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Come on post you pledge, lets see how much STW raised 😉
£10 here.
I do a lot for charideee, but I don't like to talk about it.
Sorry I think we need to sort this country out before we give to others
in respect to others demands but we can't even walk the streets without being
stabbed or women being rapped so money here before else where
£0
but we can't even walk the streets without being stabbed or women being rapped
I suggest you start to exercise a little more self control when you go out for a walk.
I'd pay a lot of money to charidee for a sniper to remove that bumbling twunt Miranda from our screens for good. 👿
in respect to others demands but we can't even walk the streets without being
stabbed
I've managed to date.
The 2 aren't mutually exclusive either and some of the money is used for charities in this country, some to help youngsters keep out of trouble so they don't go around stabbing people walking the streets.
I'd pay a lot of money to charidee for a sniper to remove that bumbling twunt Miranda from our screens for good.
I'd double it.
Drac I am talking in and around the streets of East London
\The 2 aren't mutually exclusive either and some of the money is used for charities in this country, some to help youngsters keep out of trouble so they don't go around stabbing people walking the streets.
very little is given to this country
we can't even walk the streets without being
stabbed
This year so far 74 days on the trot! Oh yeah! Who's the Daddy!!! Not even a kevlar vest!
There is the argument that this country and a bunch of other Western European ones ****ed Africa up royally in the first place and maybe we owe them.
I was completely unaware that women were being rapped. I'd donate to prevent that. What are we going to, extradite Vanilla Ice?
Drac I am talking in and around the streets of East London
Oh that we, my apologies I should of known.
More seriously,
Comic Relief isn't just overseas aid. Go see what they do...
http://www.comicrelief.com/how-we-help
... and then come back to us.
unklehomered - Member
we can't even walk the streets without being
stabbed
This year so far 74 days on the trot! Oh yeah! Who's the Daddy!!! Not even a kevlar vest!
POSTED 49 SECONDS AGO
See you talking so smug after dark walking through the council estates in London
your anal passage will be mmmmmmmmm c@@k sure
Drac - Moderator
Drac I am talking in and around the streets of East London
Oh that we, my apologies I should of known.
POSTED 2 MINUTES A
I dont think you do to be honest
Well, if we're being pernickety you said "we can't even..." not "I can't even" and were talking about the country " we need to sort this country out " not " we need to sort this bit where i live out".
We, as a country, are for the massively most part pretty well off compared to most in Africa, and other parts of the developing world.
Can I ask how far you have to walk for water on a morning?
[quote=grantway said] women being rapped
Well here's a woman rapping.
Meh, I'm bored. Anyone up for a bit of stabbing?
allthepies - Member
grantway said » women being rapped
Sorry two bottle of wine in but I don't find this at all funny
Just to go against the misinformed grain, here is a straightforward fact for you.
40% of money raised is used in the UK
60% of money raised is spent on African projects
Sorry two bottle of wines in but I don't find this at all funny
Lay off the booze ? Two bottles is outside of rational thinking territory.
headfirst - Member
Just to go against the misinformed grain, here is a straightforward fact for you.
40% of money raised is used in the UK
60% of money raised is spent on African projects
Still need to give here before any where else
Lay off the booze ? Two bottles is outside of rational thinking territory.
Just a typing error not brain one
two bottle of wines in but I don't find this at all funny
I'm amazed you can still type.
OP, is this how you imagined the thread going?!
OP, is this how you imagined the thread going?!
Probably not
The foreign aid budget must drive you round the bend.
If you want to give only to UK charities, give only to UK charities. There are plenty about. Other people chose to care about people in many other places across the world as well. Is that so bad? We live largely free of disease, we have doctors and nurses, running water, electricity, and can afford 2 bottles of wine on a Friday night.
I will give a £100 if Claudia Winkleman cuts her fringe 🙂
Never have given to comic relief & never will.
£0.00 here and thats the way it stays
Ah, the old 'we should be donating money in this country' routine. A) that's a load of bollocks - see headfirst's post, and B) I don't see many people in this country dying of malaria and other preventable diseases. FFS, find something suitable to moan about.
So what local charity are you involved with then grant way, since you are so passionate?
For me, level of need and threat to life are more important criteria for my support than proximity.
But I'm not gonna argue with a drunk...
headfirst - Member
So what local charity are you involved with then grant way, since you are so passionate?
For me, level of need and threat to life are more important criteria for my support than proximity.
But I'm not gonna argue with a drunk...
My Brother runs a charity in Tower Hamlets in East London where I came from and I give tickets for local families regardless of origin trips on the London eye and a book too.
I buy batches of tickets and don't ask for tax de duct-able through my accountant.
So 100% out of my pocket
Well I genuinely salute you and your brother's efforts gw.
Unfortunately your compassionate side has not shone through in your earlier posts.
Interesting programme on BBC 2 now for who want some relief from the ccomedy".
3 charidees we subscribe to are the RSPB, Dogs for the disabled & cancer research.
Am I a bad person for not sending my hard earned to Africa or wherever?
I've raised a few quid today and donated a bit. Not sure how much, probably around 50 quid.
I don't care what colour the person is who benefits, or where they live. However bad it is here its a 100 times worse in the developing world.
headfirst - Member
Well I genuinely salute you and your brother's efforts gw.
Unfortunately your compassionate side has not shone through in your earlier posts.
Interesting programme on BBC 2 now for who want some relief from the ccomedy".
Thank you but I really ask for nothing as I started out with nothing and worked hard as my parents had nothing.
Unfortunately I talk black & White and being dyslectic some how has help me
But thank you
esselgruntfuttock - Member
3 charidees we subscribe to are the RSPB, Dogs for the disabled & cancer research.
Am I a bad person for not sending my hard earned to Africa or wherever?
Its your money! its the percentage I would question.
I don't care what colour the person is who benefits, or where they live. However bad it is here its a 100 times worse in the developing world.
^ This
Giving is good, whoever or wherever you're helping.
I do not believe charity begins at home. We don't appreciate just how privileged we are, and the "look after yourself" first brigade smacks of mind boggling selfishness and ignorance.
Nor, however, do I think it's a good idea to throw money willy-nilly at Africa. For example, the woman presenting just announced that to produce, transport, and administer a diarrhoea vaccine to African children costs just £5. It should cost about 50p if delivered in sufficiently high volumes. It's not like a new medicine which has vast development and testing costs behind it.
What this suggests is that there are multiple charities all working with big overheads and an arrogance that prevents them working together to reduce costs. This throws all of the Comic Relief charities into doubt. Why aren't we teaching Africans to produce the vaccine themselves instead of making it here and shipping it over? Even English nurses are administering it out there, which could be done by any African nurse.
Too many African charities seem to exist as gap year providers.
And I found Peter Kay entirely unfunny and mildly offensive, which isn't helping.
[i]Its your money! its the percentage I would question.[/i]
£5 a month to RSPB, £12 a month to DFTD & £8 a month to CR.
£0 to comic relief.
Flaperon - Member
I do not believe charity begins at home. We don't appreciate just how privileged we are, and the "look after yourself" first brigade smacks of mind boggling selfishness and ignorance.
Nor, however, do I think it's a good idea to throw money willy-nilly at Africa. For example, the woman presenting just announced that to produce, transport, and administer a diarrhoea vaccine to African children costs just £5. It should cost about 50p if delivered in sufficiently high volumes. It's not like a new medicine which has vast development and testing costs behind it.
What this suggests is that there are multiple charities all working with big overheads and an arrogance that prevents them working together to reduce costs. This throws all of the Comic Relief charities into doubt. Why aren't we teaching Africans to produce the vaccine themselves instead of making it here and shipping it over? Even English nurses are administering it out there, which could be done by any African nurse.
Too many African charities seem to exist as gap year providers.
And I found Peter Kay entirely unfunny and mildly offensive, which isn't helping.
Don't really care we have an NHS system virtually on its knees or some would say totally F@@@ed
who is going to wipe ur Butt !
You could always donate to the NHS ?
Fair play Sainsbury's, that is an impressive amount irrespective of any ensuing arguments on here.
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I gave a lot last year (might even have been for that other one). Think I've done my bit for a while.
Grantway > please use the 'quote' feature, it makes posts difficult to read otherwise. Yell if you don't know how and we can help.
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the woman presenting just announced that to produce, transport, and administer a diarrhoea vaccine to African children costs just £5.
It's an aside, but it'd cost me £7.65. I never quite understood that, charity adverts going "it costs just five pence for a loaf of bread..." when I'm paying two quid a pop. If loaves cost 5p here I could afford to give a lot more than I do to charity.
^^ @grantway
Perfect example of the ignorance of which I speak. If you can tear yourself away from the Daily Mail you might appreciate just how good the NHS is. It's got problems, certainly, but not ones that will be fixed by throwing money at it. The future is, equally, not something that will be fixed by diverting money and instead will require the same sort of pastoral values that most other countries already have.
[i]You could always donate to the NHS ?[/i]
My Mrs is a staff nurse on a kids high dependency unit, & she had the idea of subscribing to Dogs for the Disabled.
FTW!
None. Never will. Comic Relief is the biggest crock of shit ever. Is Lenny Henry doing it this year? It's basically been his career for the past 15 years other than them adverts. Z list celebs trying to gain exposure/bolster their CV and passing it off as charity.
Flaperon - Member
^^ @grantway
Perfect example of the ignorance of which I speak. If you can tear yourself away from the Daily Mail you might appreciate just how good the NHS is. It's got problems, certainly, but not ones that will be fixed by throwing money at it. The future is, equally, not something that will be fixed by diverting money and instead will require the same sort of pastoral values that most other countries already have.
Only read the Guardian
please excuse while one yawns
esselgruntfuttock - Member
You could always donate to the NHS ?
My Mrs is a staff nurse on a kids high dependency unit, & she had the idea of subscribing to Dogs for the Disabled.
FTW!
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Errr...what?
£20. You need to look past the BS.. it's not perfect, nothing is, but if there is even a small chance that even a few of the 20 pounds, makes it way to help some kid, then that will do me.
Until grantway learns to use the quote function, this thread is almost unreadable 😐
Well...it's perfectly clear who the winner is in the thread.
Congrats, you won The Internet!
Until grantway [s]learns to use the quote function[/s] stops drinking, this thread is almost unreadable
None. Never will. Comic Relief is the biggest crock of shit ever. Is Lenny Henry doing it this year? It's basically been his career for the past 15 years other than them adverts. Z list celebs trying to gain exposure/bolster their CV and passing it off as charity.
So you won't support a good charity because you don't think the celebrities that support it have a high enough status ?
I'm not saying you have to contribute anything....
But how about making your judgement based on something real at least, like the work that they do with the money raised.
Me and my kids are going to ride the Tissington Trail for Red Nose Day - it will be the furthest they have ever ridden (if they make it)
http://www.justgiving.com/poppy-and-jasmine
so far we have raised £100 on the just giving page (original target was £95) and another £100 cash
(there is some blurb on the Just Giving page about why we chose £95 as the target)
wheeliegood - Member£20. You need to look past the BS.. it's not perfect, nothing is, but if there is even a small chance that even a few of the 20 pounds, makes it way to help some kid, then that will do me.
+1
£10 to answer the OP.
Good luck to your daughters Dawson.
cheers chaps!
15 quid.
Gave £100, big softy at heart and the sight of those kids in the videos. Lets face it, its the cost of a couple of monster high dolls.
I texted £10 and am watching Mad Max 2 instead.
I'd pay 10x that if half of the presenters agreed to never show their faces on TV again.
Grantway, your a first class, first world, self indulgent knob, I had a whole response drafted, it's not worth it there is far bigger issues than indulging a drunken Internet troll
unklehomered - Member
If you want to give only to UK charities, give only to UK charities. There are plenty about. Other people chose to care about people in many other places across the world as well. Is that so bad? We live largely free of disease, we have doctors and nurses, running water, electricity, and can afford 2 bottles of wine on a Friday night.
About sums it up better than I would, nice one Homer
Dawson, nice one I hope your daughters complete the challenge and most of all enjoy doing so, it may seem a little drop in the ocean but they will have made a big difference and your JG page really touched me, can't wait to do stuff like this with my daughter in a couple of years
£5 each. (4 of us).
Aging celebs, politics, "mind boggling selfishness and ignorance", urban decay aside, some of it might do some good somewhere.
My lads (5 & 7) put a presentation together proposing a school dress down day, & made an appointment to see their headmaster... 🙂
Dawson...good luck to your girls.
I've never given moneyy to comic relief.
I'm giving them a tenner just to piss off grantway.
Speaking of grantway, do you reckon he's passed out now. 😀
I've given some cash via school, the kids had fun. But I do get mildly agitated by being asked for money by a multi millionaire.
Not watching it, but gave a tenner.
Whatever misgivings I/we might have about the cause/methods/delivery, it can't hurt.
But prefer to give regular monthly donations (Oxfam, Red Cross, Greenpeace and The Dog's Trust).
None. Never will. Comic Relief is the biggest crock of shit ever. Is Lenny Henry doing it this year? It's basically been his career for the past 15 years other than them adverts. Z list celebs trying to gain exposure/bolster their CV and passing it off as charity.
+1
not to mention the "oh look how hard it is for us, white water rafting or whatever down the Zambesi river"
We've sponsored Dawsons girls. Cracking idea.
£10...
cheers Roger, pass on my thanks to your youngest - very kind!
Me and my kids are going to ride the Tissington Trail for Red Nose Day - it will be the furthest they have ever ridden (if they make it)http://www.justgiving.com/poppy-and-jasmine /p>
so far we have raised £100 on the just giving page (original target was £95) and another £100 cash
(there is some blurb on the Just Giving page about why we chose £95 as the target)
Not sure about this yet, are you startting from home?
They did it! - have started a thread http://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/red-nose-day-charity-bike-ride-tissington-trail