Charity scum, in case anyone had any doubts.

[Hetzer]

[Ste]

I wonder how much the TV ad itself cost to make and for the airtime.

[Rogerborg]

[Loui5D]

I remember hearing a few years ago that it was around £30k for 30 seconds of time on air.

Then you've got to look at the channel & time slots you want.

[Lord Percy]

[Ste]

[Mark_F]

[Derivative]

This is basically ingredient #100 of how people end up in the Carlin video situation you posted in the other thread.

The rent is about a billion a second but it needs to be that to pay the mortgage.

The charity boss makes about a billion a microsecond but they'd make 5 times that if they worked in a bank so why not.

The proles can't feed themselves so if you own a home you are rich. (e.g. OMG d union boss haser himself a 1 bedroom flat kill the interloper)

wot

I recommend some good wine, you'll be off to a better place soon enough.

[M.C]

I recall reading something similar about Barack Obama's wife (Michelle?). Basically some charity/hospital thing was paying her shit loads of money, insisting she had a crucial job and was worth it. When she left they didn't replace her...

[Sun Wukong]

I recently entered in to the dark murky world of the third sector.

It left me even more lost than before, frankly.

There are people doing good things all over the place, and unfortunately a lot of those people feel almost the same way about the big charities.

You can go in to third sector work, and earn a modest wage, even in the UK. 25k+ for basic office work and event planning. But that will be in London, and most secretaries in London get 30k.

They say no one would take the job due to the massive stress, but yeh, keep your office somewhere smaller and hire those willing to do it for less.
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[Sun Wukong]

Interesting point, as someone who rarely graces the shores of the UK, I have noticed on each visit the staggering number of oily donation hounds lurking in shopping centres hard selling you Oxfam etc.

It is, apparently, a growth industry. And one of the few viable options I was given to earn more than minimum wage in the UK.

Yes, I agree with the spend money to make money philosophy of fund raising, but that whole area makes my skin crawl.
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[Rogerborg]

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/sep/20/tony-blair-to-close-commercial-enterprises-to-focus-on-charity-work

Looks like there's more profit in not-for-profits.
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[M.C]

[Rob W]

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

It's not really much of a surprise is it?

I don't give to charity, the chuggers can all get stuffed as well. I usually have somewhere to be, so don't waste it talking to that lot.
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[Commuter_Tim]

I do occasionally give to tramps on the street, but I refuse to give a penny to charity scumbags.
At least this way I know my money is just going to be spent on cheap booze (Hell if I was homeless I would want to be perpetually drunk too)
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[Rogerborg]

Traditional tramps have necked or shot up what you give them.

Now it's as likely that your money will end up in the pocket of a gangmaster who drives a Merc.

Always seeing the cloud behind the silver lining.
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[Lord Percy]

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

[M.C]

[DrSnoosnoo]

[M.C]

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It's the fake charities used by dodgy, people trafficking clothing collection firms which gets my goat.

I posted this on here last year, but shows the links to a bag put through my door, to an Eastern European people trafficking gang, with just a bit of Googling.