Just been cruelly woken up by a charity, that I have only donating for only 2 months. They asked the casual pleasantries before asking if I could donate more. The parasites.

My response was basically telling them to cancel my account, if my donation is not good enough then forget it.

I used to donate to RSPB for years and years. Until they backed down and coward away on campaigns about building on greenbelts.

They said houses need to be built etc. Whilst there is going to be only small plots of land, that's going to be used for nature, next to the new housing estates. The CEO's and managers of RSPB are being paid off by fat cats. Give it time the reserves will be built on or disturbed by the new house owners.

The Nugent Report from the 70s is interesting to read.

I picked up a few bits and bobs at a well known supermarket chain on Christmas Eve and charity collectors seemed to be around every aisle.

They were all from the local cubs/scout guides. It struck me as strange given what is going on in the world - I would have donated to Gaza or a homeless charity but the local scouts....really...

Local scout's raised money by doing community work and doing chores for people, in my day it was yard work.

Supermarket lobbies are full of charities like shopping centres now. I'm glad that chuggers are a thing of the passed.

I didn't mind throwing lose change in a bucket for air ambulance etc. Now it's monthly direct debits and giving details.

I do remember seeing scouts doing or military cadet's doing supermarket bagging to raise money. However I can do that myself, the old dolly dearest's loved it, when they put shopping in their bags for a donation.

I prefer giving money to charity shops, even if it's 10p in every pound goes to the cause. I get something I want or need cheaply. I can never have too many gilets or hiking equipment.

RSPCA are a charity worthy of donations. Left them something in my will.

Don't let them do operations, I have a heard a lot of botched surgeries on dogs.

I am glad that chuggers waste their time door knocking. Not many people open their doors unless it's a prior arrangement.

RSPCA did a wonderful surgery job on my cat when it fell out the window down 3 stories.Let me pay off the considerable bill over a year.