which charity do you support mainly and which ones seem to pass you by?

[jane103]

Breast cancer _ i just havent ever been affected by it.
aids dont give to as I think htey get loads of money]
heart diesease and childrens soc yes

I have monthly standing orders to World Vision, Unicef, Save the Children, and Oxfam....But will more or less donate to any charity when a box is shaken at me. I don't do enough though - I know a teacher who donates a 10th of his income to charity. I can't be that selfless. Like a lot of the others, I'm switched off by animal charities too.

I favour 3rd world charities every time over domestic charities, as although there are many people in need in the UK, and many worthy causes I personally think that people in 3rd world are in absolute terms worse off than anyone....

cancer research - doing a 10km walk for them in November, and kids one, but mainly through using their catalogues, doing raffles.
Give money to tin rattlers outside Waitrose quite often though as the stickers that they give the kids keep them quiet for a while . Like doing practical things like buying tins of food for charities when they give you a list, and send loads of stuff to charity shops.

Childline is my biggie

NSPCC and Oxfam monthly, also MS Society, and buy Big Issue when I can.

I do ORBIS (which is the plane that flies to Africa and does eye operations) and APEC (Action for pre-eclampsia). DH does Age Concern and Shelter. We try to rotate them around sometimes, but I'm always up for smaller charities that are relevant to me - my dad is blind and I had pre-eclampsia. I also got my companies charity committee to give APEC about 800 quid which I think made quite a big difference to a small charity. Lots of companies do charities, but tend to choose the big obvious ones....

Forgot to say which ones pass me by - RSPCA and Guide Dogs for the Blind, not cos I think they aren't worthwhile but they are cash rich.

oh and RNLI because I'm a sailor and I might need them one day....ditto giving my clothes to cancer research because I smoke!!!!

never give to those alarmingly cheerful people who have clipboards and colourful vest advertising whichever charity they are working for that day..

Oh, I quite like being accosted by them. Because more often than not I can tell them airily that in fact I have worked for that charity thank you VERY MUCH. Sometimes they quake when I go into considerable detail.

I don't get out much.

Which is probably just as well.

same as handlemecarefully/others on developing world first. i would give time to local charities if i was selfless enough, nothing to animal charities but used to give the odd tin of catfood to Cats defense league when i had a cat. ddebits to medicins sans frontieres, plan international, amnesty, oxfam. used to have dds to help the aged and save the children as well but have replaced those with msf. those chuggers can really see me coming!

also have a direct debit to a charity called eton college, i understand they do very good work?

oh help hope i wont' start anything

acne oo err
I underttand the public schools thing wont last for much longer, thats what they said on " you and YOurs"

Oh and DP gives to Amnesty because his dad was an Amnesty prisoner of conscience.

regulars are amnesty, shelter and i sponsor a child via christian aid (although am not religious). I also support oxfam via a local group. I also give to NCT.
I tend to give also to the usual suspects of comic relief, children in need etc.

I should give more to health related charities and am not much of a pet person so unfortunately animal charities don't get much from me. Does anyone use that charity account to give?

Leukaemia, and diabetes charities mainly.

Between us we give to Tearfund regularly (they do work both here and overseas), Amnesty and Oxfam. Top-up monthly giving by shopping from the Tearfund & Traidcraft catalogues and buying Fair Trade goods wherever possible. Avoid tin-shakers unless for renal-related activities and am in the middle of fundraising for Cystic Fibrosis as my niece has it.

motherinferior, i am so pleased that you scare them

we sponsor a child in Uganda and give to various charities sporadically - the Christian childrens' foundation, cancer research, Unicef and RNLI ( lifeboats).Also try to buy fairtrade stuff wherever possible.I don't actively dislike animals but I do feel humans take priority!

Sponsor a child through Plan; Medical Foundation for Victims of Torture; Children's Society, Oxfam, Amnesty, Medical Aid for Palestinians, a mental disability children's charity whose name escapes me, NCT and a local fund to help women who have had traumatic births on the NHS have their second birth through an independent mid-wife. Animals kind of pass me by too. Interesting to hear someone say HIV/Aids gets enough (or was that just a wind up?) did you know that the current supply of condoms in Africa is equivalent to 3 per year per man. erm, doesn't sound like enough to me. And there's the whole issue of Bush's massive cuts to AIDS-related organizations

No i think that aids has a high profile and get s lot of money raised 0 would nt dare suggest that it is dealt with properly in africa - but that is to do with alot of other reasone than fundrasing.

In my mind I think the nations that have high rates of HIV spend far too little on education and too much on arms and the like - maybe I am wrong??

think its also policy based too - esp in s africa

I support NSPCC, Actionaid, Shelter (which makes me feel a bit less guilty when I hurry past homeless people on the street), help the aged and FoE. I tend to give a wide berth to anything with an overtly religious agenda. And I don't buy dishcloths from those door-to-door people, mainly because my granny was well and truly fleeced by one of them a while ago. Although this may be tarring them all with the same brush. I'd be interested to hear if anyone else has had a problem with the discloth people, as DH is convinced they're largely con merchants.

I think you are wrong on that one, Twinkie. Or at least haven't told nearly the whole story.

This site has more in-depth information than a mumsnet post can run to, if anyone is interested.

Will have a look tomorrow Scummy am off home now for a well earned rest!!

Ooohhhh we don't buy dishclothes from the door to door men as they always come when crimewatch is on and my big strapping over 6ft and over 14 stone DP is too much of a scaredy to go and answer the door!!

Have a nice rest, Twinkie.