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People bragging about charity fundraising walks

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So, I heard some people are doing sponsored 5km walks to raise money for the NAS. One person's fundraiser page says:

Purple heart I’m walking to help improve education for young autistic people
   
Blue heart I’m walking to help improve workplaces for autistic people
   
Green heart I’m walking to help reduce loneliness and isolation among autistic people
  
Yellow heart I’m walking to celebrate Autism Acceptance Month

With several comments saying things like "really great you're doing this to raise finds for such an important cause" [s.i.c.] & "legend fighting for a great cause"

As someone who was diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome over two decades ago now, I'm genuinely interested to know what they are actually doing to improve education, improve workplaces and reduce loneliness, other than putting generic information on a website. The Loneliness example is a particularly funny example as the NAS' webpage about it suggests posting on this forum, which usually just leads to various people copy/pasting the URL to the loneliness page, which in turn tells you to post on the forum..............

I walked 2 miles in the rain yesterday. I walked over 8 miles on Thursday. I walked 15 miles on Easter Sunday. I didn't particularly want to as I hate walking but as someone diagnosed with autism who cannot get a job and is stuck living with unpleasant family it is necessary to somehow pass the time away. Please can I have some credit for my amazing achievement? (even if no money was involved).

P.S. I'm catching the train to Manchester today. I expect I will walk at least 3 miles in Manchester city centre.

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  • I'm quite wary of charity events, some I'm not sure if they're real charities.

    If you're doing a sponsered run then obviously you need some publicity to gain sponsers, but I do wonder how much of it is self promotion over promotion of the cause they're raising money for? That sort of self promotion is never pretty, in fact it can be pretty ugly, it can be hard to say no to people as some can get a bit shirty and accuse you of not caring. It's not that I don't care, it's that I have a limited amount of money and can't give to everyone. Although there are some very well known charities that I will have nothing to do with, I won't give them money, I won't use their charity shops or anything so vile do I find them.

  • in reply to TheCatWoman
    TheCatWoman said:
    I'm quite wary of charity events, some I'm not sure if they're real charities

    I don’t give money in person to any charity for that reason. Also because even the better known registered charities can be targeted by unscrupulous people posing as regular collectors. I donate only online now.

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  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    I don’t want to be tied to any charity through a direct debit.

    Many charities also take credit or debit card payments as they have small wireless card readers. 

    The administration costs tend to be hefty and some charities are worse than others. Years ago there was a documentary about this in which the Charity Commission or some other organisation rapped many knuckles.

  • in reply to ArchaeC

    Many charities don't take cash now, they want direct debits and I'm not doing that, I also think it's a bit of a cheek to expect people to make a monthly payment, some might be able to afford it, but many won't, life is hand to mouth enough as it is.

    So many big charities spend so much on admin that any donation I make won't actually help people who need helping, others spend large chunks of any donations on things they never tell you about when rattling their tins or asking you to sign up for a direct debit and can get angry when this is pointed out to them.