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Giving to charities, anyone else?

Alice-nice-Alice

With my house sale completing on Monday I will be able to start donating regularly to charities again. Initially I wiil set up a decent direct debit to the National Youth Orchestra. My exposure to classical music opportunities in my school teenage years gave me a joy which lasts for ever (even though my jobs have had nothing to do with music). There was a school orchestra and choir, then the Leicestershire county schools music service bused kids from all over the area to a central a large central campus every Saturday to push their skills further and maje friends. I am aware that these services have been decimated in recent years so supporting NYO makes sense for me, my contribution helping other young people experience what I did. 

As well as learning a phenomenal amount about western music history, the two highlights of those years were singing in Verdi’s Requiem under Lazlo Heltay, and being in the audience for a performance of Mahler’s 8th symphony, both memories full of light and which I can still access in dark times. 

I appreciate that many cannot afford to give regularly to charity but are there others here who do, and if so why?

Thanks

Alice

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  • My parents immigrated  and my dad travels there once a year and I buy an item for children in schools that they cannot get. They deserve to have the basic things and things to help them develop.

    I have adopted a goose with the wildlife trust for a year-I liked the idea of a bird representing me flying out there and I wanted to do something ecological.

    I have donated a gift of books to children abroad directly from buying it overseas and getting it courier to them. 

    I have donated to NAS this charity as they  are putting on a service and I am using it. 

    I have donated money for food in countries abroad where there was conflict.

    I have donated for sick and retired priests at Christmas.

    I bought a self pouring water toy for a local nursery as a gift when I had a special event. It is perfect for playing in the summer.

    I want to plant an olive tree in a country abroad-something for the memory and helping for produce.

    I have elderly parents and I donate a sum each year towards supporting them to go overseas to avoid the winter..

    There is more and stuff that I have done in the past but I won't list them all.

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  • My parents immigrated  and my dad travels there once a year and I buy an item for children in schools that they cannot get. They deserve to have the basic things and things to help them develop.

    I have adopted a goose with the wildlife trust for a year-I liked the idea of a bird representing me flying out there and I wanted to do something ecological.

    I have donated a gift of books to children abroad directly from buying it overseas and getting it courier to them. 

    I have donated to NAS this charity as they  are putting on a service and I am using it. 

    I have donated money for food in countries abroad where there was conflict.

    I have donated for sick and retired priests at Christmas.

    I bought a self pouring water toy for a local nursery as a gift when I had a special event. It is perfect for playing in the summer.

    I want to plant an olive tree in a country abroad-something for the memory and helping for produce.

    I have elderly parents and I donate a sum each year towards supporting them to go overseas to avoid the winter..

    There is more and stuff that I have done in the past but I won't list them all.

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