Halton Christmas Toy Appeal

[Sensible Susan]

Where's that screenshot from, please?

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[Hold my beans]

Why's the mum waiting 5 weeks for her first payment? I thoughy an advance/loan was standard with UC now?

 

[Witchfinder Sargeant]

Why's the mum waiting 5 weeks for her first payment? I thoughy an advance/loan was standard with UC now?

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Write wills, people. This woman (if she exists), may end up with nothing if they weren't married.

If you have children, or a spouse who doesn't work, or both, take out life insurance if you can possibly afford it (if you start when you're young, it's not expensive).
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thank you.

This is telling, does it remind anyone else of Carly Burd?

 

[Foxvint]

Selfless Saint Nicola adjusting her halo is a recurring motif in her posts. The one about helping a young man in addiction is alarming. How?? This empty head isn't qualified for that sort of specialist support. All she could offer is a dip into her paypal.me for him which is likely to end up in his glass, up his nose or on his spoon.

2nd one shows her using notes to write something up- no proof at all this came from an old lady.

Further ones show her typical MO. A specific request for an amount she needs in order to help. Not for Nicola the every little helps shout. A dive into her TL shows she regularly says we need X amount to be able to help this family tonight. Why? Desperate people would turn their nose up at anything less would they? Nothing less buys a bag of shopping? Suss.

 

[markcorriganscrisps]

That paypal pot must be heaving if she's sending folk into rehab clinics. I presume that's what she means, as anyone who isn't qualified who is implying they're dicking about with folks' lives like that shouldn't be near them in the first place.

 

[Foxvint]

That paypal pot must be heaving if she's sending folk into rehab clinics. I presume that's what she means, as anyone who isn't qualified who is implying they're dicking about with folks' lives like that shouldn't be near them in the first place.

I feel like she'd have surely said if she was claiming she could fund him into rehab. She's an anti vaxxer and believes in the snake oil of cbd so I'm sure she knows better than the medical community anyway.

 

[Sensible Susan]

Having a mooch, and this is how I discovered Reann had vanished

They're all mates aren't they

 

[VeniVidiVicki]

Having a mooch, and this is how I discovered Reann had vanished
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They're all mates aren't they

The fact she’s mates with reann tells you all you need to know.

 

[Foxvint]

She's the grim reaper. Fuckin ghoul. This is just a sample as I refuse to post her manipulative ones about suicide that aren't hers to share.

 

[Sensible Susan]

She's the grim reaper. Fuckin ghoul. This is just a sample as I refuse to post her manipulative ones about suicide that aren't hers to share.

Yuk.
I can relate to the uncle's wife (my uncles' wives are my aunties though) my ex husband almost died from alcohol because I wasn't there to stop/enable him any more.
How dare she blame anyone else, you don't "miss your kids" when you're off your tits on vodkat.
Also, my 6 year old Grandson would laugh at "to soon to"

 

[Witchfinder Sargeant]

The problem is that there's nowhere to report stuff like this. The Charity Commission won't touch her because she's not a registered charity. Companies House won't because she's not registered with them. Action Fraud will only act if you've been defrauded, and while we strongly suspect that not all the donations are being used for their intended purpose, I'm very uncertain that there's actual fraud (as in "actions that would meet the bar for a crime to be investigated") going on.

There's nowhere to go to say "look, she's acting like a charity but the money is going to her personal account, don't you think that's a bit weird and maybe someone should have a word with her about how to do this properly so that everything is out in the open?"

 

[Foxvint]

Hopefully as the public become less gullible/ as more Depher type scams are exposed people will question tall tales and outfits that use extreme and exploitative personal stories. I don't doubt that she does some of what she says. Local businesses and restaurants do habitually donate food and money to local initiatives. But all accounts like this do is collate and collect it. The real thanks goes to the donors. I'm sure she does donate some of the money she collects. I'm also betting she takes a hefty whack.

Cynicism and caution are correct responses when someone has avoided the proper channels for years. A Paypal.me account requires no due diligence or accountability. A non profit organisation should have a treasurers account. As soon as people give her money they've only got her word for it about where it's going.

 

[VeniVidiVicki]

I really think organisations - particularly public bodies - should not give any money at all to individuals.

There’s a woman local to me who runs a similar sort of service - started out with Christmas gifts and now it’s Easter eggs and parcels for ukraine. There is a local club which is fundraising for it throughout 2024 as its ‘charity of the year’. It’s not a charity. All the money goes into the woman’s who set it up PayPal account.

She thankfully doesn’t post emotionally manipulative hardship tales but the lack of accountability and transparency just sets my spidey senses off

 

[Witchfinder Sargeant]

I can see how situations can arise.

You see a need, you say to friends "shall we buy some Easter Eggs for the children at the foodbank?", everyone says "good idea, can I sling you a tenner?" and because it's all new and it's all among your mates, you get money into your paypal. Word spreads, and you get donations from other people. Maybe one of those people works for a local business. Everyone knows each other, everyone trusts each other, it's all informal and nobody worries that the money is getting misappropriated. Someone suggests setting up a stall in the local shopping centre. Most people buy an extra Easter egg and drop it off, but a few people give you a tenner for you to buy one.

Time passes, wavy lines, oo-ee-oo

The remit of your work expands a bit. You're basically running a charity, but nobody points this out to you. You're receiving hundreds, maybe thousands, of pounds a month but it's never been put on a formal footing. You're on PAYE, you don't need to fill out a tax return so this money never comes to the attention of an accountant who can guide you on proper process. The method you've come up with works, it's all just ticking along, and because you see yourself as basically an honest person, it never occurs to you that other people might think you're not behaving appropriately. Contact from a stranger to say "err, looks a bit sus, this" is seen as an attack on your project, an attempt to stop the kids getting presents, an attack on your personal integrity (you're an honest person, remember?)

 

[Foxvint]

Agreed

I can see how situations can arise.

You see a need, you say to friends "shall we buy some Easter Eggs for the children at the foodbank?", everyone says "good idea, can I sling you a tenner?" and because it's all new and it's all among your mates, you get money into your paypal. Word spreads, and you get donations from other people. Maybe one of those people works for a local business. Everyone knows each other, everyone trusts each other, it's all informal and nobody worries that the money is getting misappropriated. Someone suggests setting up a stall in the local shopping centre. Most people buy an extra Easter egg and drop it off, but a few people give you a tenner for you to buy one.

Time passes, wavy lines, oo-ee-oo

The remit of your work expands a bit. You're basically running a charity, but nobody points this out to you. You're receiving hundreds, maybe thousands, of pounds a month but it's never been put on a formal footing. You're on PAYE, you don't need to fill out a tax return so this money never comes to the attention of an accountant who can guide you on proper process. The method you've come up with works, it's all just ticking along, and because you see yourself as basically an honest person, it never occurs to you that other people might think you're not behaving appropriately. Contact from a stranger to say "err, looks a bit sus, this" is seen as an attack on your project, an attempt to stop the kids getting presents, an attack on your personal integrity (you're an honest person, remember?)

Agreed but they all think they're honest don't they. Monroe probably reasoned a person has to have furniture in their house as she bought herself another friggin sideboard from donations to her 'important work'. I think the ego would quickly come into play aswell- everyone saying how wonderful you are and thankyou so much and all of a sudden you don't see anything cringe and pompous about posting that you're grinding your bones to dust working for the povs (monroe) or had something really important to do this weekend but you have to help someone turn their life around instead and your own life will have to wait (this twit).

 

[VeniVidiVicki]

I really think organisations - particularly public bodies - should not give any money at all to individuals.

There’s a woman local to me who runs a similar sort of service - started out with Christmas gifts and now it’s Easter eggs and parcels for ukraine. There is a local club which is fundraising for it throughout 2024 as its ‘charity of the year’. It’s not a charity. All the money goes into the woman’s who set it up PayPal account.

She thankfully doesn’t post emotionally manipulative hardship tales but the lack of accountability and transparency just sets my spidey senses off

QMLAN - the ‘charity’ was set up in lockdown. And the founder is now going on holiday when she hasn’t been able to before. Any Covid restrictions on travel ended well over a year ago.

In addition to the PayPal and promotion in the community, she has raised well in excess of £3000 from 3 different fundraisers on JustGiving in the last year. The one for Easter eggs is still open.

 

[Foxvint]

I might apply for that grant. I too am just a private individual with a personal bank account.

 

[Foxvint]

I don't understand this. It's urgent but also the appeal is ongoing cos she can only help once she can give all they need. That's not how emergency help works.
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Pay Nicola Woodward cos someone needs baby milk and nappies.
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Post been up less than an hour. There's over £30 already but she'll keep banging the drum saying she needs more to be able to help. So suss.

 

[Foxvint]

Spoiler: TW baby loss/miscarriage

This ridiculous merail is in response to a woman who lost a baby full term during birth. Comparing that loss to a 1st trimester miscarriage when you didn't even know you were pregnant is stupid and deeply insulting. Also a 1st trimester fetus is not a perfectly formed little mini baby at all. I know, cos I've had one. She's so grim.

 

[markcorriganscrisps]

Spoiler: TW baby loss/miscarriage

This ridiculous merail is in response to a woman who lost a baby full term during birth. Comparing that loss to a 1st trimester miscarriage when you didn't even know you were pregnant is stupid and deeply insulting. Also a 1st trimester fetus is not a perfectly formed little mini baby at all. I know, cos I've had one. She's so grim.

She's telling on herself quite badly there as well with the strange implication that if she hadn't helped her friend then it wouldn't have happened. How selfless in carrying those large boxes, because of her friend, she is indeed.