Simon Harris #6 Even the Duke of Marlborough only charges £4.99 for a tea towel

[Bread]

I've contacted the charities in question to warn them and point out that all he needs to do is share their own donation links. I doubt I'll hear anything back but that's not the point.

 

[lilykestrel]

His next one is Southend Storehouse which is the offshoot of Southend Vineyard, aren't they the evangelicals that Jack 'gave' the Sue Lee money to?

 

[Bread]

It is.

I've seen a few people calling him out on his Facebook but I suspect they're getting hidden. At least he'll never hit the heady levels of his heyday.

 

[lilykestrel]

It's weird how his opening is that food banks are struggling because they're not getting donations of the stuff that is useful to them.

But rather than just giving them a cheque for £500, which the food bank can then budget and use as they see fit (and possibly taking advantage of wholesale prices/relationships with suppliers in their area), he's doing online shops for them as a person.

Anyway, the 'documentation' is up for the Redditch one

There's got to be a more cost-efficient way to get hold of 36 pot noodles (ETA never mind they're practically a nutritional black hole ffs)

 

[BeautifulTrauma]

Has anyone managed to raise legitimate concerns about his latest fundraiser on his Facebook yet?

It's staggering how he's so brazenly testing the waters again, gearing up for a massive 'give microgrants to pensioners who are missing out on winter fuel payments' no doubt.

 

[Seaford Haggington]

It's weird how his opening is that food banks are struggling because they're not getting donations of the stuff that is useful to them.

But rather than just giving them a cheque for £500, which the food bank can then budget and use as they see fit (and possibly taking advantage of wholesale prices/relationships with suppliers in their area), he's doing online shops for them as a person.

Anyway, the 'documentation' is up for the Redditch one

There's got to be a more cost-efficient way to get hold of 36 pot noodles (ETA never mind they're practically a nutritional black hole ffs)

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That list of what they are short of is so casual food donations are useful and they don't end up with things that aren't needed. Not intended for this thick fat grifty bleep to do a bulk order.

Edit: added grifty to insults

 

[Also_smoke_and_mirrors]

I reckon he's just done his shopping and is showing the reciept. Thats a very blokey shopping list I could brandish a receipt dated yesterday for pasta, strawberries, tomatoes and prosecco, like I'm Lenny Henry and it's 1990s comic relief. Doesn't mean the food bank is getting any of it.

 

[lilykestrel]

I reckon he's just done his shopping and is showing the reciept. Thats a very blokey shopping list I could brandish a receipt dated yesterday for pasta, strawberries, tomatoes and prosecco, like I'm Lenny Henry and it's 1990s comic relief. Doesn't mean the food bank is getting any of it.

oh it was a click and collect order for Redditch Morrisons, there's photos of them picking it up. The receipt is also from Redditch Morrisons point-of-sale and was them going round and spending the rest of the money on items that weren't available for the click and collect, so unless he's going and doing his pot noodle shop up in Worcestershire and this bunch are in on it, it's probably legit.

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OMG I JUST NOTICED THE #DADBEHAVINGBADLY AND AM HOWLING

 

[Bread]

I'm certain it's legitimate but I am also certain he doesn't give 2 shits about the food bank. It is all about restoring 'credibility' to himself. And for someone with a lot of followers, that money isn't exactly pouring in.

 

[Also_smoke_and_mirrors]

Good to know that he's not lining his own pockets for once. But I agree it's a tentative step towards trying to regain credibility. I never trust go fund me for things that could so easily be a just giving or direct donation. Why does the money need to 'rest' in his account?

 

[lilykestrel]

#dadbehavingbadly

for thread title

 

[Bread]

We dont know he isn't, though. The money still goes directly to him rather than to a charity. The charity still gets considerably less money than it would if he did a direct fundraiser. GFM still make a profit and I am certain HE gets a backhander from GFM.

 

[Jelly Bean]

Has anyone managed to raise legitimate concerns about his latest fundraiser on his Facebook yet?

It's staggering how he's so brazenly testing the waters again, gearing up for a massive 'give microgrants to pensioners who are missing out on winter fuel payments' no doubt.

Yes I was wondering if he'd have the nerve to centre himself in the fuel payment scandal. Of course he would.
Bet Depher is kicking himself it's all gone tits up for himself right now as he loved dwelling on old people suffering in the cold.

 

[Mr Krabs]

https://gofund.me/7b5beb3b

Who'll be donating to Simon's next gofundme then? He's recently been desperate enough for cash that he tried (and failed at) flogging napkins and being a temu affiliate - but don't worry! He's linked to a spreadsheet to evidence where the funds will be going..

He can’t even be arsed to find a photo from a British food bank. The photo shows a bunch of American brands.

 

[Darvos]

Is there a food bank out there that doesn’t prefer cash donations to stuff? Nasty, performative, self-important, self-centring turd.

 

[Pkershaw]

Self-obsession under the cover of benevolence. It never ceases to amaze me how people don't see this for what it is. A narcissist using good causes for self-promotion. And as has been pointed out, he's definitely getting a kickback from GFM somewhere along the line. He's worse than those weirdos who film themselves giving money to beggars.

I think it's always important to remember what he is actually doing here. Like, what effort is he actually exerting? From what I can see, it's 3 Facebook posts and a Go Fund Me page. That's literally it. I know in his mind that's probably worth about 15 grand, but to the rest of us on Planet Normal, that's something you do when you're bored on the train in the morning. Even the shopping was ordered online.

If you want to play the hero and call yourself a fundraiser, go and run a marathon, or do a sponsored sky dive if you can find a parachute strong enough to take the loads of your stupid fat head. Wanker.

 

[lilykestrel]

also, off topic, but adjacent, I think it's weird that a 12 year old is fronting a food bank CIC, THERE I SAID IT

what happened to a kid's philanthropic responsibility extending to saving up their pocket money for a few months and chucking it in the Children in Need collection pot on non-uniform day

 

[MickeyMouseClubhouse]

#dadbehavingbadly

for thread title

Simon Harris #7 - #DadPostingUnfunnily

 

[Seaford Haggington]

Whose donation?

 

[CrackingOwlSanctuary]

Of course, the reason he wont just give them a cheque is because as our old friend Carlz Burd found out, that is only a sliver of positive content. Doing it this way isn't as good for the charity but does let him milk a lot more content from his 'good deed'.