Which charities (if any) do you donate to?

Meatball · 18 Jun 2010 at 12:41

I'm interested to know which charities, if any, the members of OcUk donate to/support. At the moment I have 3 direct debits:

Dog's Trust: £10 a month
RSPCA: £10 a month
Water aid: £4 a month

It doesn't take a genius to work out I'm a bit of an animal lover! I need to set-up a direct debit with the Meningitis trust due to recently falling victim to the virus.

So who do you donate to?

Roweyboi · 18 Jun 2010 at 12:43

Nspcc - £5 a month

Sp00n · 18 Jun 2010 at 12:47

Nobody but I sponsor people who do the charity walks/bike rides etc...

As long as it goes to people in this country it's all good

burtie · 18 Jun 2010 at 12:52

I give all the cash I find that people have dropped to the British heart foundation, £60 so far £20 note last weekend.

Anominity · 18 Jun 2010 at 12:54

I give around £7500 a year to charity, otherwise known as the British government.

Smit · 18 Jun 2010 at 12:55

Don't give directly but got a British Heart Foundation Credit Card which supposedly means they get some money each time I use it.

Tripnologist · 18 Jun 2010 at 12:58

I have monthly direct debit donations made to: NSPCC, WSPA and Breakthrough Breast Cancer.

stoofa · 18 Jun 2010 at 13:00

I don't give to any on a regular basis - no DD setup or anything like that.
However as my kidney's have failed forcing me onto dialysis and awaiting a transplant.
I give to Kidney Research whenever I can so they can hopefully stop other people having to go through what I'm going through.

wordy · 18 Jun 2010 at 13:07

Used to volenteer at Barnsley Animal Rescue Charity, but the board memebers decided to basically commit fraud and the charity commission won't do anything about it so we've left and are starting at another local animal rescue, while we watch the Barnsley one go down the toilet.

eatcustard · 18 Jun 2010 at 13:17

Air ambulance
Help for Heros

Murf · 18 Jun 2010 at 13:19

I don't donate regularly but I man the phones each year for Sport Relief taking donations and I cycled the Coast To Coast route (130 miles) a couple of Saturday's ago for Cancer Research UK.

Relentless81 · 18 Jun 2010 at 13:21

I donate monthly by direct debit to RSPCA

edscdk · 18 Jun 2010 at 13:22

UK government about £800 a month...

the missus also donates a lot to that charity as well as some dog charity (however thats only £10 a month)

[FnG]magnolia · 18 Jun 2010 at 13:30

We sponsor a child through World Vision and have done so for 5 years.

^ That's tax so either deal with it or move to a less tax-demanding country.

Gary* · 18 Jun 2010 at 13:31

I donate to Help for Heroes

Paul_cz · 18 Jun 2010 at 13:38

As long as government takes 65% of what I earn every month, private charities can forget about my money.

If it dropped to say, 20%, I would give another 20% to private charities gladly.

Nix · 18 Jun 2010 at 14:01

I usually chuck whatever spare change I've got in the nearest charity pot, and I also tend to help people out if they're doing something for sponsorship.

Don't really have a 'charity' so to speak, but I'm more likely to give to cancer charities or the BHF if I see them. I've also donated a fair few things to Oxfam. I think grassroots organisations in developing countries also need all the help they can get.

regulus · 18 Jun 2010 at 14:08

£20 a month to WWF
£10 to RSPCA

meghatronic · 18 Jun 2010 at 14:12

I'm a bit of a **** and am very picky with my charities.

I give to Cancer Research and NSPCC at present, RSPCA too I think.

Approximately 1% of my income goes to charitable donations, it seems little, but it's more than the state

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Third Opinion · 18 Jun 2010 at 14:44

I prefer not too. Although the work they do is incredible, a very small amount of the donation goes to the front line of the true cause.

This I have found out by doing more than 12 years service for 3 charities.