[Wolves] OT: 2 Live8 tickets possibly available - Hyde Park this Saturday 2nd July

[sparkes]

Kevanf1 wrote:

>
>It had better be a flame thrower then because I agree with you, Peter.
> Charities always sound very good.  But how much out of every pound
>actually goes to the end cause?  Not much.  
>
charities have to disclose these figures publically.  Some very large 
charities that look like they have a lot of overhead are actually pretty 
good with their finances and even with a large staff a large proportion 
of the money donated reaches the end recipients.

Some small charitable concerns every penny given reaches the person at 
the end and everyone involved donates time and resources for free.

>The vast majority goes to
>the ones at the top running the charity.  Want to get rich?  Set up a
>charity.  
>
I have only met one person making a decent (well down right criminal) 
living from the charity he set up.  This bloke was a former director of 
several double glazing companies and was once banned from running a 
company.  Totally not the sort of person who should be running a charity.

But this is only one case from thousands.  It does happen but most 
people who are involved in charity work either as founders or employee's 
would be a lot better off working in the real world.

>I'd personally rather help out by giving my time or my
>labour to a charity than giving money.  
>
This is more important than money to a great number of charities.  In 
the end for most charities staff and transport are probably the biggest 
costs.  By donating a small portion of your time once in a while to 
something you belive in you can make a real difference.  While you don't 
have a lot of faith in charitable concerns you have shown an excellent 
way of donating.

sparkes