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Gave £7000 to my friends Charity today. Not football related. But what a top guy

being a top bloke, i doubt that he wants any publicity from it...

Nigels Tackle wrote:being a top bloke, i doubt that he wants any publicity from it...

Firstly, I am a really big fan of Richards', Secondly it's brilliant that he's donating money to charity.

But something about the way he's gone about this on Twitter doesn't sit right with me. I can't quite put my finger on it but having the charities vying to convince him to part with his money on a public forum might be what's doing it.

Fair play charity is always great but if it was a rag we'd be saying it wasnt a great deal. Id rather just not hear about these donations considering how much they earn.
However I thought it was particularly nice that Beckham donated his full earnings from PSG to a local charity.

LookMumImOnMCF.net wrote:Firstly, I am a really big fan of Richards', Secondly it's brilliant that he's donating money to charity.

But something about the way he's gone about this on Twitter doesn't sit right with me. I can't quite put my finger on it but having the charities vying to convince him to part with his money on a public forum might be what's doing it.

I know what you mean. It was £20k (before ending as 3x£7k) and deciding who to give it to makes sense, but perhaps not so publicly. But then if he hadn't, maybe he wouldn't have picked smaller charities he knew nothing about...

Blue Since 76 wrote:

LookMumImOnMCF.net wrote:Firstly, I am a really big fan of Richards', Secondly it's brilliant that he's donating money to charity.

But something about the way he's gone about this on Twitter doesn't sit right with me. I can't quite put my finger on it but having the charities vying to convince him to part with his money on a public forum might be what's doing it.

I know what you mean. It was £20k (before ending as 3x£7k) and deciding who to give it to makes sense, but perhaps not so publicly. But then if he hadn't, maybe he wouldn't have picked smaller charities he knew nothing about...

Maybe he's raising the publicity of the charities too, it really is difficult to criticise him here without sounding like a twat.

I just think he could've gone about it a little better.

LookMumImOnMCF.net wrote:

Blue Since 76 wrote:

LookMumImOnMCF.net wrote:Firstly, I am a really big fan of Richards', Secondly it's brilliant that he's donating money to charity.

But something about the way he's gone about this on Twitter doesn't sit right with me. I can't quite put my finger on it but having the charities vying to convince him to part with his money on a public forum might be what's doing it.

I know what you mean. It was £20k (before ending as 3x£7k) and deciding who to give it to makes sense, but perhaps not so publicly. But then if he hadn't, maybe he wouldn't have picked smaller charities he knew nothing about...

Maybe he's raising the publicity of the charities too, it really is difficult to criticise him here without sounding like a twat.

I just think he could've gone about it a little better.

Agreed, but the money he donated to Millies Trust is going to do so much for them. The equipment they use doesnt come cheap and they provide free courses to the general public.

And the point regarding a smaller charity is a fair one. He could have given money to a charity such as Macmillan or Cancer Research, which whilst both of these charities do fantastic work, they are very publicly known and receive a large amounts of support.

None the less, its a wonderful thing he has done. What is a relatively small amount to him will be a huge boost to these charities.

its a difficult balance to get right
it's important that they raise the profile of their charity without it being a bit look at me givin my cash to charidee mate

Its actually £25k as he's given £4k to another one as well. He probably earnt that whilst he was tweeting it, nice sentiment all the same.