Booo - blue Peter appeal!

[Gill (sneakiefeline)]

Very sad

[Angiew]

Nope ihe letter what i wrote said rather than donating to big charities I would offer to liase to get together a group of small independant charities that found it a struggle to carry on doing their work - I suggested selecting some from each area.
There appeal rules said it had to be educational (which getting kids on board for pet welfare is as well as the recycling angle I was exploring) , be open to less well off as well as rich (which as it is recylcling is open to anyone) but sadly it fell short on the be of benefit to others less well off.

Guide dogs would cover this but I'm afraid not animal rescues even though most of us would agree that very often its about helpng the people as much as the animal. Because of this I emailed and asked specifically if animal charities would be included and was told no.

[saffron]

That's a shame   Although if they did choose an animal charity they'd probably choose something like the rspca 

Unfortuately that is the way of the BBC, nine times out of ten it will be the rspca & nobody else is considered worth bothering with

[Susanne (urbantigers)]

That's a shame   Although if they did choose an animal charity they'd probably choose something like the rspca 

[Cheesecat]

I wonder why on earth not? They have the cat and dog on their show, and didnt they help training guide dogs for the blind?

a lot of their viewers would be interested in sponsoring an animal charity! Grr to them 

[Angiew]

I enquired about whether they considered animal charities for their appeal and they don't.
miserable 

Was going to try and get them interested in a national small rescue appeal.

You'd have though once in 40 years wouldn't have hurt.