Charity

So, I wanted to make this post all about charity work. It's fresh in my mind because I have taken part in a mass charity event at work today. My workplace supports The Rainbow Trust (http://www.rainbowtrust.org.uk/) which is a fantastic charity that helps young people with disabilities. Earlier in the year we met with a representative from Rainbow and discussed what we wanted to do over 12 months and set a realistic target of £6,500 to be raised.

Since this meeting, 3 of our staff members successfully completed the Three Peaks Challenge. We've done the Manchester 10k and people have had sponsored head shaves/leg waxes, etc. Today was another fund raising day. It is the site's 1 year anniversary so we decided to commemorate the event by raising as much as we could towards our total.


Myself and two others donned the suits of Zippy, George and Bungle from the children's TV show, Rainbow. I spent around 2 hours in this suit in total, running round collecting money from people, having pictures taken and generally having a good laugh. It is extremely hot inside these suits by the way. Someone should create a weight loss program that specifically consists of wearing these suits all day - the amount of weight you'd drop through sweat is unthinkable! 

Anyway, the day went down a storm. We've not actually had chance to total up the donations just yet but I am immensely proud of my workmates and their generosity!

Government and charity
In my opinion, the Government don't do enough to support charities. In fact, they hardly do anything at all bar make it easier for people to locate the genuine from the fake. There must be some spare cash they can donate each year to charities. This shouldn't be out of the public pot either, it should come from the corporation taxes and the sponsorship they get from private organisations.

It doesn't even have to be much, after all it is the thought that counts.