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Interesting, I guess the last thing we want to do is wish ill on the rich amongst us. BUT with the current set-up, the sooner they die the better, if you consider the worthy benefactors that will die before being saved.
Robin Hood and Entitlements: Why We Need the Rich!
Robin Hood stole the money. Little John and the Merry Men gave it to the poor. Who were the real victims? Everyone! But you’ll have to read to find out why!!
Agreed, and from this article “Between the two extremes of billionaires’ charities and the public’s spare change exist a broad spectrum of philanthropists supporting a multitude of charitable concerns. To assist philanthropists in reaching those in need, community foundations have sprung up in some UK counties. For example, the work of the Essex Community Foundation involves “identifying common interests and developing strategies designed to bring philanthropists closer to the work of recipients.”
I like how the Laudes strategy is designed to help accelerate the existing movement towards a climate-positive and inclusive economy. Which will help alleviate the need for charity.
During the development of our five-year strategy and theory of change, we consulted 300 senior leaders, changemakers and experts to gather their insights to enable us to chart our discoveries onto a dynamic map of the global economic system. More than 130 organisations, who share our goals of miti... Read more
great idea, i never thought of that. just searched and heard about this, not sure if it survived covid or not, any ideas if there is a map of charity pubs in the UK?
Spearheaded by Craddock Brewery’s David Craddock, the team behind the Good Intent in Birmingham’s Great Western Arcade has passed an initial fundraising target of £15,000.
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Warren Buffett’s son says charity fuels a ‘perpetual poverty machine’ and rich people giving money away eases their conscience but doesn’t solve the problem.
Warren Buffett’s son says charity fuels a ‘perpetual poverty machine’ and rich people giving money away eases their conscience but doesn’t solve the problem
When billionaire Warren Buffett pledged to give away 85 per cent of his fortune in 2006, as part of a Giving Pledge where some of the country’s wealthiest people would do more to help charity, he was applauded.
So true, I wonder when we will make use of this idea and make the world as good as it could be for those who are less fortunate. Not too soon I guess, it’s just business as usual.
‘Denying vaccine to poor countries is stain on world’s conscience’
Keep up – from 10 years ago “Pope Benedict’s acknowledgement that using condoms may be justified to stop the spread of AIDS did not signify a change in the Catholic Church’s ban on their use as contraception.
Pope Benedict’s acknowledgement that using condoms may be justified to stop the spread of AIDS did not signify a change in the Catholic Church’s ban on their use as contraception, the Vatican said Tuesday.
This is likely on it’s way. Not sure if it needs AI to find prospective parents though as the database of people who are willing to adopt is likely pretty small. This is worth a read though, AI could help potentially.
Fujitsu Ltd, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd and the Fujitsu Social Mathematics Division of the Institute of Mathematics for Industry at Kyushu University have developed an AI-based matching technology that uses game theory to automatically calculate an optimal matching of children to daycare centers. Usi... Read more
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I get the point of this idea but surely there would be no objection to giving to children’s charities. Which are btw more important than animals and plants – REMEMBER.
Save the Children is a leading humanitarian organization for children. We’ve changed the lives of over 1 billion children in the U.S. and around the world.
Didn’t realise this existed. or that people gifted each other stock and shares. Interesting how it is coming along now we better apprecite we should give to charity, rather than we should trust the government to give some of our money to charity. Big difference.
From these donated shares we generate funds to give to charities, guided by donor suggestion. Since 1996 we have given over £16million to more than 1,800 charities.
The range of formats for virtual fundraising events has expanded with the launch of a platform that lets charities run virtual quizzes. Run by Commerce The range of formats for virtual fundraising events has expanded with the launch of a platform that lets charities run virtual quizzes.
I like this idea. There used to be a site called free rice that used to do a similar thing, not sure if they still do it as the site has since changed. It would be good if say, Save The Children had a sister site with quizzes for kids and adults, that generated and donated any ad revenue it gained. Do things like this still exist? Add the link if they do, I love doing quizzes and especially if someone else benefits too.
Answer (1 of 9): I once read somewhere about why people like Mark Zuckerberg and Steve Jobs would wear the same basic clothes all the time even though they have the money for hiring a personal designer and hairstylist. It’s because they have so many other important things to do that they don’t w... Read more
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Not sure if the Royal Mail would bother with the hassle of charging more for a standard priced stamp, but it would work if it was allowed to. A stamp could look something like the one here.
Health And Handicap Charities UK Postage Stamp Editorial Photography - Image of britain, healthcare: 85342542
Photo about GREAT BRITAIN - CIRCA 1975: A used postage stamp from the UK, promoting Health and Handicap Charities, circa 1975. Image of britain, healthcare, celebrate - 85342542
Every kilogram of UK stamps - around 6,000 - is worth about £10. The used stamps are bought by dealers who pick out any unusual or valuable ones in very good condition to sell to collectors.
Good idea. there is also this way charities can cash in on stamps – I didn’t realise it was done by weight though: “Stamps are sold by weight, meaning that many charities can turn old ones into funds to help their ongoing work. Simply cut the stamp off the envelope, making sure to leave approximately 1cm of envelope bordering the stamp, and post to the correct address.”
Why we all need to start saving used postage stamps from Christmas cards right now
Among other things, robots can be made into adorable and pathetic little begging machines. The novelty and the sheer cuteness of a begging robot makes them quite effective and so far there are many sucessful examples. Gimme Gimme is a very pitiful and probably creepy looking robot. It simply follo
There’s always a hand out-stretched begging for cash for a cause, it seems. But here’s a robotic one, attached to Little Red (Digital) Riding Hood. Will cuteness deliver more cash?
Celebrated comedian, actor, and activist, Eddie Izzard, explains how and why we must all come together to help ‘Make Humanity Great Again’. Part of The Fest...
Fortunately Save the Children still accept one-off donations in cash. It makes the others seem a little ungrateful knowing they only want to know if you set them up with a continuous stream of funding from your bank. How the world has changed. Donate to savey, as we used to call it back in the day when they were the only charity shop in town.
Save the Children is a leading humanitarian organization for children. We’ve changed the lives of over 1 billion children in the U.S. and around the world.
“Cash donations peak in certain months of the year, for example, November and December, where 51% of people say they’ve given this way in the last four weeks. This compares to 42% in an average month across the year.”
Cash is king for the young when donating to charity | CAF Online
The UK is lagging behind on this for sure. No mention of what we are doing to cut the waste. And it is unlikely we will now that Europe isn’t ruling us properly.
How governments around the world are encouraging food waste initiatives
Many countries have been implementing new policies aiming at reducing food waste. We’ve collected some government initiatives on the issue from around the world
Online Gambling sites for international children’s charities should be a thing. Who cares that you can’t do it in the US. The rest of the world spend heaps on online gambling and this money could go where it is needed. Some big charities should get together with online gambling sites and set one up, they are missing a trick and a stack of money they could have a nice slice of.
How Online Charitable Gambling Websites Use Gambling Money for Noble Causes – erm-crm.org
Nice idea, I wonder why these are not a thing. You can hire a Casino in Las Vagas, but something tells me, they get to keep all the money that comes into the machines. Someone like Musk, Bezos or Gates should set one up for irradiating children’s diseases, or a whole holiday park that collects money to solve the world’s problems. I would go to that rather than Disney.
The health lottery is as close as you will get in the UK.Though its legal to do fun runs and bingo nights lol – doesn’t compare with the entire industry of casinos for private profit. The health lottery is a first step though I guess.
Charitable Gambling, a revolution for gaming and lottery - The Health Lottery
Find out how you can donate to Save the Children UK, whether it’s a single donation, fundraising pay-in or a donation to a specific emergency. Read more.
23% of all homeless people are children – Our world sucks ass. We have had plenty enough time to sort this out in each and every country. Not going to happen.
Homeless Children, Countries’ New Generation | Keys to Recovery
This article will show how the face of the homeless population has changed over the past 3 years and hopefully bring attention to this social disease. Companies
You would be missing a lot of trade if you did this. Problem is that it’s tolerated. From wiki “Street children can be found in a large majority of the world’s famous cities, with the phenomenon more prevalent in densely populated urban hubs of developing or economically unstable regions, such as countries in Africa, South America, Eastern Europe, and Southeast Asia.”
Good idea, plus make when they fix their ways and you start to trade with them again, increase the tariff and donate a share of it to Save the Children – an publicise it, they should be ashamed.
Save the Children is a leading humanitarian organization for children. We’ve changed the lives of over 1 billion children in the U.S. and around the world.
A growing number of homeless children are spending their nights in a San Diego emergency shelter, and their days on the streets. In the first of a two-part s...
Agreed, and global ones for places where kids don’t have food – to compensate giving to adults that don’t try hard enough to find money to feed their kids in well off countries, which shopping malls.
Save the Children is a leading humanitarian organization for children. We’ve changed the lives of over 1 billion children in the U.S. and around the world.
Would need to be secure as Oxfam get scammed by people pretending to be them, someone could just change the number on a sign and sneak off with their donations.
Oxfam has received several reports of recent scams trying to fraudulently use its name. These fraudulent correspondences often carry Oxfam’s name and logo and appear to be authorized communications from Oxfam. In light of these incidents, Oxfam would like to encourage all concerned to exercise par... Read more
Givetide should do this, though not sure how they would spot which charities you shouldn’t give to if you already give to one regularly. Nice idea but difficult to implement I guess.
GiveTide makes donating to charity as simple, secure, and transparent as it should be. Round up spare change on your everyday purchases, and donate with a tap. Make one-time donations just as easily.
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Most charities don’t have “opposing” charities. There is never a reason not to give to those less fortunate than yourself. Christian or not. Give to Oxfam they do great work and can be trusted always.
Make a charity donation to Oxfam. Donate online, by text, phone or PayPal. Make a single donation or set up a monthly donation. Save lives, donate now.
Cancer Fund of America only gives 2.5% of its donations to support the families of cancer victims and fund cancer research. There should also be an app that stops you from donating to “Charities” that are run by crooks.
The 20 Worst Charities You Shouldn't Be Donating To
With millions of good Samaritans regularly donating a portion of their paycheck to good causes, charities are booming… unfortunately, not all of the money
Why do Starbucks give money to trans-rights groups? Children are starving in countries they get their resources. Deforestation, disease, poverty, don’t they matter anymore? Not against anyone’s rights by the way but get a grip on what matters most.
12 brands supporting charities big & small | UK Fundraising
This edition of our regular round up includes Gillette supporting Football Beyond Borders, and Starbucks’s partnership with Mermaids: two small but vital
I like this idea, who knows if I am sending money to 2 different causes that are pulling in different directions. Anyways, I thought this was interesting. Republicans give more, and not because they make more.
Republicans give more to charity – but not because they oppose income redistribution
Who gives more to charity – Republicans or Democrats? Michael Sances (University of Memphis) and Michele Margolis (University of Pennsylvania) found that conservative Americans donate more, even wh…
Prizes totalling £45,000 have just been allocted to innovators from commonwealth member countries who suggest forward-looking solutions, which advance their values. Nobel should follow in these footsteps for sure – sustainable development wasn’t even a thing when the prize was set up.
Secretary-General opens innovation awards for sustainable development
A Commonwealth prize recognising the most impactful innovations in sustainable development has been launched by the Secretary-General. Prizes totalling £45,000 will be awarded to innovators from member countries who suggest forward-looking solutions, which advance the values of the Commonwealth Cha... Read more
Agreed, would be a good idea to have a specific Nobel Prize category just for sustainable development. As far as I can see on their site one one winner has been “for contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace.”
Steve Divnik invented the spiral waterless wishing well amonst other things. I am sure he would approve of this idea especially if your money landed in 1 of say, 4 different holes – which would share the money out between 4 good causes without one being the lucky one that got their wishing well placed in the shopping mall.
Careful what you wish for, imagine being the victim of future blood mugging crime – “The global market – worth $23.6bn in 2016 – is predicted to almost double to $44.3bn by 2023.”
You do get paid in the UK. “You will be paid up to £100 for donating 600 mls of blood or a proportional amount if less blood has been donated, i.e. £50 for 300 mls.”
Blood Donation | UK Paid Medical Research and Clinical Drug Trials
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Top of the global list ..”distributed more than 1.3 billion US dollars for research, innovation, treatment, education and humanitarian and social purposes.” BUT “have a net worth of $59.89 billion”
The Novo Nordisk Foundation is an international foundation focusing on medical treatment and research. In 2019, the foundation had a net worth of $59.89 billion (411 billion DKK), making it the largest financial endowment of any foundation in Denmark [2] and the largest endowment in the world. Novo ... Read more
A list of the richest non-profit charitable foundations in the world, ranked by the size of their endowment. Charitable foundations are an organization established to fund other charitable organizations or provide funds for their own charitable endeavors. In the United States, we have private...
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Slovak architect Michal Polacek came up with the idea for the small roadside accommodation, complete with giant images and neon lights on the outside, as a novel way to get people off the streets.
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They have a fair bit of catching up to do, to be fair. Pop stars may be better at distributing wealth than politicians. But yeah, a site that lets them bid highest to be at the top would serve their egos and publicity requirements all in one go. Does a site like this already exist?
10 pop stars who donated unbelievable amounts of money - BBC Music
Too often, it seems, rappers make headlines for bad behavior -- so let's have a look at 10 hip-hop stars who have used their influence to make the world nicer.
Yes, good idea but keep it more like save the children with old women volunteers that care rather than the young hip rich kids with spare time that seem to have pushed the old dears out of Oxfam.
Save the Children is a leading humanitarian organization for children. We’ve changed the lives of over 1 billion children in the U.S. and around the world.
Rather than second-hand clothes, they should just sell their own branded apparel – made from biodegradable materials that are being developed – like marine tex. The number of bags I see people wearing is increasing and GP is such a great brand to lots of people with money to spend and images to maintain.
Like it, Hurricane Bezoz or Gates for example. But it reminded me of this I saw recently. Silly names…. which wouldn’t catch on because its a bit insensitive to the vicitms.
Beautiful design with smooth curves and flowing roll top Baby Bath Tub is suitable from birth up to 12 months Integrated Bum Bump for support and hands-free bathing Large, warm foam backrest & grippy non-slip feet Use in the Bath, Shower, Kitchen Sink or on the floor Stunning
Hmmm, still not sure if they fixed this…. “Only 5,000 of the 15,000 shelters that UNHCR bought in 2015 have been deployed, meaning that two thirds of all shelters manufactured, worth a total of $12.5 million, have yet to be used.
The rest have remained in depots while it carried out an investigation into fire safety and other problems, UNCHR told Dezeen.”
Ten thousand IKEA refugee shelters left unused over fire fears, United Nations admits
Events like this would love a site that guided the local moneybags to good causes and great artists that need exposure and funds. Let me know if such a site exists.
IKEA's flat pack houses have proven to be great for more sustainable and secure temporary homes for thousands of refugees, giving them more dignified lives.
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You just need a scaled-down cut-out image of the building from above, then use a guide to follow the shape of the jig – to allow the material to fall in the right place, you could even sell lots of 1-metre square jigs of different shapes of a building, for example, the castle.
Man 3D-Prints Castle In Back Garden Using Concrete Printer He Invented
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They should do this already. For Atlantic hurricanes, there is a list of male and female names which are used on a six-year rotation. It could be updated to include names of benefactors that want to help for a bit of recognition.
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Oliver Williams explores several ways to encourage the ultra-wealthy to give more money to charity, including deadlines, collaborations, and peer influencing.
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Unilever also tried out an ethical advertising campaign, where people could view ads to donate to charity.
Take a look at this website, where you can donate rice to the UN World Food Program by playing trivia games.
https://freerice.com/
CBS had a view to donate program a while back.
You can watch ads here to donate.
http://www.adsforcharity.com
Some pro athletes have their own charity organizations.
Check out this organization that connects professional athletes to charitable causes.
I came across this charity.
https://www.athletesforhope.org/
Here’s another platform where you can watch ads to donate.
I also found this online platform that delivers “imperfect groceries” that would otherwise be thrown away to consumers.
Well, some businesses are turning excess food and food waste into profits.
Wow! This app takes excess food and offers it to consumers at reduced prices.
Take a look at this startup that sells software that connects food redistribution organizations to surplus food.
https://betakit.com/how-calgary-based-startup-knead-tackled-the-nfl-drafts-food-waste-with-software/
They exist!
In the United Kingdom, the idea of community gardens (allotments) to feed the less fortunate society members goes all the way back to the medieval period.
I love this idea of community food parks in urban areas to feed the homeless.
Check out this homeless gardening organization, which offers food, training, and employment to people experiencing homelessness. https://homelessgardenproject.org/our-mission-our-story/
I wish more people would be kind like this couple!
You could also donate alternative gifts for people who don’t like flowers or those who can’t receive them.
Check out this organization that delivers donated flowers to seniors and veterans.
Giving someone free flowers is sure to make their day!
They now have an online shop!
Not so fast…. rob/eat/kill the rich is now a thing for some.
Interesting, I guess the last thing we want to do is wish ill on the rich amongst us. BUT with the current set-up, the sooner they die the better, if you consider the worthy benefactors that will die before being saved.
Agreed, and from this article “Between the two extremes of billionaires’ charities and the public’s spare change exist a broad spectrum of philanthropists supporting a multitude of charitable concerns. To assist philanthropists in reaching those in need, community foundations have sprung up in some UK counties. For example, the work of the Essex Community Foundation involves “identifying common interests and developing strategies designed to bring philanthropists closer to the work of recipients.”
I like how the Laudes strategy is designed to help accelerate the existing movement towards a climate-positive and inclusive economy. Which will help alleviate the need for charity.
great idea, i never thought of that. just searched and heard about this, not sure if it survived covid or not, any ideas if there is a map of charity pubs in the UK?
DO IT! HERES THE INSTRUCTIONS.
…or read this https://www.cntraveler.com/stories/2012-12-16/charity-beer-pubs-restaurants-bars-donations
Why are these not a thing yet? They are very rare, though there are charity shops everywhere. I don’t get it.
Warren Buffett’s son says charity fuels a ‘perpetual poverty machine’ and rich people giving money away eases their conscience but doesn’t solve the problem.
So true, I wonder when we will make use of this idea and make the world as good as it could be for those who are less fortunate. Not too soon I guess, it’s just business as usual.
Cool idea, just don’t spoil it by throwing in free lube like these lgbt types, lol.
Keep up – from 10 years ago “Pope Benedict’s acknowledgement that using condoms may be justified to stop the spread of AIDS did not signify a change in the Catholic Church’s ban on their use as contraception.
Good idea, this is interesting, might ruffle some popish feathers.
This is likely on it’s way. Not sure if it needs AI to find prospective parents though as the database of people who are willing to adopt is likely pretty small. This is worth a read though, AI could help potentially.
“Unwanted children”, how sad
Worth a shot – better than a cruel reddit…
it’s bogo not bogus btw
Buy one, give one is a great idea. And there are a few options nowadays according to this web page.
The vain fashion industry has already started to exploit this idea.
This? Looks like it would last more than a few nights on the street.
Cool, not. 15 bucks for a dollar’s worth of wrap.
I get the point of this idea but surely there would be no objection to giving to children’s charities. Which are btw more important than animals and plants – REMEMBER.
Charity donation conflict app
(5 upvotes)Force all charities to go back to accepting one off cash donations
(6 upvotes)Trade embargos with countries that have homeless children
(7 upvotes)Charity wishing wells in shopping malls
(7 upvotes)Greenpeace charity shops
(20 upvotes)Didn’t realise this existed. or that people gifted each other stock and shares. Interesting how it is coming along now we better apprecite we should give to charity, rather than we should trust the government to give some of our money to charity. Big difference.
This though?
Great idea that already exists. £39,474,000 Donated at https://www.sharegift.org/
But ads make us sads.
Are these a thing already? or still? They could use one of these out of the box quiz makers.
More about free rice here https://www.gamesforchange.org/game/free-rice/
I like this idea. There used to be a site called free rice that used to do a similar thing, not sure if they still do it as the site has since changed. It would be good if say, Save The Children had a sister site with quizzes for kids and adults, that generated and donated any ad revenue it gained. Do things like this still exist? Add the link if they do, I love doing quizzes and especially if someone else benefits too.
just our luck…
got to say this was a good idea, it should be a regular thing.
You can buy Beethoven’s hair. Bet it was knicked from him though, nothing for charity.
It’s got to be a thing. There are buyers out there already. Odd though.
Not sure if the Royal Mail would bother with the hassle of charging more for a standard priced stamp, but it would work if it was allowed to. A stamp could look something like the one here.
More info on donating normal postage stamps here. https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-7526527/Stick-Stamps-want-raise-cash-charity.html
Good idea. there is also this way charities can cash in on stamps – I didn’t realise it was done by weight though: “Stamps are sold by weight, meaning that many charities can turn old ones into funds to help their ongoing work. Simply cut the stamp off the envelope, making sure to leave approximately 1cm of envelope bordering the stamp, and post to the correct address.”
Like a starving animal or child, they seem hard to ignore. Christians beware! Well, proper ones that wouldn’t walk by on the other side of the road.
Who could say no? Until they start hardwiring their circuits to get a buzz from the charity.
putting the homeless out of business already, it seems.
Wow, I wonder how it got on. Or if it got “moved on”.
The joy on the Afghanistan faces – dumb animals need protecting/educating
jus so u know
Hmm, so hte homeless get the hate instead?
You can buy the cap too at his store https://eddieizzardstore.com/products/baseball-hat
Here is the video he made a while back.
He did it again, ran 31 marathons in a month for charity. Shame Trump couldn’t run even to the exit.
Fortunately Save the Children still accept one-off donations in cash. It makes the others seem a little ungrateful knowing they only want to know if you set them up with a continuous stream of funding from your bank. How the world has changed. Donate to savey, as we used to call it back in the day when they were the only charity shop in town.
Charity donation conflict app
(5 upvotes)Force all charities to go back to accepting one off cash donations
(6 upvotes)Trade embargos with countries that have homeless children
(7 upvotes)Charity wishing wells in shopping malls
(7 upvotes)Greenpeace charity shops
(20 upvotes)Good point. Charities lose out when some payments don’t get processed, if the giver knew, they would have given with cash.
True, but they should accept both or they will miss out on a huge stack of funding they need. I read this recently and it spells it out,
“Cash donations peak in certain months of the year, for example, November and December, where 51% of people say they’ve given this way in the last four weeks. This compares to 42% in an average month across the year.”
France is leading the way on this for sure. Come on UK we could do loads better.
Here is a link to a page that compares worldwide lotteries. Looks like some good options on it, though I have never used one.
The UK is lagging behind on this for sure. No mention of what we are doing to cut the waste. And it is unlikely we will now that Europe isn’t ruling us properly.
Been done, well almost a billion. it’s currently dishing out 970 million dollars.
There are a few out there already. Not sure which ones give some funds to charity though. Anyone recommend one with good odds?
Online Gambling sites for international children’s charities should be a thing. Who cares that you can’t do it in the US. The rest of the world spend heaps on online gambling and this money could go where it is needed. Some big charities should get together with online gambling sites and set one up, they are missing a trick and a stack of money they could have a nice slice of.
Nice idea, I wonder why these are not a thing. You can hire a Casino in Las Vagas, but something tells me, they get to keep all the money that comes into the machines. Someone like Musk, Bezos or Gates should set one up for irradiating children’s diseases, or a whole holiday park that collects money to solve the world’s problems. I would go to that rather than Disney.
The health lottery is as close as you will get in the UK.Though its legal to do fun runs and bingo nights lol – doesn’t compare with the entire industry of casinos for private profit. The health lottery is a first step though I guess.
Until politics starts working you need to donate to STC.
23% of all homeless people are children – Our world sucks ass. We have had plenty enough time to sort this out in each and every country. Not going to happen.
You would be missing a lot of trade if you did this. Problem is that it’s tolerated. From wiki “Street children can be found in a large majority of the world’s famous cities, with the phenomenon more prevalent in densely populated urban hubs of developing or economically unstable regions, such as countries in Africa, South America, Eastern Europe, and Southeast Asia.”
Good idea, plus make when they fix their ways and you start to trade with them again, increase the tariff and donate a share of it to Save the Children – an publicise it, they should be ashamed.
Charity donation conflict app
(5 upvotes)Force all charities to go back to accepting one off cash donations
(6 upvotes)Trade embargos with countries that have homeless children
(7 upvotes)Charity wishing wells in shopping malls
(7 upvotes)Greenpeace charity shops
(20 upvotes)Hey babies, if you don’t like America… Get the hell out, somehow.
Agreed, and global ones for places where kids don’t have food – to compensate giving to adults that don’t try hard enough to find money to feed their kids in well off countries, which shopping malls.
Charity donation conflict app
(5 upvotes)Force all charities to go back to accepting one off cash donations
(6 upvotes)Trade embargos with countries that have homeless children
(7 upvotes)Charity wishing wells in shopping malls
(7 upvotes)Greenpeace charity shops
(20 upvotes)Would need to be secure as Oxfam get scammed by people pretending to be them, someone could just change the number on a sign and sneak off with their donations.
They should do this, text giving is a thing lots of people do.
Don’t understand. Nobody would oppose feeding children that need help. Give to feed the children.
Givetide should do this, though not sure how they would spot which charities you shouldn’t give to if you already give to one regularly. Nice idea but difficult to implement I guess.
Most charities don’t have “opposing” charities. There is never a reason not to give to those less fortunate than yourself. Christian or not. Give to Oxfam they do great work and can be trusted always.
Cancer Fund of America only gives 2.5% of its donations to support the families of cancer victims and fund cancer research. There should also be an app that stops you from donating to “Charities” that are run by crooks.
Why do Starbucks give money to trans-rights groups? Children are starving in countries they get their resources. Deforestation, disease, poverty, don’t they matter anymore? Not against anyone’s rights by the way but get a grip on what matters most.
I like this idea, who knows if I am sending money to 2 different causes that are pulling in different directions. Anyways, I thought this was interesting. Republicans give more, and not because they make more.
Prizes totalling £45,000 have just been allocted to innovators from commonwealth member countries who suggest forward-looking solutions, which advance their values. Nobel should follow in these footsteps for sure – sustainable development wasn’t even a thing when the prize was set up.
Agreed, would be a good idea to have a specific Nobel Prize category just for sustainable development. As far as I can see on their site one one winner has been “for contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace.”
Love this idea, especially if they were like vortexes where you really get your money’s worth.
Steve Divnik invented the spiral waterless wishing well amonst other things. I am sure he would approve of this idea especially if your money landed in 1 of say, 4 different holes – which would share the money out between 4 good causes without one being the lucky one that got their wishing well placed in the shopping mall.
Bless them the UK Rotary Club provide these to shopping centres and give the proceeds to charity, how commendable.
Careful what you wish for, imagine being the victim of future blood mugging crime – “The global market – worth $23.6bn in 2016 – is predicted to almost double to $44.3bn by 2023.”
You do get paid in the UK. “You will be paid up to £100 for donating 600 mls of blood or a proportional amount if less blood has been donated, i.e. £50 for 300 mls.”
Would be good if they gave some of the proceeds to local projects like Liam’s Lunches too.
Charity wishing wells in shopping malls
(7 upvotes)Respect your youngers
(22 upvotes)There Ain’t No Such Thing as a Free Lunch
(4 upvotes)The child is father to the man
(4 upvotes)Feed the world
(11 upvotes)World environment day should have green noses, but made out of eco plastic
Top of the global list ..”distributed more than 1.3 billion US dollars for research, innovation, treatment, education and humanitarian and social purposes.” BUT “have a net worth of $59.89 billion”
Wow Church Commissioners are milking it in the states – in the top 6 atm, funny old world. Cheers America!
https://www.churchofengland.org/about/leadership-and-governance/church-commissioners
In the US, you would be surprised how much these charities make – and how much their leaders get paid.
Saw this too, how they are making refugee camps better.
You could also host virtual treadmill runs for charitable causes.
Or at work…
Useful links:
http://www.greenestcity.ca
http://www.thestop.org
http://accessalliance.ca/programs-services/community-programs/green-access-program/
http://www.torontogreen.ca
Check this out…
installed in London to show people how the ikea one is helping people elsewhere.
here’s ikea’s
These prefabs are being called flatpacks. I guess they are then.
This designer got even more creative
not related but heartbreaking
I would live in one of those. Amazing.
Looks like they are getting better all the time. Love this idea and glad it turned into a reality, Bet lots of others are too.
They have none in the UK, not sure why?
This does a better job of explaining the difference.
Had to look this up, so here is a handy link http://www.justmeans.com/blogs/what-is-equitrade-and-how-does-it-differ-from-fair-trade#:~:text=But%20what%20is%20equitrade%20and,their%20crops%20into%20finished%20goods.
Is “Swirly McWindface” allowed? If so, you got my dollar.
one of the great ideas that have come out of capitalistic countries over the last 30 years. imho.
sounds good, how do we get wealthy folk to do it though?
not just for refugees either. 45k for a house in the uk
They have a fair bit of catching up to do, to be fair. Pop stars may be better at distributing wealth than politicians. But yeah, a site that lets them bid highest to be at the top would serve their egos and publicity requirements all in one go. Does a site like this already exist?
Someone pitch these guys against each other to create a bidding war.
Yes, good idea but keep it more like save the children with old women volunteers that care rather than the young hip rich kids with spare time that seem to have pushed the old dears out of Oxfam.
Charity donation conflict app
(5 upvotes)Force all charities to go back to accepting one off cash donations
(6 upvotes)Trade embargos with countries that have homeless children
(7 upvotes)Charity wishing wells in shopping malls
(7 upvotes)Greenpeace charity shops
(20 upvotes)Rather than second-hand clothes, they should just sell their own branded apparel – made from biodegradable materials that are being developed – like marine tex. The number of bags I see people wearing is increasing and GP is such a great brand to lots of people with money to spend and images to maintain.
Biodegradable baby shoes
(5 upvotes)Waterproof ‘plastic’ books
(5 upvotes)Pallet wrap that is biodegradable
(1 upvotes)Reusable bags made from vegetable starch
(3 upvotes)Supermarket bucket shopping to reduce packaging
(2 upvotes)Temprature indicator plastic cups
(-1 upvotes)Greenpeace charity shops
(20 upvotes)Like it, Hurricane Bezoz or Gates for example. But it reminded me of this I saw recently. Silly names…. which wouldn’t catch on because its a bit insensitive to the vicitms.
….dream on AirTots 57 quid to borrow a baby bath and stand for 4 weeks. No wonder folk just buy them or go elsewhere to hire.
Solved in the UK – Great Idea. Hope this business enjoys ongoing success.
Hmmm, still not sure if they fixed this…. “Only 5,000 of the 15,000 shelters that UNHCR bought in 2015 have been deployed, meaning that two thirds of all shelters manufactured, worth a total of $12.5 million, have yet to be used.
The rest have remained in depots while it carried out an investigation into fire safety and other problems, UNCHR told Dezeen.”
Donate to Crisis while you wait for this idea to be realised.
Events like this would love a site that guided the local moneybags to good causes and great artists that need exposure and funds. Let me know if such a site exists.
IKEA are doing a great job here – good example of organizations helping people out when they can.
These guys could do with this, or donations to make the idea real in the UK.
Looks like the king of flat pack nailed this idea and won awards for it.
You just need a scaled-down cut-out image of the building from above, then use a guide to follow the shape of the jig – to allow the material to fall in the right place, you could even sell lots of 1-metre square jigs of different shapes of a building, for example, the castle.
Think big – this is huge, could work for building schools and hospitals in unlucky countries…
This can print a house for 4 grand. But the machine is so expensive that its no use to those who need housing the most.
They should do this already. For Atlantic hurricanes, there is a list of male and female names which are used on a six-year rotation. It could be updated to include names of benefactors that want to help for a bit of recognition.
This idea would also work with other businesses. Check out this program that allows people to donate unused meal vouchers to the Red Cross.
https://media.edenred.com/donate-your-expired-2018-meal-vouchers-french-red-cross/
I found this online platform that lets people donate unused or unwanted gift cards.
https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/12/16/giveagift-turns-unwanted-gift-cards-into-donations/
Wow, check this out! Over £250m is lost annually due to unused gift cards and vouchers. That is a lot of money that could be donated to charities.
This Massachusetts lottery website offers charitable games for non-profit organizations!
https://www.masslottery.com/games/charitable-games
Check out this app that turns lost sports bets between friends into charitable donations. Plus, it allows small bets of even $1.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthunckler/2017/01/19/like-betting-on-sports-this-app-turns-lost-bets-into-charitable-donations/
What a fantastic idea! This would be a cool way to get the wealthy to donate more to charitable causes.
The Baltimore City Parks and Recreations Department has a regular tree giveaway for homes and businesses.
Here’s another one that offers farmers free trees and technical advice on how to plant them.
https://trees4trees.org/about/?sort
Check out this organization that offers free trees for private properties!
https://www.cityplants.org/our-programs/yard-trees/
This is an awesome idea. Planting more trees could very well tackle the ever-worsening climate change crisis.
Feed the world
(11 upvotes)It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
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Feed the world
(11 upvotes)It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
(5 upvotes)Charity wishing wells in shopping malls
(7 upvotes)Respect your youngers
(22 upvotes)There Ain’t No Such Thing as a Free Lunch
(4 upvotes)The child is father to the man
(4 upvotes)Feed the world
(11 upvotes)Invest in this little guy – he feeds people in need.
Found this online, great idea…