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I give to the Dog's Trust when I can... also any charity that is specifically for Leukaemia, and Cancer Wales... oh, and Macmillan....

I will sponsor people occasionally, but yes, I have pulled my belt in... and I only give my unwanted clothes etc to The Shaw Trust.

I probably still give as much in pounds... but to fewer charities, lol

Love

Daff xxxxx

I donate to: Help for Heroes, RNLI, various cancer charities and The Salvation Army......

I sponsor 2 dogs through Dogs Trust and polar bears through WWF, I'll occasionally put money in the box if they're collecting outside our local supermarket for a cause in our area but I don't give to any of the others.

It makes me wonder just how much money some of these charities actually have when you see all the adverts on television and the amount of plastic sacks they bung through the letterbox, they surely have to be paid for or maybe I'm just a miserable old cynic

Barb

i give to help for heroes, air ambulance,Rnli, and sorry if this offends people will not give to animal charities or any charity that aides ethnic communities in britain
igor

it was some boy that couldnt speak english and i felt sorry for him so i bought the mag .. but it was 2 weeks old lol conning git

I donate monthly to Dogs Trust and the local Hospice. I donate when I can to Great Ormand Street for Children and Hillside Animal Santcuary and I always buy charity Christmas cards from the RNLI....At work we have an Air Ambulance collection box and change left behind by customers go to that oh yeah and I do buy a Big Issue from time to time if the vendor looks like he/she needs the cash and isnt sporting trendier trainers than I can afford lol

Best defence mechanism to door-stopping:

put on a ski mask and look threatening

or

open the door with a copy of the Watchtower

Sue x

How did they fiddle you Rose? lol xx

i would never do direct debit lol
i have 1 that i donate to on a regular basis . i always put something in the boxes when there are charity collectors outside shops . i always buy badges from boots .. but i dont give as much as i used to . oh and i nevber buy the big issue coz they fiddled me lol

OH drops coins into collection boxes when he believes in the cause, especially childrens' hospices but other than MS Research we don't actually donate.

I do buy raffle tickets for RNIB though and always have from when Caroline lost her eyesight for three weeks initially and they were sooooooo helpful.

Sue

I have stopped, used to put something into charity boxes and those little envelopes you get posted through your door, and decided to support the local Hospice that cared for my Dad in his final days

x

i give thro the school they have numerioous fund raisers throughout the year for all different ones

unfortunatly im selfish and charity begins at home lol

but i like helping out thro the school when i can

xxx

Has anyone here scaled down the amount they give to charities in light of what's going on with the economy?.

I admit I've dropped down to supporting just one charity now .... the one that means the most to me only.......and have cancelled all charity direct debits and just give to the one remaining one when I feel able to.x