Winning Payback Charities for June 2014

christian_b

Hi all, You have recently been voting for the charity you would like to see as the official Payback charity for this period. The votes are all in and the results can now be revealed. The charity with the highest number of votes is: National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC). The charity with the second highest number of votes is: People's Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA). So, these two will be the official Payback charities for June 2014. Remember, giffgaff will match the total amount of money donated, which will be split evenly between the two charities. Here is how the vote distribution looked when the voting was closed at 18:00 on 29th May:

CHARITY	PERCENTAGE&NBSP;
SHELTER	19.01%&NBSP;
PEOPLE'S DISPENSARY FOR SICK ANIMALS (PDSA)	20.58%&NBSP;
NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN (NSPCC)	33.42%&NBSP;
THE CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRUST	16.42%&NBSP;
ACTION FOR M.E.	10.57%&NBSP;&NBSP;

Thank you to everyone who has voted. If you would like to see your Payback donated to these charities remember to select this as your preferred method of receiving Payback before the 9th June - you can do this on your My giffgaff page. Thanks, Christian

bluemoonbaz

2 great charities well done to giffgaff and all members who chose them

solubility

Great news. Those would have been my top two if I had to choose.

lazibones

This is great . 2 worthy causes. I voted for the PDSA and as I am taking credit will use the just giving to donate. 🙂

apinkduck

Any stats on the total number of votes or is it a secret?

hcovell

Great! Two amazing charities there. Although I'm taking my payback as cash in paypal, I will definitely send some of it to the giffgaff justgiving pages for these two charities.

ma2013

Awesome, 2 very worthy charities....helping those who can't help themselves (children and sick animals). 🙂

jeff_elephant

Would have liked to see the M.E. charity be a bit more popular among giffgaffers! Congrats to the winning charities though.

wbbuttercup

Two very worthwhile charities.

harrybeau

Good choices, well done everyone who made the effort to vote. 🙂

moonbeard

Well deserved winning charities who will do a lot of good with the money. Good choices everyone.

olly33

I would of liked cf trust to have had a better outcome,but I guess when people know nothing about the illness they will go for a charity there familar with.

Im all for animals getting great care,but is the pdsa not for funding the owners of these animals who do not work,to get cheap or no vet bills? I always thought that was the service they offer,as our vet bills are usually quite expensive at my local veterinary clinic.Please correct me if I am wrong.?

wjack2010

NSPCC was my vote 🙂

solubility

@olly33 wrote:
Im all for animals getting great care,but is the pdsa not for funding the owners of these animals who do not work,to get cheap or no vet bills? I always thought that was the service they offer,as our vet bills are usually quite expensive at my local veterinary clinic.Please correct me if I am wrong.?

We can't blame the animal, they still deserve treatment.

What about people who have been diagnosed with an illness or have an injury and are unfit to work after purchasing the animal for example?

All I'm saying is unemployed doesn't always equal scrounger.

kmichael

@christian_b

You could mention as a footnote (albeit unrelated to Payback) that the charity with the third highest number of votes i.e. Shelter will be benefiting from the sales proceeds of the ChariTEE.

Currently voting on the T-shirt design taking place.

Say "Hey" to @joanna_007 for an update 🙂

bee4

Both very good charities - but sadly predictable. :smileyfrustrated: Cute babies, cute puppies - pity homeless and vulnerable people, or any of the other human. adult in-need people can't be more cute, isn't it. Oh yes - that's why they need our help via charities! And don't get it. :smileysad:

Sorry - and well done to everyone who's voted, and well done to GG 🙂 - better that it goes somewhere, anyway. Don't get that with other networks.

Bee.

brulaw

Thanks for the update Christian , Some very worthy causes now set to benefit from the amazing generosity of a lot of giffgaff members , and the added generosity of giffgaff itself Brilliant .....

saarahibrahim

Great news 🙂

gordie10

@bee4 wrote:
Both very good charities - but sadly predictable. :smileyfrustrated: Cute babies, cute puppies - pity homeless and vulnerable people, or any of the other human. adult in-need people can't be more cute, isn't it. Oh yes - that's why they need our help via charities! And don't get it. :smileysad:

Sorry - and well done to everyone who's voted, and well done to GG 🙂 - better that it goes somewhere, anyway. Don't get that with other networks.

It was not made clear in the OP, but for coming third in the vote, Shelter will still receive some money from this year's ChariTEE campaign. Okay - it won't be as much as payback donations, but all profits from ChariTEE shirts sold will go to Shelter, so that's better than nothing. 🙂

Also, it's worth remembering that the 2 winning charities this time around (and every time) won't be eligible for nomination in future payback periods, so other charities may get more of a look-in in the December round. 🙂

kmichael

@gordie10 You missed my post...above Bee's 🙂