How do you give back to your community?

[WomenHour]

I sometimes feed the local geese.

I pay council tax.

You feed the geese? 😂
Way to go OP, your philanthropy knows no bounds.

Yep, by paying an absolute fuck ton of council tax.

I used to buy coffee from the local independent cafe even though the service was painfully slow. Unfortunately COVID has killed the business so I have to resort to Costa or Pret.

@OhSweetNuthin

You feed the geese? 😂 Way to go OP, your philanthropy knows no bounds.

Only feeds the Geese sometimes🤣

Monthly donations to our county foodbank and sometimes donations/gifts to specific families. My best friend is the wife of a local funeral director and occasionally runs into families that have lost a family member and need some help to get through the aftermath. Sometimes I send food, sometimes I donate toward the funeral cost, sometimes it's other things they need. But I do it through her so I'm not identifiable as the donor.

I deliver newspapers to the elderly in our road who are housebound. The local shop stopped using paperboys and girls... Mum and I go to the shop everyday.. It seemed sensible to offer. I originally had 4. One moved away, one died... I'm left with Ds2's adopted Grandma and another old lady... I am pleased to help.

Litter pick and guerrilla garden.

Oh and I collect prescriptions for people as well and deliver them.

I don’t really participate in the community so my council tax covers it.

I donate to local independent animal rescues. I used to be a trustee, then Chair of a local charity.

As well as paying a fuck tonne of council tax, I pick up dog shit that selfish fuckers don’t bother to. I also collect up the recycling that the bin men drop everywhere on bin day. I don’t do this because I am a good person, I do it so that I don’t have to live in a filthy shit hole. Frankly I’m up til midnight dealing with my own family and elderly parents so I have nothing left to give the community, apart from I’m not contributing to it being fucked up

Chair committees to get things built in our local area. Done 2 now. Love to see the outcome of my work and see the community enjoying them.

I've worked for a local non-profit community organisation for 20 years.

I live quietly and obey the law. This is far more than my immediate neighbours do.

Laughing at these people who think paying council tax means they're making a contribution to community

Cook for elderly neighbours
Pond clearing twice a year
Tithe to church
Bake and book sales
Driving and errands
Chair very local charitable fund
Host drinks on rota
Christmas Eve supper host
Support villages events
Use villages shop
Organise Safari supper and wine evening as part of group

I volunteer in a shelter for homeless people.

Your council tax covers fuck all.

Maybe 10-15% of the total expenditure of your council's expenditure.

Lots of expenditures there

School governor.

I work.
I raise my kids-alone
I dont have time for 'community'
Voluntary work is all well and good to virtue signal about but rare in those who actually work 60 hours a week
I look after my own as noone else will

I'm intrigued by the phrase "give back."

Do most people feel that their community "gives" to them? And in what way?

Gosh some of the answers in here are so disheartening. No wonders there's a lack of community in so many areas of the country. I guess those ' I pay council tax ' people, do know that it is illegal not to pay it. It's not like you've gone out of your way to do so

I set fire to it every November 🤣