Charities that try just a little too hard
I wrote
last month that SWMBO took part in the Alzheimer’s Society Memory Walk in
Norwich with her sister, her brother and his wife, raising more than £1,200
through generous donations from family and friends.
Like
most other charities, the AS is undoubtedly a wonderful organisation – willing
people putting others first and using the great British public to provide help
and support to many, many people.
But some
charities can drive me crazy sometimes.
Their
actions can border on the pestering. They think the endless emails, letters and
phone calls are simple, sensible methods of keeping their supporters active
and, more importantly, giving.
Fundraisers
use their time to raise valuable money for good causes. In the meantime too
much of that money is, to my mind, being used on staffing, phone charges,
postage, printing etc.
I don’t
need a letter asking me to send a donation to the people affected by the latest
man-made or natural disaster. And I certainly don’t want a phone call.
I can
make up my own mind on what I want to support and where I want to send my
money. Pity I can’t have a say on HOW it is spent.
