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Not wishing to deflect any thing away from the good cause
there are a number of person's raising money for charities that take a cut.
let me explain,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
the geezers in the street raising dosh for st johns and red cross are a private company, the st johns gezzers take from your contribution
10% in the first year 5% in the second should you sign up to give a d/d donation,
that may not seem a lot until you look at the millions they raise it works out at millions they get for the private company so the funds 100% doesnt go to st johns.
then red cross geezers thats also a private company, they attempt to say that 100% goes to the charity when in reality what happens is rather than red cross advertising via the tv they pay the private company a cut of what they would have paid to advertise on tv, so there still being paid out of your donations.
i used to give freely to charities, until i discovered how 100% wasn't reaching these guys, and if i make a donation i want 100% to reach the charity.
so im more reluctant these days.
the help for heroes in this case is a good cause, but i noticed in ashford yesterday people collecting for them and wonder if that was a private company like that of st johns/red cross.?
What do forumites think???