parvacat wrote:Cut out the middle man - give your money directly to these charities! What percentage will be handed over? This isn't bah humbug, but a reaction to the pitiful amounts handed over by so called "charity" cards.
LooseHeads is a not for profit organistaion so in accordance with our mandate 100% of the money made from the sale of our cards is donated to the Matt Hampson Foundation, GB Wheelchair Rugby and a smaller proportion to junior sports clubs in our locality.
Our only prime costs are printing (which we negotiate hard to reduce), envelopes, postage, occasional new artwork (although often this is donated or done at very reduced rates for us) and hideous PayPal charges (the one making the most money from this). We do not pay anyone to run the website, come up with the ideas for the cards or take all the cards to the post office. We are not a large scale commercial organisation, rather a couple of blokes who played rugby and now meet up in a pub and their wives who get roped in with packing the cards. We all have real day jobs.
People who purchase our cards receive a good quality product and the charities receive money. People buy Christmas Cards, they could give all the money to the profits of WHSmith / Clintons, or buy something original and benefit rugby causes.
We apologise if our activities have caused you offense.
Wishing you a very "Scrummy Christmas"
The LooseHeads
