What charity or charitable organisation do you support?

[Toxic Ted]

We have had forum members or contributors talking about charities and charitable organisations who they support in various ways, one of which was a popular (and i use that term loosely) mod talking about the Masons charitable contributions and i was wondering what other charities are supported by forum contributors. Today i have joined the RNLI as a member mainly because i am a diver and i may one day require their services so who do you support if any?

 

[ADM360]

We regularly contribute to the local air ambulance by monthly DD and the red cross.
The Red cross talked the wife into a DD but that's as much, if they keep ring to ask for more then there gonna lose it all!! and the Air ambulance is on a DD I used to have a Bike so thought like you one day i may need it!!

 

[SimonG]

Cancer research, grandfather died of lung cancer and help for heroes.

Anybody that pesters me though gets nowt.

 

[Ermintrude]

NOT RSPCA! But pay a regular dd to a Romanian dog shelter, wife and mates do about £1k a month. Heavily support I.e. Wife runs an animal rehome shelter. RSPCA and everyone else's unwanted piggies end up in our facility. Have about 50 in ours at moment. Get deliveries of veg to house!

 

[lame plumber]

RNLI in case you hadnt noticed

 

[Resolute]

I'll support a lot of charities ad hoc - I.e. RNLI whenever passing a station or collection. But I support NSPCC by DD every month.

There's a lot of very worthy charities out there, but unfortunately I don't have the money to support all.

 

[Toxic Ted]

RNLI in case you hadnt noticed

Noticed what?

 

[AWheating]

the AW curry fund is the one i put funds to.


also guide dogs for the blind.

 

[Ray Stafford]

NSPCC as a corporate thing.

Plus anything that one of our staff are doing for their pet charities - we usually sponsor whatever daft thing they are prepared to do.

One of the recent faves was the "drag a rad" sponsored contest against some customers for the NSPCC. The contestants are harnessed to a large radiator (I think they were 600 x 1800 K2) and they have to drag them across Lee on Solent beach. Much harder than it looks.

 

[Mike Jackson]

I'm a member of the Woodland Trust, Sussex Wildlife Trust and RSPB. I volunteer as a photographer, walk leader and work party leader for the woodland trust. I help out various small canine re homing groups run by friends occasionally. I take part in a few displays each year for charity events. I repaired a Morco water heater F.O.C. at the Barby Keel animal sanctuary about a month ago (they weren't expecting a freebie but I couldn't bring myself to charge ).

We also take part in a few charitable dog walks every year.

 

[kay-jay]

This one
http://www.derianhouse.co.uk/

 

[IND_Nick]

The guy I did my apprenticeship with had a heart transplant last summer, two months later he was back working thanks to the support he was given by a charity called New Start, so any jobs we do together all scrap monies get sent straight to them.

 

[Dotty]

As well as the Masonic charities and whichever charity we're supporting each year I support The Anthony Nolan Trust and Dogs Trust.

I also give blood regularly, the last pint was for Howsie!

 

[Toxic Ted]

I also give blood regularly, the last pint was for Howsie!

That'll stunt his growth a bit!!!

 

[ADM360]

Can't quite do the giving blood thing! needles and the sight of blood!! but i am on the donor list for what ever is useful when i'm gone!!

 

[Ray Stafford]

I also give blood regularly, the last pint was for Howsie!

Blood donoring really wound me up a while ago.

I was diagnosed with a condition called polycythemia, which is an excess of red blood cells, causing a thickening of the blood. This can cause problems with the heart, and indeed I presented originally as the classic middle-aged, overweight businessman with chest pain.

The treatment is devastatingly simple - they extract a pint of blood, and flush it down the sink. At one point, they were doing this to me every fortnight, for about 2 years, then less frequently for another 3 years.

I asked if they couldn't use the blood, and they said "no".

I asked what was wrong with it - because the condition is not actually a blood problem, its to do with the bone marrow not turning off its red blood cell making process. The blood itself is fine.

They agreed that the blood was fine, and could be used, except policy said that blood extracted as part of a treatment had to be thrown away.

So there you go - over the years, they have extracted nearly 50 litres of blood from me, and flushed the lot.

Worse than HMRC!

 

[REDSAW]

charity starts at home
autism

 

[albatross]

Anyone that buys Bosch products may not realise they are contributing to charity with each purchase.

The charity owns 92% of Bosch shares and the rest are owned by the family.

[DLMURL="http://www.bosch-stiftung.de/content/language2/html/1316.asp"]Robert Bosch Stiftung - Health[/DLMURL]

 

[MarkOil]

I support 'Shine' which is a charity that helps families and affected people who have spina bifida and hydrocephalus. My friends kid has it, and he is the happiest kid I know, makes you wonder why people (inc me) moan about such small things in life in comparison with what he is having to deal with.

 

[sheff paul]

We have had forum members or contributors talking about charities and charitable organisations who they support in various ways, one of which was a popular (and i use that term loosely) mod talking about the Masons charitable contributions and i was wondering what other charities are supported by forum contributors. Today i have joined the RNLI as a member mainly because i am a diver and i may one day require their services so who do you support if any?

we sponser a guide dog,and get photo's of them.We brought back a Labrador from Australia.Never give anything to African countries ,so the local dictator can send his missus shopping in Paris,and maintain a fleet of Mercs,a good mate of mine in AUS,was brought up in Zimbabwe,Mugabe ordered a brand new fleet of mercs,but no one could service them properly at the time,so a few years later they all grind to a halt.One night at about 8.30 had a bloke at the door wanting me direct debit details for charity to Africa,i told him this and told him to bugger off

 

[townfanjon]

I sadly lost mum just a few weeks ago.

British Heart foundation is the top of my list now.

 

[Toxic Ted]

I sadly lost mum just a few weeks ago.

British Heart foundation is the top of my list now.

Sorry to hear that Jon.

 

[Dotty]

I sadly lost mum just a few weeks ago.

British Heart foundation is the top of my list now.

Mate, so sorry to hear that too,

 

[rpm]

I sadly lost mum just a few weeks ago.

British Heart foundation is the top of my list now.

Lost my dad last year through cancer and my mum a couple of years earlier after a series of strokes, when mum died a friend said "it`s just our age mate" and out of all the well wishes somehow that one raised a smile.