Giving to too many charities at once
Posted by: frilly
29th Jan 2010 02:28pm
They seem to want more and more each year they say their costs are going up but so are mine and we are on fixed incomes. I am disabled and we are on a pension.
This seems to have no affect when told to them perhaps I should jump on their list LOL. Certain charities help pay outstanding fines etc that people "find they are unable to pay" This is so wrong they should never be given money.
Vouchers or coupons. We see so many TV reports showing how young people and perhaps not so young blatantly tell their stories about how they can live up in Byron Bay on the "Dole"
How can they do this when we have to list every source of income we have and our pension goes up and down even weekly in tune with our assets. The fact that these assets we cannot cash in as the interest from them supply the remainder of our pension.
We thought we had totally covered ourselves for our retirement until the market crashed.
That was the biggest shock of all to find so much money had just disappeared. Now we have to keep Centrelink informed of every change in our financial situation. How do these others manage to get money so easily
One more thing, I said I was disable, it means lots of Drs and hospital visits. We can almost guarantee that after a hospital visit we will receive a request for a Charity at that hospital. Charities are exempt from the "Blocking of unwanted calls"
sherri
- 22nd Nov 2011 12:08pm
It seems to me that NONE of us are saying that we don't want to donate to charities, OR that we are anything less than compassionate OR that we would not be willing to help out to the extent to which we are able.
BUT we don't like being bombarded or manipulated or guilted into doing so, and are seeking some sort of protection from this harrassment.
Yes, there are various things that we can pro-actively do that will help a little, but with more and more organisations 'hopping on the bandwaggon' it is going to be an endless task - IF the organisation DOES keep a list of those not to call. (Most of them actually employ an outside organisation to do this so I have my doubts as to whether my request never to be rung again by them would work)
But at the same time, if enough of us are persistent with the same message MAYBE we can start a people movement that will stop the harrassment and we can go back to supporting charities the 'old-fashioned' guilt free way!
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