Re: RHU Emergency fund - monthly subscription

[Rainrescue]

Thanks - but also - i don't mind - and it would prob. be easier, if rhu set themselves up as a charity - starting as a voluntary group

but I will leave it to the powers that be

I am going to put an appeal up for a St. Bernard bitch we need help with funds for her eye ops - where's the page for appeals please?

ps jude just noticed you are rotherham - snap

[Guest]

I am going to put an appeal up for a St. Bernard bitch we need help with funds for her eye ops - where's the page for appeals please?

http://rescuehelpersunite.forumotion.com/urgent-funds-needed-f163/

[Admin]

what would i actually need to do jaquie? can u pm me pls

[graphite]

In principle I think a nominal donation of 2.00 pounds per month is an excellent idea.

There are strict provisos that I would like to see in place though.

1) I would like to see total "donated" each month, and for that information to be made avaible within a week of the end of each month.

2) Total monthly expenditure published each month as above.

My preference would be that the money went to a specified dog, rather than a rescue. This may sound like splitting hairs, but accountability is very important. So each month, one dog had - "freedom from the pound and kenneling, and neutering" or one dog had an op, that sort of thing, rather than a chq for "500.00" given to "Doggy Doodles Rescue"


With 1,500 members on here, is half donated 2.00 a month, there is 1,500 to spend.

Spent wisely that money can do a great deal of good.



One breed rescue was taking in donations, there was no clear accountability. So I did some investigation. It appeared that some dogs were in kennels costing 11.00 a day. Expensive but well thats the way it goes, sometimes.

However, some of the dogs in these kennels had been there for over a year.

There had been numerous offers of homes for them, because I tracked them back.

But there they stayed!

Now, is it very poor management of funds, or was something else happening???

[Jod]

My preference would be that the money went to a specified dog, rather than a rescue. This may sound like splitting hairs, but accountability is very important. So each month, one dog had - "freedom from the pound and kenneling, and neutering" or one dog had an op, that sort of thing, rather than a chq for "500.00" given to "Doggy Doodles Rescue"

That's an interesting idea. So we as a group would be like sponsors of a particular dog. The problem again there is who would choose which dogs (and how can you choose when there's so many needing help!). This is why we were discussing the lottery system because then the matter of who received the money would be random.

[graphite]

I think that the lottery still works, but it would be for individual animals rather than the rescue generally.

So Animal A needs an op plus kennels say - he is picked from the lottery and his needs are paid for, rather than the rescue receiving the money to use as they wish?