It's the time of year when the Diabetes UK Christmas catalogue arrives.
I’m calling on people to boycott it.
The absolute rubbish that’s in there! Frankly with the recession and global warming we ought to be avoiding it anyway.
I’d call on people to just give presents to kids and maybe bringing wine to people’s houses they’re visiting. Grown adults buying each other gifts is a bit pathetic, especially when people can afford to buy themselves stuff these days.
We should cut our Christmas spending and give a small donation instead.
I’m also calling on people to contact Diabetes UK etc and set up their contact preferences to avoid all this junk mail.
It was interesting on the UK news the other day that they were criticising charities using private companies to raise money.
Basically the first 2 years of direct debit contributions goes to paying the company.
Now I understand that charities need accounting software, buildings, staff, heating etc.
It just seems to me that most of my donation goes to asking me for MORE money and not on the research it’s supposed to.
I’m a supporter of Diabetes UK, but this is a joke.
In my case I'd say I would definitely double my donation if I could ensure it went to research into type 1.
You can get emails instead which aren’t costing the charity a fortune to send.
And maybe just the Christmas lottery tickets if you want.
Christmas is a time of year when we're bullied into spending money that we'd be better off using for something else and allow us to increase our donations instead.
I’m calling on people to boycott it.
The absolute rubbish that’s in there! Frankly with the recession and global warming we ought to be avoiding it anyway.
I’d call on people to just give presents to kids and maybe bringing wine to people’s houses they’re visiting. Grown adults buying each other gifts is a bit pathetic, especially when people can afford to buy themselves stuff these days.
We should cut our Christmas spending and give a small donation instead.
I’m also calling on people to contact Diabetes UK etc and set up their contact preferences to avoid all this junk mail.
It was interesting on the UK news the other day that they were criticising charities using private companies to raise money.
Basically the first 2 years of direct debit contributions goes to paying the company.
Now I understand that charities need accounting software, buildings, staff, heating etc.
It just seems to me that most of my donation goes to asking me for MORE money and not on the research it’s supposed to.
I’m a supporter of Diabetes UK, but this is a joke.
In my case I'd say I would definitely double my donation if I could ensure it went to research into type 1.
You can get emails instead which aren’t costing the charity a fortune to send.
And maybe just the Christmas lottery tickets if you want.
Christmas is a time of year when we're bullied into spending money that we'd be better off using for something else and allow us to increase our donations instead.