Support RNLI as favourite charity

[Rascal Joe]

RNLI can receive some much needed funds (£50,000) if they get the most votes here:
http://votethatcounts.org/

It is interesting to note that the charity with the most votes is the PDSA; I'm sure they are very deserving but, somehow, it seems to me that saving people is a better use of the money...

 

[sailorman]

The RNLI have vast wealth & waste money to keep their charitable status.
the funds would be better directed here
http://www.guardianrescue.co.uk/who-are-we.php


I voted, for Breast Cancer Care

 

[dash300]

The RNLI have vast wealth & waste money to keep their charitable status.
the funds would be better directed here
http://www.guardianrescue.co.uk/who-are-we.php


I voted, for Breast Cancer Care

Even though I am an RNLI subscriber, I have to admit that they have vast funds on reserve.

 

[Rascal Joe]

Regardless of how they are managed, it seems to me that they are the best choice from the charities listed in the voting link. At least they are focused on marine activity...

 

[sailorman]

Regardless of how they are managed, it seems to me that they are the best choice from the charities listed in the voting link. At least they are focused on marine activity...

Not as in the days of Yore, Its now a well paid post when near the top

 

[sailorman]

The Royal National Lifeboat Association (RNLI) has more than £250m invested and a further £150m in assets making it the 13th richest charity based on funds.

The charity also fell on hard times 20 years ago and holds reserves as a safeguard against a similar situation in future.

"We were down to virtually no reserves and we were making plans to close lifeboat stations," the charity's deputy director, Ray Kipling said.

"In order to provide reasonable security for the future, the Trustees have set aside a long-term reserve at a level judged to be capable of sustaining the RNLI through a future period of financial decline."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/248362.stm

http://www.charityperformance.com/charity-details.php?id=12534

 

[Capt Popeye]

thanks, but for me its the Alzhiemer's society :0 most deserving charity :0

 

[bumperdump]

theres some great charities missing from the list......................http://www.salaam.co.uk/charities/theislamic-ch-found.php please if you have some spare cash please donate to a well established British charity.