r/Glasgow Tools

If I chap on someone’s door and talk to them for a while and they decide they want to help, them doing it on the website vs me at the door doesn’t save the charity money and if anything it makes it worse because then the fundraiser is actually working hard and doing a good job but their manager won’t see it and they could be sacked.

Going door to door and working on the street isn’t just about getting sign ups it’s about reaching out to people and spreading awareness about the charity. Talking to people about what we do and not just putting sad statistics on ads. If shelter didn’t pay people to chap doors hardly anyone would choose to donate on their own but if they see the ads, see the shops and then talk to someone that’s what gets it done and signing up on the door means something actually happens and given the amount of people suffering in the streets I don’t see why wanting to help should be controversial.

When people give to charities they typically give to ones related to problems they have dealt with or care about like cancer research or cats or something. The people that think of housing and homelessness are people who have dealt with housing and homelessness problems and they typically can’t afford to give. Face to face fundraising is literally the most important tool to change that and is what keeps people in their homes, with heat, with their kids able to go to school etc.

I don’t see what you gain from fear mongering when there is so much to lose. If you wouldn’t sign up on a door because you wouldn’t feel comfortable then absolutely do not do it but discouraging other people is nothing but harmful