Meanest Town

captain beefheart · Post by **captain beefheart** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 9:54 am

Did anyone see the report in yesterdays Daily Mirror, it showed the South Shields was the second meanest town in the country in giving to charity, I imagine the replies that will come to this thread but lets be honest it's a title that we should not be happy with.

jimmywizz · Post by **jimmywizz** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 10:45 am

another so called "working mans paper" talking out of its arse, and if you take the fact that more people are out of work in this town than most town in the country then you will find that we give more to charity than other towns

MC_Trilo_G · Post by **MC_Trilo_G** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 11:47 am

and less tax to the government, hurrah!

average len · Post by **average len** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 1:49 pm

Missed that. So what was the no. 1 meanest town?

padlock man · Post by **padlock man** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 4:16 pm

Right, jimmywizz. Generosity should be related to general prosperity of the town. It's the old thing about giving a little when you haven't got much being better than giving a lot when you're loaded.

memor · Post by **memor** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 6:55 pm

Worst town was Erith in Kent and it was in all papers not just Daily Mirror.
It was worked out by who gave direct debits to charities.
Memor

mick · Post by **mick** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 7:17 pm

I wont name names in case I have got to dodge the dummies. Quite a few of you people dont read ANY newspapers judging by the preconcieved Ideas you have. Have any one of you thought about writing science fiction, because you put Orwell to shame.

sherri · Post by **sherri** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 8:52 pm

Ah then, I must be an honorary sth shields cit then

Do you lot ever get those begging phone calls? The ones right on tea time, that start up with a spiel and then end up with "And what would you like to donate? There is the $30 plan, the $50 plan or the $100 and over plan". Ye gods, those amounts are my retirement plan.
Plus you know the person doing the phoning is earning wages from it all-probably a good half of what you donate.
I don't mind giving to door to door collectors or tin rattlers for Red cross and salvos etc and other well known charities, but what about the $2 plan and the $5 plan for the phone canvassers, don't they count in the scheme of things?
I bet sth shields is as generous as anywhere else, but maybe people are giving smaller amounts anonymously and often without demanding receipts all the time for their tax deductions.

curly · Post by **curly** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 10:38 pm

Which towns can count individuals like the late Big Hec, and the disgraced Tony Carlisle, who have raised countless thousands of pounds for charity in this town?

memor · Post by **memor** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 11:29 pm

Sherri I agree. It gone past time when people rattle tin can in High Street.
Charities are big business. Directors get big salaries for raising money.
Also my big pet hate is BUPA.
Dispite the fact that your payments go up every year and your benefits decrease. I used to know lady was secretary to big wig of BUPA Europe. She tell me that she was asked to arrange Junket for 200 delegates to Singapore. She had to budget for £2,000 per delegate.
Some Junket they not invite me and it was my money
Memor

gazza · Post by **gazza** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 10:13 am

orwell..............oh yes.........1984....watta year.............
thatz wen thu croon .........waz chokka evree sat`da neet..............
...........reet roond.....like a rcord baby...........reet roond.....

o_0 · Post by **o_0** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 2:26 pm

I have a comment on this. while working in North Shields, those 'clip board' charity workers we're out almost every day of the week in the town shopping street, and to be honest! I'll listen to what they have to say and at the end, I refuse to pay any charity with direct debits. I requested a means to post a cheque payable to the charity! some seemed ok with that, but some tried their best to get you involved with the direct debit scheme! NO WAY!.. been there ..and got a little messy to end..and junky mail etc etc.. through the post you name it.

charity .. as much as I like to give! some ways of going about it are wrong..and I'll tell them that.

JonnyRandom · Post by **JonnyRandom** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 5:23 pm

ah yes gazza 1984 was da year i was born