Comments on: Time to Boycott People In Need and finish it off

By: WillKnott.ie » Blog Archive » Talking Shite

WillKnott.ie » Blog Archive » Talking Shite — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:23:04 +0000

[...] A book of Irish bloggers (which means Bloggers in Ireland, from Ireland or about Ireland) by Irish bloggers doing what we do best. Talk and blog (same thing really). This is about being a patron, not being patronising to a cause. [...]

By: admin

admin — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:46:19 +0000

PIN Forever

I reserve the right to be offended by the manner in which the People in Need organisation use disability and images of people with disabilities and language to describe me/us. We deserve rights and full inclusion in society and not pity and fund-raising to give us the basic access to services etc.

By: PIN Forever

PIN Forever — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:47:19 +0000

I think it is appauling to try to boycott People in Need like this, a lot of hard work and effort goes into raising these huge sums of money for organisations or charities that cannot afford for some reason or other to fund raise for themselves and I think the people of Ireland should be commended for their hard work and generosity for generating so much money and awareness for the benifactors of these funds, People in Need also has a grant scheme where all the different charities and organisations can apply for funding which I think is a fantastic opportunity for clubs and organisatins to claim some of the funds raised for themselves, whats raised in the County satys in the County and I think you will find that the people of Ireland are more than happy for People in Need to keep on going and raise more and more funds year after year !!!!!

By: Maman Poulet » Rights not Charity - I rest my case

Maman Poulet » Rights not Charity - I rest my case — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:33:26 +0000

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By: Joe’s Blog » Blog Archive » Walkout Wednesday and Telethon Friday

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 08:30:50 +0000

[...] Is it Time to Boycott People In Need and finish it off? – a discussion The telethon emphasizes the desperate helplessness of the most severely disabled. In doing so, it reinforces the public’s tendency to equate handicap with total hopelessness. [...]

By: 73man

73man — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:11:36 +0000

Spot on. Rights not charity.

By: barry

barry — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 09:01:06 +0000

Another viewpoint – why not use the event(s) to raise the issues? There will be plenty of pols wanting to get their faces on… ask them why these people need charity? why can’t they get their rights?

Is there somebody out there who will do that for us?

Bye, Barry

P.S. as I write Tubridy is publicising the TT on his show (ok, I have to admit I listen, but the NewsTalk alternative is too cringy..)

By: SerialComplainer

SerialComplainer — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 20:36:06 +0000

Looks like my original comment got cut off, possibly because I used brackets? Let’s see if I can recreate it.

It is worth putting the money raised by People in Need in context. €35 million over 8 years is less than €5 million a year. Margaret Heffernan aka Mrs Dunnes Stores is on the board of PIN. Her personal wealth was estimated in 2006 as €605 million. If Margaret is genuinely concerned about ‘people in need’, perhaps she could drop few crumbs from her table to make up the €5m per annum? Or maybe she could just pay her staff about 50c per hour more – That would do more for poverty than any charity donation.

By: Rights please. Hold the phone. | Irish Election

Rights please. Hold the phone. | Irish Election — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 11:36:03 +0000

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By: SerialComplainer

SerialComplainer — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 22:20:24 +0000

It is worth putting the money raised by People in Need (