs F's outstanding home made soup were mostly the exact type of folk who don't fit my 'help those who can't help themselves, not those who won't help themselves' ethos, it was a pretty humbling experience.