Children In Need

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Very humbling to watch..... :nerd:


I spend most of the evening in tears when you see some of the poor kids on here.

Not every agrees with these types of charity programmes, but if you do.... please give generously.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/
 
You feel forced too? How? Is someone going to chop your hands off if you don't donate? If you choose not to... it's simple DON'T!!!!!!
 
"Pete and Kate" just did a duet... and I have to admit... it was not too bad. :unsure: I am assuming it was live, and if it was, Kate hasn't got a bad voice.
 
Exactly Kathy - and I won't. I resent being made to feel guilty for not donating money to certain charities, and events like Children In Need are, in my eyes, geared around making people feel guilty enough to give money. I support a great many number of charities, but the ones that I want to supprt - I WILL NOT be made to feel guilty in order to give to a charity - I give because I feel they merit donations.
 
Originally posted by Shadow Leader@Nov 18 2005, 09:16 PM
I WILL NOT be made to feel guilty in order to give to a charity - I give because I feel they merit donations.
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Quite right, SL. We Catholics spend most of our lives being made to feel guilty (and usually with good reason :lol: ) but I must admit the programme doesn't make me feel guilty. It saddens me and tugs at my heartstrings but it doesn't make me want to reach for the phone to make a donation. I make my donations in other ways and to charities I want to support.
 
Anthing with Natasha Kaplinsky in it makes me reach for the off switch followed by a bucket.
 
I make my donations in other ways and to charities I want to support.

ME TOO........................never give to this as I seen a job add on BBC2 years ago for a financial director........JUST FOR THIS CHARITY ...................... pay in access of 75K P/A who do you think pays this amount of monies???????????
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Originally posted by Shadow Leader@Nov 18 2005, 08:16 PM
I give because I feel they merit donations.
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If some of the young 'uns shown tonight aren't worthy of a bit of help... then no one is :(
 
........................never give to this as I seen a job add on BBC2 years ago for a financial director........JUST FOR THIS CHARITY ...................... pay in access of 75K P/A who do you think pays this amount of monies???????????
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Merlin, the average salary for a financial director in the City is one hell of a lot more than that.

Most charities have to pay a half reasonable salary to their senior management - because, regrettably, there aren't enough totally altruistic people with the right skills on the market. Charities, like every other organisation in this country - sorry, probably in every country in world - need to be able to do the best they can with the resources they have available. In order to do this, they try to buy the necessary skills. The fact is that there are not enough people around who are willing to do it, and to shoulder the responsibility of it, for free.
 
This could of course all be absolute rubbish Merlin. Taken from The BBC's own website.

Last year, thanks to your extensive fundraising and generous donations BBC Children in Need raised more than £34 million!

Every single penny that you donated found its way to a charity or project that works to improve the lives of children and young people throughout the UK. None of this money was used for other costs, such as advertising, paper, postage or the salaries of people working for BBC Children in Need.
A number of the organisations to whom we give money aim to change the direction of young peoples’ lives in noticeable, long-lasting, and practical ways. You can read more about these projects and the children you've helped in the sections listed above.

Even the smallest donation is vital:

£260 could pay for one course teaching 'independence skills' to children with severe physical disabilities
£250 could pay for two underprivileged children to attend a holiday club while their mother receives treatment for a life-threatening medical condition
£85 could pay for one 'household starter pack' for a homeless 16-year-old attempting to escape life on the streets
£75 could pay for a specialist hospice nurse to look after children with cancer for a day
£17 could pay for one therapy session for a sexually-abused child or teenager
£15 could pay for one counselling session for a child affected by violence at home
£5 could pay for a Christmas present for a child from a homeless family
£4.99 could pay for a set of toy cars for a group of children infected by HIV or AIDS
 
Well Kathy you believe what you want to believe I am relating to a JOB as a FINANCIAL CONTROLLER/director TO OVERSEE THE CHARITY CHILDREN IN NEED.....a few yrs back...

I have not made it up! its what I actually seen on BB2 JOBS SECTION now who do you think pays him/her then??? we the public through our LICENSE FEE ???being paid, or its taken from the monies donated......

while people/stars will not expect a fee for their performence, they DO!!!! claim out of pocket expences ie travel/hotel etc etc..............

I dont wish to get in an argument with you!!! I am quoting what I know and have also read ...........full stop
 
I have to say that I find the whole affair cynical and distasteful . Why should these ligitimate charities have to rely on public funding at all . Charity is an acknowledgement that the government isn't doing its job . I appreciate that boycoting charity donations does not help any of the needy in the short term but I am appalled that the BBC is so cynical as to milk the ratings and the working class purse at the same time (traditionally it's those who have least to give who give most) rather than devote a documentary series to underfunding in government quarters . They usually arn't behind the door in critisising New Labour . Look at the big picture and start campaigning for more regulated government funding for worthwhile causes . Politicians are laughing at you if you don't .
 
Correct me if I'm wrong but does Children In Greed not have a large stash of cash tied up in some bank account or investment fund somewhere and the only money given to good causes is from the interest drawn from that lump sum? :mellow:

p.s I hate Terry Wogan because every year at Eurovision when the Irish song comes on he says THEY and when the U.K song comes on he says WE. The frigger!
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Our Tel is somewhat anglicised these days in spite of coming from Limerick aka Stab City . In fact a Sinn Fein rep took umbrage at the fact that Tel said he was Irish at all :lol: Same guy had an issue with the Corrs accepting OBEs from the Queen :lol: Petty petty petty :lol: Sorry I shouldn't get political . Oops too late
 
Of course, we could follow the example extolled in the Koran, and everyone who works pays 'Zakat' - a 'charity tax', which is a standard 2.5% of their annual income, regardless of whether they're on minimum wage or a gega-billionaire. It's collected as a due by a Ministry for Charitable Affairs (well, it is in Saudi Arabia!) which distributes the income in accordance with the most pressing needs within the country. Anything left over goes to help organisations like the Red Crescent (the Islamic version of the Red Cross), etc. That would take all of the wavering over will-won't-might out of charitable giving, and would ensure that the better off really DID cough up for the disadvantaged. Of course, there's nothing to stop the truly generous of heart (and pocket) from giving to personally-preferred charities, too, but as a religious stricture promoting social duty, it's one of very few in which I see some purpose and benefit.
 
Agree with last two posters. I hate the Celebrity Movement per se, but watching talentless airheads take the high moral ground when the sole (in the main) purpose of their appearence is to help their careers, is cringeworthy.

The sincerity seems as real as Wogan' hair.
 
Originally posted by solerina@Nov 19 2005, 12:24 AM
Why should these ligitimate charities have to rely on public funding at all . Charity is an acknowledgement that the government isn't doing its job .
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That's exactly what Mr GG was saying to me last night. The Government ought to be doing more to care for these children, not the general public who pay quite enough tax as it is.

I'm quite cynicle about a lot of charities too and the ones that I do give to are run by people I know and I know exactly where my money is being used. It's mostly animals who benefit from my spare cash. The Government does nothing at all to help them.
 
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