[HJCotW Spacemonkey]

And some more RAok sharing!

These are getting a little excitingly expensiver (which is a word I just made up...)

Buy an animal for Africa or somewhere.
Feel free to stick 20 quid on any Joinee's just giving page - or even more randomly, do it for a stranger.
Take a friend out for a meal - not McDonald's though, that's just mean!

[Au Joinee Rory]

I've toyed with the idea of giving a €50 note to a homeless person looking for change, but I keep coming back to the conclusion that €5 each to 10 people would be better, if less flamboyant. :/

[soxshui]

higher cost RAOKs

pop a voucher for a spa day through a busy but needy mums letterbox

[Joinee Yeebles]

Joinee Rory, on 11 Aug 2007, 02:22 PM, said:

I've toyed with the idea of giving a €50 note to a homeless person looking for change, but I keep coming back to the conclusion that €5 each to 10 people would be better, if less flamboyant. :/

I gave our local Big Issue guy a Card at christmas with £20 in it. Unfortunately, he can't read! but he liked the gesture.

[drain slug]

Theres a guy in NZ who give random people $200 and asks them to do a nice thing for someone. he was asked to do it by the previouse guy. hes awsome!

[Daisley Bur]

Joinee Rory, on 11 Aug 2007, 01:22 PM, said:

I've toyed with the idea of giving a €50 note to a homeless person looking for change, but I keep coming back to the conclusion that €5 each to 10 people would be better, if less flamboyant. :/

I've given money to homeless people before, but since volunteering at a soup kitchen type place and chatting to the people who go there, it's generally not a wise idea. A lot of them will spend it on drugs/alcohol etc. This isn't me sterotyping, it's merely what I've been told through personal experiences of other volunteers and homeless people themselves. They much prefer being bought food/drink/things they can't sell and have you sit and keep them company for a bit. It's sad, as I'd love to give money to someone and think that it would go towards rent in a shelter, but it's hardly ever the case

[Siobhán]

Daisley Bur, on 6 Jan 2009, 02:30 PM, said:

I've given money to homeless people before, but since volunteering at a soup kitchen type place and chatting to the people who go there, it's generally not a wise idea. A lot of them will spend it on drugs/alcohol etc. This isn't me sterotyping, it's merely what I've been told through personal experiences of other volunteers and homeless people themselves. They much prefer being bought food/drink/things they can't sell and have you sit and keep them company for a bit. It's sad, as I'd love to give money to someone and think that it would go towards rent in a shelter, but it's hardly ever the case

I used to buy one guy in Leeds sandwiches and have a chat with him which was nice. I never gave himmoney though and tend to donate more or buy a hot coffee/soup where possible. It was sad when he lost all his teeth and I had to watch what kind of sanwiches I got him as he could not chew. He got veyr ill one winter and one fo my fiends drove him to the local shelter and paid for his accomodation for the night as it was cold snap and he dealt with it very badly. Poor man. I often think about him and hope he is still going and is okay.

[Daisley Bur]

That's really sad. I hope he's doing okay

[Bloodbabe2010]

I spent a fortune putting together a 50s style Gangster outfit the same weekend that the game L.A. Noire was launched. It was great fun, though, because when people asked if I was dressed for the game's launch, I was able to tell them I was actually doing a sponsered fancy dress for Children's Hospices UK.

I don't know if it counts, but we were happy to make over £2,000 at our store for the charity.

[Joinee Englishfil]

Kiva.org. It is US based (no hissing please) micro-loan charity. What it actually does is advertise groups or individuals looking for loans through respectable charitable organisations around the world and look for individuals to buy $25 chunks in these loans. You get your money back, without interest, normally and eventually, but if you are like me you just loan it to someone else in need. There are hundreds of people throughout the world looking for trivial, by our standards, sums to change their lives. However they are not a handouts - they are gifts with responsibility that encourage self-help not dependancy. This is not investment advice (bla, bla) just another suggestion.