to be disappointed that MNers haven't got off their arses and

[MardyBra]

exceeded the targets for the MN giving week?

Here's the thread link:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/site_stuff/2087731-Giving-Week-is-here-donate-funds-to-MNer-nominated-organisations-and-MNHQ-will-match-them?msgid=47541127

Wikipedia tells me that there are 4,800,000 monthly users of MN. So if we all just get a quid each, that'd be £4.8m. So £25k should be more than achievable.

I see that some of the causes have reached their target, but what Womens' Aid have only had just over a grand.

MN are offering to match our donations, and there's gift aid too, so it's a very effective way of donating.

A quid each. More if you can afford it.

NOW

[Dornishwine]

I am soooooo tempted to nn change yet again to "swiveleyedloon" :)

[Dornishwine]

It's shame MNHQ didn't do this nearer Xmas IMHO.
I know I try to give more at Xmas (Salvation Army, shelter etc)
Maybe an idea?

[GarlicJuneBlooms]

Another bump for Women's Aid :)

[autumnsmum]

Have donated now

[BillnTedsMostFeministAdventure]

Do Woolly Thugs play DodgeBall(sOfWool)?

[Pagwatch]

@ Dornish.
I have years days like that.

[CateBlanket]

The total giving came to £11,300 which MNHQ has kindly matched.

You can carry on donating but MN will not be matching any further donations.

[tiktok]

Thanks for the reminder - I am one of the people who did not fully understand there was a limited window which is no doubt a bit stupid of me, given the 'week' in the title :)

I have done it :)

[Dornishwine]

I rather like that description of myself pag tbh...it sort of fits today :)

[Titsalinabumsquash]

You knowing always had my suspicions that some common thuggery was occurring whilst the love woolly hugs ladies were giving me advice, guidance and praise for my slightly questionable squares.

How very selfish of them to spend their free time bringing comfort to others! won't someone please think of the children?!....... Oh wait...

[Pagwatch]

Yep. If the cap fits and all that.


Love Woolly Thugs

[Dornishwine]

Ha!
Only on Aibu would you be called a "swivel eyed loon" by saying an ops post was rude and pushy.
I choose what charities I give to, thanks.
Someone telling me to donate NOW as the the ops did will only serve to make me think "no, piss off"
So....swivel eyed loon it is!
:)

[JugglingFromHereToThere]

Agree with you there HopALong - And Free Cakes For Kids has just met it's target thanks to an end of Giving Week pledge from Justine and HQ to top them up the last bit to help them meet their target.
They're nice like that

[GarlicJuneBlooms]

Women's Aid's only just over half its target ... nudge!

[ifyourehoppyandyouknowit]

But a new website, which appeals to donors and sponsors, and makes services easier to access is a direct benefit to service users.

[RandallFloyd]

I can feel a renaming coming on, Pistey

[GoblinLittleOwl]

Not the way to encourage people to donate; it occurred to me that I have freely donated £15 this weekend alone by sponsoring two charity runs and church collection. My choice entirely, but I am not endeared by the tone or language used by the original poster; I collect house to house and if I spoke to people in that hectoring way they would be entirely justified in slamming their doors in my face.

[JugglingFromHereToThere]

And as for those Woolly Thugs

[JugglingFromHereToThere]

85% funding from government?

Yeh, maybe Nuclear Defence Trident Replacement UK

Anyone else - I don't think so

[Sirzy]

I love this idea that some charities are funded 85% by the government. I am a volunteer for a large national charity.. in our dreams we would get 85% of funding from the government!

Large charities have to operate with a businesslike model in order to operate and ensure that the charitable aims are met. It would be impossible to do that without paying employees reasonable wages to do so. Everything they do still has to be shown to the Charities Commission as being above board

[Bigglesfliesundone]

I manage a small untrendy charity which gets minimal statutory funding and I spend my time trying to fundraise, get grants etc. When we do 'networking' days, or need to upgrade our website etc, we have to budget very carefully and consider the outcomes we would achieve. I would rather the money we raise, is used to actually directly benefit the recipients.

[ifyourehoppyandyouknowit]

Charities are not big businesses. That's why they are called charities.

[RatherBeOnThePiste]

Mardy - your intentions were stellar, and whilst some folk may not like your style, and you've apologised, you've prompted and introduced the appeal to several, bless you, thank you.

[RatherBeOnThePiste]

Arf Randall!! Woolly Thugs that properly made me snort What a bunch of grabby bastards!


Please know, Woolly Hugs is entirely run on a voluntary and donated basis, every moment, every resource, everything. We are so grateful and humbled by all support we receive. It means we can help more families and children going through very bleak times.

We started with the big blankets for bereaved Mumsnetters, these are still central, but we've spread our wings and now have several ongoing projects, from making Angel Hugs for the Brompton Hospital, to comforting blankets for children with cancer as far away as Malawi and Bangladesh with World Child Cancer, and for teens visiting this country with the Children of Chernobyl project. We make Little Hugs for very poorly children of Mumsnetters and for those in Yorkhill Children's Hospital Glasgow, inc their PICU. All voluntary and all funded by donations, and very often using vegan friendly yarn!


We might be 'kitchen table' but every single penny benefits others, and all feedback we have had makes us know it is so very worthwhile.


Honest and heartfelt thanks

[Pagwatch]

I actually don't see any good reason to post how much one donates to charity. I think it's horribly crass.

One could easily post about donating shit loads and it constitute a tiny ppn of ones income whereas some others may be donating a fiver that constitutes a huge part of their disposable income .

Really pointless and thoughtless .