If you were the sole winner of the £120m (or whatever it is) jackpot Friday night......

.....What CHARITY(s) would you donate too?

For once I thought we'd have a nice post about generosity rather than "if I won the lotto I would buy xxx and xxx and xxx for myself)

Me?

Cancer Research, NSPCC, RSPCA, WWF (thats widlife, not fooking wrestling ) are the first to spring to mind.....

 

Something to do with monkey's i think they get a raw deal and deserve better..................

 

ive never thought about it,,, i dont know if i would give money straight too them,, but i would do ALOT of charity work

 

Id donate some to Martoooooon..............

Inexchange for his Escort

 

Animal charities, no question

 

bears in kazakhstan

at the moment there dancing is fooking awefull IMHO

 

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I think I would - so long as I could see that they do something with it. I mean, see what it provides etc... I give what I can when I can, and have standing orders every month with both the RSPCA and NSPCC, and always empty my change into collection boxes for childrens charities and cancer research, when I can... Every penny does help...

Like James (Eil) I feel very strongly for animal charities aswell as childrens charities, and I would love to work directly with organisations such as the RSPCA, but I know I would let my emotions get the better of me Like if I went to a house where some guy had been abusing a dog or cat or whatever, I wouldn't be able to keep my cool and would end up beating seven bells of shit out the guy...

But financial donations certianly help with their funding, as it's not like they are profit-organisations.....

I know it's easy to say as it's all academic (in as far as I ain't won the money so it's all just words right now) but lets say I won £120 MILLION - I don't think I would have ANY problem giving away £20million of that to charities. I'd still be left with £100m, which even in a normal bank account like First Direct of ING that pays 5% interest - in one year that's earnt me £5m - for doing fuck all! And thats more money than ANYONE EVER needs.... I doubt I could spend £5m in a year, let alone the other £100m sat in a bank account!!!!

 

Essex Air Ambulance
and
Lukemia/Cancer Research

And im sure a few more but would have to think hard. They would be the first.

 

give em some breakdancing lessons

 

You can read that two ways - I'm gonna go with the political way

 

I'd donate to the National Ear Foundation. My Niece was born near on deaf and has just been granted (by the NHS of all people!) some money to have Cochlear Implants. hopefully enabling her to have some hearing. Hollie is one years old tomorrow but will be having the operation in the coming weeks.

 

THRUSH

sozz i know they tap there gall gland to milk it but ..just wondered

posting it that way the response it would get

 

Firstly without a doubt would donate to Cancer Research then to as many childrens charities as possible then animal charities

 

Cancer Research

Do so much for my Dad Shame he didn't survive though

 

I would donate it to the scoobynet cadburys piston appeal.

2K may not sound like much to you or me, but to them its enough to get their engine rebuilt with pistons you can actually use

 

sounds like a great cause, and i hope your neice gets on well with the operation

 

Smit

same here buddy big c sucks major

EVIL THING

 

I wouldnt donate any of the 120m to any charity, I put it all into property, then donate a portion of the monthly income (still too much to spend)

As for which charity, cancer research, carer support charities, then childrens charities and animal care charities.

 

Fingers are crossed matey for her!


I know for a fact that if any charities wrote to me upon winning the lottery asking for money id tell em to shove it up their arse!!

 

Ah yeah, but thats different Chris - thats BEGGING in my book... It's one thing to make a donation based on your principals or whatever, but it's different when people/organisations ASK you for the money....

 

yup exactly!! Id have great pleasure writing back to them telling em to fook off!!!

 

Definitely cancer charities and other similar causes as well as the Air ambulance in cornwall as they saved my dads life basically a few years back.

I may donate to animal charities as well but not as much, not cause i hate animals or anything but they seem to get the biggest slice of the donation pie so to speak. Cant remember where i read about it now but they get a vast amount more than other charities so id try to even it up abit Especially when a cure for the big C might come in handy one day for family friends or even me

 

I think I'd ask the Lottery Good Causes Fund "owners" to see what they had turned down - seeing immediate benefits would be very satisfying, and you'd know the money wasn't being wasted on management or advertising.

 

120million? 10million to the RNLI, on the condition they let me name just one lifeboat the 'Martin Robert' (after my dad) and 10 million to the british heart foundation, and then 10grand to ten different charities every year from then on.

 

I would buy various charities equipment they require rather than give them money so i know its not being wasted on administration etc.
I would also make money available to families who are unable to work full time as they have to look after their sick/terminally ill child.Unfortunately i'm in that situation myself but work in a family business so i still get paid.But having to look after your child and worry about paying the mortgage etc would be very hard

 

I would pay off all the money needed for the kirsty apeal And the RSPCA And the JHW Fund....Hes a charity case

 

Cancer research and heart foundation.

 

breast cancer campaign

 

I wouldnt actually give any of the winnings directly to charity...

Instead I would put different amounts in high interest accounts and give the interest to charity each year. So on a million it would be 70 grand a year that way they would have a constant donation instead of one big lump sum. Then I'd make sure they got the rest in my will.

Cancer research is about the only one I know i'd give to for definite as it's one that's very close to home..

Probably childrens charities wildlife charities etc would get their share as well.

 

In truth with that amount of money i dont think i could give any directly to a charity, as mentioned by others i would rather buy equipment. Then i could be sure that 100% of my money has gone to where i wanted it to rather than be lost in admin etc.

They all would be Uk based as well, as i am a firm believer that charity starts at home. No doubt others will express opinions other than this but thats my belief.

 

I'll let you all know soon enough what I plan to do with tonights solo jackpot winnings

 

Who send you was getting any of my winnings

 

Animal charities would get the largest chunk from me, then cancer research.

 

With the endless amounts of pain and suffering that goes on in today's world, i really wouldn't know where to begin

 

I would give some cash to the RSPCA, but to be honest the way to live when you have that much money is by buying everything on finance/credit IMO, so long as you're getting good rates. The more you spend in lump sums, the less interest you earn as there's less in your bank. If you make a hundred k a month interest and pay out finance totalling less than this, your money will never go down.

 

Cancer Research and Cystic Fibrosis.

 

Animal charities come well down the list for me - humans first in my book.

To be honest, I would probably look to set up my own non-profit hospice for the elderly - recent articles about the lack of dignity that the older age group end up dying with is horrifying.

Then as above, I'd like a nice lump sum to each of my chosen charities, anda regular donation..........

 

Cancer Charitys
battersea dogs home
And would a big chunk into my local area and local charitys

 

RNLI as the government dont give em a penny and they do nothing but put their lives at risk everyday for anyone using the sea..

and then to http://www.tss.org.uk/ to help my sisters little girl and everyone else that has turners syndrome

 

I'd seek some financial advice about the best way I think. I believe large charity donations bring their own wierd costs and implications. I'd want to make sure people get the money I want them to have. If that would mean given them a gift rather than actual funds then so be it.

I really don't know where I'd start with it all. I would imagine you spend the first month of recieving a sum of money like that just trying to get your financies all structured and working best for you. I'd certainly like to find out I think.