Bizarre begging letter

[KateA]

@jay hay-char there is always next month....

 

[jay hay-char]

 

[WeeWillie]

Big charities are big business, and they would argue that, to get the money in and meet their charitable objectives, they need high performers who require appropriate levels of reward. I don't entirely buy this - there are lots of people out there for whom the job that they do is more important than a massive salary - but, substantial though they are, the salaries that you quote above would be modest for the CEO of a commercial company with an equivalent turnover.
For some years, I was a Trustee and Non-Executive Director (unpaid ) of a small charity that provided training and education for the Publishing Industry. The salaries paid to the two senior members of staff were extremely modest and it always amazed me that, when we were trying to recruit replacements into these roles, we were always able to find high-calibre candidates in spite of the money on offer.
However, I'm under no illusions about the extent to which some charities spend money on fancy salaries and other fripperies;
for example, the RNLI came under a lot of flak some years back, for building a lavish new Headquarters in Poole. As a keen sailor, I am always glad that if I get into trouble at sea there will be a dedicated and unpaid volunteer lifeboat crew who are prepared to put to sea whatever the weather, to save my sorry ass: I'm not so enthusiastic about the fact that their (paid) bosses are ensconced in luxury back on dry land.
But what if the RNLI didn't exist, or collapsed in chaos because of a lack of leadership and fundraising? People who work for charities still need to pay a mortgage, feed their kids and have an occasional holiday. It's all quite difficult.
Big charities are big business, and they would argue that, to get the money in and meet their charitable objectives, they need high performers who require appropriate levels of reward. I don't entirely buy this - there are lots of people out there for whom the job that they do is more important than a massive salary - but, substantial though they are, the salaries that you quote above would be modest for the CEO of a commercial company with an equivalent turnover.

I fully understand and accept your comments jay hay-char. It's a mind set that engulfs the defence of high salaried executives.

<quote>But what if the RNLI didn't exist, <end quote>
Oh goodness no, nobody wishes that scenario and it fits well within the sentence I mentioned earlier.......
"I'm not implying we should discontinue donating to our favourite charity causes after reading this article, no, that would only cause suffering for those in desperate need."

<quote>or collapsed in chaos because of a lack of leadership and fundraising?<end quote>
There are many ordinary men and women who, given the opportunity, are perfectly able to produce excellent results for any charity association but are unable to do so due to what is considered a lack of "proper education".
Those capable people who, more often than not, are overlooked. They are neither dim, nor stupid, have a good head on their shoulders, have good inclination for problem solving, are excellent motivators and or fund raisers. They often work as unpaid volunteers in many aspects of charity associations , yet they are completely overlooked when it comes to filling vacancies at the top of (for instance) the very charities they are involved with.

Also
If the article by the journalist is true, and I've no reason to doubt it, I feel it is obscene these salaries given to the executives, by and large, come from donations given by the poorer members of society. Absolutely obscene.
I feel if we, the donating public, do not raise concerns or more awareness regarding these executives salaries, it will simply continue, because I don't consider the charities themselves will tackle the issue, and the easiest method of raising awareness, again as I said earlier, is to ask each charity for a breakdown of the financial distribution of the donations they receive every year.

They have no desire to release that information.


Best wishes.

willie.

 

[jay hay-char]

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