A Question of Charity in Thanet

Written by Matt B · first published 25/08/2008

Before the credit crunch started to bite I used to do my bit for charity. It was never a lot a fiver here or there plus the odd couple of quid via standing order. The thing is that currently I, like everyone else, am rather occupied with trying to stop the cost of living getting to be more than the income I live on.

This has left me with some difficult choices. Like stopping some of the regular payments to charity along with cutting back on luxuries. (That's not to say I don't go out now and then but I'm pretty much getting ready to dig in).

The fact that I felt that this was always bound to happen (and had been saying so to my wife for a number of years now) does not help to actually make it through the rough times any better (or worse) than anyone else.

I feel like a complete cad for having to stop my financial contributions to charity and would very much like to contribute in other ways. The question is what other ways exist? I already contribute a large slice of my time to the local community mutual and frankly my time is as stretched as my finances.

Any ideas?

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The Arn wrote:

You could always do your bit for charity AND the environment at the same time... start using freecycle if you don't already!

Its free to join, and most of the time its collection only from the person offering the item.

stop chucking stuff out, and help someone more needy than yourself. makes sense, no?

26/08/2008 09:26:04 PM

Matt B wrote:

Indeed it makes a lot of sense. My wife and I are both free cycle members. What I don't understand are the people who have things that are "just in the way" and rather than give them to someone that could use them or donate them to charity they drive all the way to the dump to throw them out. Madness.

I remember reading that just 1% of the stff we purchase is still in active use six months later. 99% is put in the bin in less than half a year.

And we wonder where all our money is going.

27/08/2008 02:00:14 PM

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