This is an urgent appeal from UNICEF UK

Tuesday-Wednesday blog

Yesterday evening I saw a fundraising commercial on TV for UNICEF UK. UNICEF UK raises and spends around £135 million each year. UNICEF UK were asking us to donate ‘just £10 a month’. Out of curiosity I looked at the salaries at UNICEF UK to see how many people donating ‘just £10 a month’ would be needed to pay the salaries of various UNICEF UK bosses and employees.

To pay the salaries of the two highest-paid UNICEF UK bosses, would require 2,250 people donating ‘just £10 a month’.

To pay the salaries of all UNICEF UK staff being paid more than £100,000 a year would need more than 13,000 people donating ‘just £10 a month‘.

To pay the salaries of all UNICEF UK staff being paid more than £60,000 a year would need more than 50,000 people donating ‘just £10 a month’.

To pay the cost of all UNICEF UK employees would need more than 193,000 people donating ‘just £10 a month‘.

By the way, the average salary of UNICEF UK’s employees was a rather pleasant (for them?) £46,980 and the average cost per employee (including salaries, social security and pensions) for UNICEF UK’s (IMHO) lucky employees was £57,922. If I remember correctly from writing my 2015 book ‘THE GREAT CHARITY SCANDAL’, UNICEF UK is one of the more generous (to its own staff) charities.

But, in fact, there probably isn’t any need for so many people to donate ‘just £10 a month’ as much of UNICEF’s money seems to come from governments and governmental organisations which we’re already paying for with our taxes.

UNICEF UK is just one of more than 30 UNICEF national committees. All are part of a gigantic, worldwide ‘charitable’ organisation which raises and spends more than $8bn every year. According to Professor Google most of the $8bn comes from public-sector organisations:

Public Sector ($6.07 billion / 74%): Funded by governments, inter-governmental agencies, and global program partnerships. The top contributors are the United States, Germany, and the European Union. each year.

Private Sector ($1.84 billion / 22%): Raised from individual donors, NGOs, corporate partners, and foundations through a global network of more than 30 National Committees.

So, if you do choose to donate ‘just £10 a month‘ to UNICEF UK, from what I understand you may actually be donating twice – once with your generous ‘just £10 a month’ and again through your taxes.

Come on! Be generous! Donate and donate to the wonderful UNICEF UK. Clearly, being so (IMHO) generous to their own employees, they really do want/need (delete as appropriate) your money.