BBC Children in need is one hell of a contradiction. A bit like McDonalds running a save the rainforest charity.
I was in Accra and a chap comes down from an orphanage that works with the firm, he collects the mosquito spray bottles from us as we’re leaving. They also want torches and pens. I’m buying a few of these to take down next time. I still think I’m being lazy. It’s not hard for me to donate a half used spray bottle I didn’t pay for or spend a bit on some torches. But they make use of them I suppose.
Reef:
PDSA get generous donations off of me every time one of my 4 pets (2 dogs, 2 cats) go for a checkup or treatment, when we were on our arse a few years back the PDSA was there to treat one of my animals f.o.c, now even though I don’t qualify for free treatment I still go to them over a regular veterinary surgery.
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I’m presuming the PDSA are having to change the way to do things. From another forum :
I have received today a letter and leaflet from the PDSA stating that they can no longer afford to fund veterinary services for people who are in receipt of state benefit. The previous scheme is to run until the end of the six month certificate previously awarded to each client to be presented at their vets and a contribution made to the cost. In place, via the leaflet, there is now a £4.50 charge each month and if I understand this correctly gives you access to one vet consultation per 12 month plus one booster also. There is then 20% off FULL price vet treatment and 15 % off PDSA Vet Insurance
Probably a combination of falling donations and people abusing the system.
AndrewG:
I would gladly donate….i just adore cats.…
I also donate boxes of cat food to the local charity in Nerja where i live, they provide feeding stations for the communes of strays…
Knew you had to have some failings
More of a dog person myself. I tend to donate to some of the smaller local animal charities, some of which I know from my days doing volunteer dog transport. Some really sad cases, both human and animal. I’ve had real hard men sob on my shoulder because it was the dog or the baby, women crying because they had to move into rented and couldn’t take their pet with them. Had staffies in the back that have been used as bait dogs, but their trust in humans is still unbelievably intact.
We normally have R2 on in the office for traffic news as much as anything - had to switch Evans off last week, bad enough at the best of times.
Reef:
PDSA get generous donations off of me every time one of my 4 pets (2 dogs, 2 cats) go for a checkup or treatment, when we were on our arse a few years back the PDSA was there to treat one of my animals f.o.c, now even though I don’t qualify for free treatment I still go to them over a regular veterinary surgery.
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I’m presuming the PDSA are having to change the way to do things. From another forum :
I have received today a letter and leaflet from the PDSA stating that they can no longer afford to fund veterinary services for people who are in receipt of state benefit. The previous scheme is to run until the end of the six month certificate previously awarded to each client to be presented at their vets and a contribution made to the cost. In place, via the leaflet, there is now a £4.50 charge each month and if I understand this correctly gives you access to one vet consultation per 12 month plus one booster also. There is then 20% off FULL price vet treatment and 15 % off PDSA Vet Insurance
Probably a combination of falling donations and people abusing the system.
I’m not too sure whether it’s different from region to region or not but ours (Swansea) have recently started this year having only one registered pet per household qualifying for free veterinary care (assuming you meet benefits requirements) and any other pet within that household then gets a reduced fee per consultation/treatment/medication (it may be 40% of the overall cost but don’t quote me on that as I cannot remember exactly off the top of my head)
