tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31119225.post2846905570291820251..comments2024-02-26T15:58:56.816+00:00Comments on The 3Rs - Reading, Ranting & Recipes: herschelianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17414522582684680371noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31119225.post-19858982789157689512008-09-25T16:33:00.000+01:002008-09-25T16:33:00.000+01:00That is quite scary. Birds are important, but are...That is quite scary. Birds are important, but are they worth sending cancer patients home to die because there is no money for new drugs?? Thanks for highlighting this.Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12325204219395014329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31119225.post-26370868324712896862008-08-28T19:46:00.000+01:002008-08-28T19:46:00.000+01:00I work for a charity myself, but I didn't realise ...I work for a charity myself, but I didn't realise some of them get so much government money. As you say, how can it can be right that the RSPB gets so much cash to save a few birds when people with cancer can't get necessary drugs? And yes, of course they're going to do the government's bidding. But I don't object to so much money going to a worthier charity - like cancer research in fact.<BR/><BR/>I worked for a charity that got no government money at all, but they still wasted huge amounts of the public donations they depended on. All nine NI staff would be regularly jetted over to London for completely useless 'staff forums'. Many charities have very lax controls on how income is spent so it often gets misused.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com