Dublin city
This afternoon.
Darragh Doyle tweetz:
Are there charities in Dublin in need of volunteers on Christmas Day or December 26th, please?
Anyone?
Tag Archives: Charities
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John Gallen writes:
“For the day what’s in it… New research from Amárach shows the effect that recent charity scandals is having on the charity of the public. Some highlights…. (study conducted last month). “Percentage of Irish who don’t give to charity increased from 11% to 24% from 2005 to 2014.” Obviously, there’s the crash in there too. But, since the recent charity scandals broke, and namely the CRC scandal, 62% of people have ‘changed their perception of charities’. SIXTY TWO ! It gets worse…. a whopping 55% say they have ‘reduced their willingness to donate to charities‘…”
Ahead of new top-up revelations.
The charity CEO pay grid from The Irish Star Sun with a revised version/response from Total Fundraising.
Tis on.
Meanwhile…
The Chair of the Public Accounts Committee says four more agencies, believed to have breached public pay rules, will be named tomorrow. Fianna Fáil’s John McGuinness says four whistleblowers have come forward to reveal top-up issues – similar to those used at the Central Remedial Clinic.
4 more health agencies in breach of pay rules – PAC Chair (Newstalk)
Pics via RevolutionIRL and Total Fundraising
There has been a 40% drop in donations to charity in the two weeks since the scandal of top-ups to executives’ salaries was revealed.
Anne Hannify, CEO of Fundraising Ireland, said it was a “crisis situation” for the sector at this time of year, and the story is having a knock-on effect on other causes.
“We are really frustrated that this one incident can have such a massive impact,” she said.
Charity donations down 40% since top-ups scandal (Breakingnews.ie)
Previously: The Good Charities Guide
Anna writes:
In relation to Irish charities are being affected by the CRC revelaltions. Is it possible to compile a list of ‘good charities’ in Ireland where public and state donations are used in the way they were intended? Simply what are the best-run charities in Ireland?
Anyone?
Earlier: A Message To The Board
[The public] express amazement that, for example, Justin Kilcullen [above], the head of Trocaire, was on €146,000 in 2010 and €133,000 in 2011, while former Concern CEO Tom Arnold, who retired earlier this year was on about €130,000, especially when they are dealing with “the poorest of the poor”.
Nobody expects basement wages for people doing important jobs, but it seems that in the wage-escalation of boom-time Ireland, the executive charity salaries went off the radar – and stayed there. Virtually all of the big charities in Ireland are well-remunerated at the top. The head of Focus is on €125,000, while Goal pays a ceiling of €100,000.
The disability sector is by far the best remunerated. The head of Enable Ireland was paid a jaw-dropping €156,000 in 2011, while the chief executive of the Cope Foundation was paid €130,000. The head of the National Council for the Blind of Ireland took home a handsome €125,000. Even the Jack and Jill Foundation, headed by Jonathan Irwin, pays its chief executive a surprising €88,000, while Fergus Finlay of Barnardos has a salary of €113,000, although some of this – apparently €25,000 – is earned through other work.
Most disappointingly, many organisations such as Bóthar, the Special Olympics and the Simon Community have refused to reveal their top salaries, despite constantly looking for state funding and public donations.
A charity boss paid over €100k? Let’s get real (Eamon Delaney, Independent.ie)
(Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)