- Joined
- Nov 30, 2017
- Location
- Melbourne
Rule of thumb for me is if they approach me, they get nothing....Am keen to know which ones are they. I don’t have the proper skill set to work it out.
Rule of thumb for me is if they approach me, they get nothing....Am keen to know which ones are they. I don’t have the proper skill set to work it out.
Yep. But how to find out the ones that don’t approach you?Rule of thumb for me is if they approach me, they get nothing....
Am keen to know which ones are they. I don’t have the proper skill set to work it out.
Rule of thumb for me is if they approach me, they get nothing....
Agree about the Salvos and Red Cross, my dig was aimed more at the buggers in city railway stations. The ones who try to grab you when you are clearly rushing to catch a train...LOL - I think that Tim has not a bad rule of thumb - it is those professional collectors which tend to take the most cut. I will, however, give to the kid who comes to my door collecting for Salvos/Red Cross etc as they are volunteers involved in those collections.
Beyond that I look at areas where I want to contribute and investigate the charities involved for alignment with my values and their conduct. There is an increasing number of people looking at and reporting on the later, see, for example The Good Cause Co. You have to, of course, read and understand the analysis.
Agree about the Salvos and Red Cross, my dig was aimed more at the buggers in city railway stations. The ones who try to grab you when you are clearly rushing to catch a train...
I detest Chuggers almost as much as the other parasitical professions!Agree about the Salvos and Red Cross, my dig was aimed more at the buggers in city railway stations. The ones who try to grab you when you are clearly rushing to catch a train...
Yep. But how to find out the ones that don’t approach you?
I normally go for stuff by the local church. Where I know the people organising directly or indirectly. But want to spread the love a little
This is a cause worth supporting. The birth mother of my girls was a very violent and abusive person. I'm tough enough that I could handle myself with her,but it became too much eventually.The hardest thing for me to do was to let my girls leave with her when it came time for her to go,they were only toddlers at that point and I was deeply concerned for their safety. The way the courts are biased toward the mother meant that I had no choice and I had to have faith that eventually the relevant department,D.o.C.S. at that time,would intervene...which they told me they would do but needed to have the right evidence and conditions. It did happen but my children suffered because of bureaucratic red tape.https://www.facebook.com/JeremiahHouse2018/ appears to be a worthy cause.
Those that have visited dvaa.com.au will know the statistics illustrating why we need to invest in shelters for men, particularly those with children (example below).
With 10 females, 9 males and 4 fillicide this year to date, DV can no longer be ignored or treated as a gendered issue, particularly when charities like White Ribbon spend almost everything donated upon themselves!
+1 a real bloody tough gig!!!Tough gig!