children in need really pisses me off

[Mightybanhammer]

I know I am being unreasonable but I really do dislike it and can't quite articulate why.
Prefer to choose my charities rather than have it thrust down my throat I suppose.
Anyone else?

The BBCs way of atoning for turning a blind eye and enabling paedophilic employees during the 60s -80's. Ironic really.

I honestly think I live under a rock as I didn't even know it was today. My children had nothing at school and I haven't seen anything about it.

My child is a child in need he has complex disabilities he goes to a special school etc his school does this ,today he went to school with spots on and I sent in a contribution what I don't understand is why the school don't just fundraise for themselves ,bearing in mind every child that attends the school because of their disabillities is a child in need?

So don’t watch it then..it’s not like it’s compulsory

I don’t exactly trust the BBC with anything to do with children in need, given their track record. So not watching and supporting other charities instead.

Going to go off on a tangent here but as someone who works for a charity it REALLY fucks me off when people moan about "admin costs".

Do you really think that charities should pay their staff like shit, make do with rubbish slow computers and basically put up with their entire organisation being inefficient as they get judged for buying anything they actually need?

Charities need people who are good at their jobs to operate, and those people often go over to the charity sector because they are totally under appreciated because people think they should put up with all manner of shit conditions due to the love of the cause.

No one holds a gun to your head and forces you to watch it or donate?...unless I’m missinf something
Get involved or don’t....
Not like they phone you or come round doors or even approach you on the high street like some, one day a year hardly a big deal is it

I thought we have this same argument every year, and someone comes on to say 'CiN stockpile money' then someone else comes on to say that they give 5 years funding to charities, which is essential for continuity planning. Having worked for a small charity, 5 years of guaranteed funding would have been a dream. They have to keep it somewhere. Why not invest it sensibly and grow it? I agree about the show and the whole day, its dull , but I know friends who have worked with charities that have had CiN funding and they are very positive about it. And unfortunately, small charities struggle to get publicity and donations, so why not get some celebrities to publicise their cause? Surely that's why the big ones have celebrity patrons?

Rozdeek you should be working for magic beans or out the goodness of your heart or something

I agree. It's painfully shit and it's not like the BBC don't have the resources to make it great.

Yy MrsJayy!!!

Helping several children’s charities. It raises millions of £s every year, these tv marathons may annoy some or even a lot of you but they do work. Getting annoyed by them is just odd. In the words of the old tv show, “Why Don’t You” turn off your tv and do something different instead...

Comic Relief was horrendous this year. They had a "world's greatest biscuit" competition where comedians stuffed their faces and judged which they liked best. Right after a VT about starving 3rd world children. Smooth.

Completely agree Roz

To people wondering where the money goes, there is a breakdown by area on the CIN website. Most are small charities and there is a direct impact on local communities (from experience). It's worth taking a look. Obviously no one needs to watch the programme, or donate, but you might find some local charities that you could support directly.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/psvxkB6QDMK63pgHmP5RJF/who-you-help

Coming back again to say the charity we directly benefited from was TINY AND LOCAL AND WAS MASSIVELY FUNDED BY CHILDREN IN NEED.

The irony of the likes of Gary tax dodger Barlow promoting a charity sticks in my craw.

I should have said, those good people often go over to the PRIVATE sector as totally under appreciated in the charity sector.

Having said that I do think they do amazing things and I actually have a lot of time for Children in Need.

While some celebrities might be in it for the publicity we have no way of knowing how much they actually do give themselves or what they do to help.

Oh how awful that ill and sick and disadvantaged and poverty stricken children are "forced" upon you.
How can anyone get pissed off about it? Even if you don't like the show.. jesus wept

I work in the charity sector, and I don't give a penny to CIN.

Too many issues around transparency and accountability. Too many grey areas. They sub-grant their money in ways that make it hard to report on.

No.

Give you money to charities that carry out direct implementation of work, and have direct responsibility and accountability over quality, impact and reach. That should apply to every single charity you donate to, domestically or globally.

One of my friends is actually on CIN this year with her child. As a story of someone who has directly benefitted from a scheme funded by CIN.

Yes, it would be lovely if these things existed without charity. If the scheme didn't exist, my friend would still carry on, but her life and that of her child and family would be that bit harder and she'd struggle a bit more.

Services like a lot of those funded by CIN are those that are 'nice to have's and not 'someone will literally die if we don't have this service'. They make huge, lifechanging differences to the families they work with but the won't ever compete with cancer treatment and A&E etc when it comes to NHS funding, or there just isn't a mechanism to provide that sort of service nationwide, or it's a local group that's seen a need and provided a localised service.

If you don't like it, don't watch it and don't donate. Nobody is forcing you to.

Though, to be fair, if you're going to choose between donating to CIN or donating to Comic Relief, then CIN all the way.

I don’t like it either OP. I’d like to punch Pudsey bear. And I don’t like Comic Relief. Oh dear, now I’m worried I’m going straight to hell...

Why are charitable donations required for kids in need. Answer me that one please. Should never be required at all, paid out our taxes more like, and if our taxes are not enough, raise them.

You will not see a TV program for Adults or Elderly in need, even though cutbacks mean they need help too, precisely because there is no pull factor there, they are not cute needy children. It is a scam.

Although before I am sued I know kids benefit, but it should not have to be like this. Take in the production costs, etc. of something like this.

My spidey senses bristle. Sorry folks but they do.