WORLD CANCER RESEARCH FUND
“With all the appeals through the post from various
charities, most of them very reputable and deserving, one does
wonder at times about the validity of some of the others”,
this letter to On Your Behalf is from Phil Grosse from Clogher
in Co Tyrone.
He’s concerned about a letter addressed to his wife Maisie,
asking her to volunteer for the 2004 Clogher Area World
Cancer Research Fund UK Appeal. As Phil tells On Your Behalf, neither
he nor is wife has heard of this charity which surprises them,
because they work for cancer charities in the area! So what is
the World Cancer Research Fund and what fundraising are they doing
in the Clogher area?
The charity, which is registered, explained
to On Your Behalf how their fund raising works and what they’re
hoping to achieve. You can find out more about their work on their
website or write to them at the following address.
YOUR COMMENTS
• I
am very disillusioned with charities. How do we know who to
give to? How can you find out what charities spend on overheads?
can the public access those details? Look how much the people
out canvassing for the charities on the streets are getting
paid. It really puts you off giving any money to charity.
•
I give to lots of charities by standing orders. These are set up
to be taken out on a monthly basis. What I don't like is when we
receive extra letters through the post, asking us for more money.
I called a particular charity to explain that I found this exasperating
and suggested that they put an asterix beside the names of people
who paid money into charities on a regular basis. I was informed
by the girl that they were just clerks, employed by the charity to
send out the mail.
•
A caller rang to comment – Charities supply
that many pens they have kept me in biros for the last two years.
Do they get the pens are free? Or is money from the charity being
used to pay for them?
A North Belfast woman says
• I know that people are wary of some of the bigger charities, but there
are bona fide local cancer charities who are working very hard, They do a lot
of good work.
WORLD CANCER RESEARCH FUND
19 Harley Street,
London, W1G 9QJ
020 7343 4200
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