Vernon Kay

[Automan]

I started this thread and myself and my wife donate to cancer research,guide Dogs for the blind and the dogs trust and the local county wildlife trust not because it makes us feel big but we actually believe that we are helping the charities.
For those that choose not to donate that is there choice just pray that you don't need one of them one day.

 

[BenBhoy]

IF the donation went to british children in need then its a good cause if its wasted on people outside the uk then NO.

100% of children in need raised funds remains in UK. Although I'm perplexed how you can think helping others in need who happen not to be British is a "waste". I feel genuine sorrow for you and your way of thinking.

 

[LuckyEddie]

Have I missed something ? But what on earth does the Chief Executives pay, have to do with giving to a very worthy charity ???

It would be a pity to penalize "Children in Need", for an irrelevant reason ?

I’ll donate £500 if they all donate a similar percentage of their monthly take home pay (about 18%)

 

[kenbro]

Wait until Dave gets his expenses in though

You don’t think CEOs claim expenses too?
Ken.
PS. Wifey and me support one or two charities but most of my support goes to the NWAA.
Ken.

 

[LuckyEddie]

I give monthly to the National Deaf Children Society and also

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The latter for the British army liberating my dad and grandad in ’45

 

[Qwertyzmate]

I’ll donate £500 if they all donate a similar percentage of their monthly take home pay (about 18%)

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Let's say Vernon earns £1'000'000 a year.
That's just over £83k a month
18% is about £15k

He could have just chucked £15k in the pot and sat on his arse in his warm studio for 4 days and collected his earnings as normal. Instead he put himself out there and the result of which is £5 million for children's charities across the UK...

That's how celeb charity appeals work.

I could chuck in my 18%, very much the same as yours, I could run for four days for charity but as sure as s&!t stinks I know I wouldn't be able to collect £5m along the way

 

[LuckyEddie]

Let's say Vernon earns £1'000'000 a year.
That's just over £83k a month
18% is about £15k

He could have just chucked £15k in the pot and sat on his arse in his warm studio for 4 days and collected his earnings as normal. Instead he put himself out there and the result of which is £5 million for children's charities across the UK...

That's how celeb charity appeals work.

I could chuck in my 18%, very much the same as yours, I could run for four days for charity but as sure as s&!t stinks I know I wouldn't be able to collect £5m along the way

So have the higher earners in the Beeb contributed?

 

[Qwertyzmate]

So have the higher earners in the Beeb contributed?

Personally I couldn't care less...

Everyone (including beeb execs) has the right to spend their personal income on what they want, charity or otherwise.

You can argue that salaries are too high and it's public money etc but you don't have to subscribe to the BBC and some here are clear they don't.

If your good at your job you are entitled to a competitive salary for your industry. You might even argue that a good media manager actually help make the programmes and maybe even the celebrities that go on to raise all these funds for charity.... So yes, in a way they contributed.

If cash was the only way to support charity, who actually does the work?

 

[LuckyEddie]

Personally I couldn't care less...

Everyone (including beeb execs) has the right to spend their personal income on what they want, charity or otherwise.

You can argue that salaries are too high and it's public money etc but you don't have to subscribe to the BBC and some here are clear they don't.

If your good at your job you are entitled to a competitive salary for your industry. You might even argue that a good media manager actually help make the programmes and maybe even the celebrities that go on to raise all these funds for charity.... So yes, in a way they contributed.

If cash was the only way to support charity, who actually does the work?

Yep and I choose not to participate with the Beeb

 

[jimmer.13]

 

[FrenchieBoy]

My wife and I donate whatever we can to charities that we think are "deserving" and that actually get most of what we donate to help their cause. What gets my goat are these charities that cry out for donations but most of what you give is eaten up in "admin charges"!
Our "priority charity" to donate to is and always will be the North West Air Ambulance as to me this is a "debt of gratitude" which I will happily bare and donate to for the rest of my life!
As for Vernon Kay I raise my hat to him. As has been said Vernon could so easily have sat back in his comfy arm chair and just donated whatever amount he wanted to but no, he got up and put himself through all that to show his true colors! How many of us could or would have even thought about doing such a thing?

 

[Lateral]

I would consider anything to do with the BBC very dubious at best , i go out of my way to have nothing to do with them and certainly would not give them money !

BBC children in need ? After saville , no thanks they caused children to be in need !

I have stopped watching the BBC news, and won't be returning anytime soon. I no longer trust their reporting.

Everything surrounding Jimmy Saville is just disgusting, and has ZERO to do with Children in Need, other than maybe the BBC are trying to make amends for their grave incompetence, in dealing with the scrote.

It's a pity that you've made this about the BBC, rather than helping needy children, but I appreciate that some people are
more than a tad allergic to putting their hand in their pocket.

Thank god, many aren't.

 

[Lateral]

So have the higher earners in the Beeb contributed?

Who the hell gives a damn. It's not about what other people do, or don't give, it's about what we, as individuals can do to help the needy.

Also, suggesting £500.00, or 18% is just plain daft. Give a £1, £5, £10, whatever you won't miss, it all helps !

 

[LuckyEddie]

Who the hell gives a damn. It's not about what other people do, or don't give, it's about what we, as individuals can do to help the needy.

Also, suggesting £500.00, or 18% is just plain daft. Give a £1, £5, £10, whatever you won't miss, it all helps !

I already make a monthly donation of £15 to the National Deaf Children’s Society.

 

[Tazz]

Has he got one of those Scottish ipads?

Two, in case one plays up

 

[Lateral]

I already make a monthly donation of £15 to the National Deaf Children’s Society.

Fantastic, well done. I'm guessing it's because you know someone who's deaf ? I do exactly the same, well £10.00, because I have a deaf friend. I also favour Macmillan Nurses, because they were truly brilliant looking after my mother.

I think which charity, is less important than just doing something to help others.

 

[tackb]

I have stopped watching the BBC news, and won't be returning anytime soon. I no longer trust their reporting.

Everything surrounding Jimmy Saville is just disgusting, and has ZERO to do with Children in Need, other than maybe the BBC are trying to make amends for their grave incompetence, in dealing with the scrote.

It's a pity that you've made this about the BBC, rather than helping needy children, but I appreciate that some people are
more than a tad allergic to putting their hand in their pocket.

Thank god, many aren't.

please don’t misunderstand me , i have an issue with giving to charity although i used to before i found out what was going on, the BBC is a dreadful organisation but their association with children in need (which you made a point to highlight) is not why i don’t contribute but it certainly would not help me change my mind!

charity is big business now and the only way for me to be sure i am not Supporting things i don’t agree with for example diversity managers is to not contribute at all , a sad situation but one that could be solved by firstly the government being more fiscally sensible and using the excessive taxes they steal from us in a much wiser fashion so charity isn’t required and also where charity is used it is very regulated , just look what happened with oxfam and even captain toms charity.

 

[BenBhoy]

thank goodness so many care enough about others still and understand the real reasons for charity. It matters not what you donate or what anyone earns, its the generosity & compassion that's sets you apart.

 

[Lateral]

please don’t misunderstand me , i have an issue with giving to charity although i used to before i found out what was going on, the BBC is a dreadful organisation but their association with children in need (which you made a point to highlight) is not why i don’t contribute but it certainly would not help me change my mind!

charity is big business now and the only way for me to be sure i am not Supporting things i don’t agree with for example diversity managers is to not contribute at all , a sad situation but one that could be solved by firstly the government being more fiscally sensible and using the excessive taxes they steal from us in a much wiser fashion so charity isn’t required and also where charity is used it is very regulated , just look what happened with oxfam and even captain toms charity.

I really do understand the "charity" issue. "Charities" are springing up left, right, and centre, specifically aimed at fury animals, people dying of thirst, going blind, or dodgy donkeys, amongst others ! I see these as business's poorly disguised as charities, targeting a particular type of person.

As I said, I won't give to anyone other than the charity direct, although I would give to CIN, who state that 95% of the money collected goes to the various charities. 5% admin' is incredibly efficient.

 

[Bo Diddley]

I also favour Macmillan Nurses,

So do I, that and prostate cancer research. We raised £2000 for the McMillan nurses with a fish-in a couple of years ago, it was an easy way to contribute as everyone had a good time and were generous with gifts for the raffle and paying for a hot-dog or burger , a weekend that has gone down in local history for the shenanigans.