Carità di salute mentale Pieta House costretta a tagliare posti di lavoro dopo la caduta di fondi dalle donazioni
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/mental-health-charity-pieta-house-forced-to-cut-jobs-after-fall-in-funds-from-donations/a1123204659.html
di PoppedCork
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*You do hear mixed feed back on the* charity *from service uses and* employees
Chief executive Stephanie Manahan revealed tough decisions had to be made at the charity, which needs €17m a year to run its free services but is reliant on €14m of that income coming from fundraising and public donations while over €3m is from the HSE.
Its flagship annual fundraiser “Darkness in to Light” raised €4.5m last year but is estimated will bring in a lower income this year after its running in May.“We are hugely grateful to all the people involved in the event, the hard work of so many and our wonderful supporters and sponsors. But we know people are challenged by the cost of living.”
I’ve a relative with schizophrenia who went to them, they helped him for a while to get himself back on track which was great, but then they kept pressuring and guilting him into doing constant volunteer work which ended up in him having another episode due to the stress of it.
It’s honestly too hard to make significant monthly charity donations at the moment due to the cost of living.
I don’t know much about running their organization but 17 million per year seems high, do they give breakdowns of where those costs are?
Pieta House do a lot of good for people.
The issue is that charities as a whole tend to leak money.
The founders become more ‘pliable’ and less focused on the original goals. Just one indulgence on charity funds becomes, two, many etc.
The only thing about charities that does not change is the staff’s dedication.
Charities often operate on minimum staff as that’s the highest cost.
Reducing staffing is often a sign that the founders are retreating into their shells. It’ll save their income and expense accounts, not the work itself.
Just a note: it’s hard to argue corruption in these cases. It’s often just human nature.
Sad, but no surprise. With how expensive this Country is it’s no surprise people can no longer afford to give to charities.
There are some very good charities out there doing fantastic work with very little resources and funding, and then there are some charities that are a fantastic business model paying extremely well to their directors and senior staff and doing the bear minimal for their clients.
Research your charities before you put your hand in your pocket.
I went through Pieta years ago. I don’t know how I would rate them if they were psychiatric services under the provision of the HSE, but they’re not and I’m actually really grateful for that and you shoud be too.
I actually ended up there after a horrendous encounter with a HSE psychotherapist through Counselling In Primary Care. She was an absolute c*nt and on the last week of my counselling sessions I lost a relative to suicide. I left went home and picked up the phone and called Pieta.
I was offered 6 months of free counselling which is a lot, I left after the initial three but I remember dropping in a sum of money in an envelope when I finished up and I imagine most people that use the services make a donation in some form or other. I think I made regular christmas or occassional donations for a time after that. I never did the D.I.L walk though, just seemed like a very personal thing.
I remember in the months/year following it, I tried to be active and joined a gym or went for walks and ever time I left my home I would pass one those teddy bear markers on bridges and it fking broke me. It was just an incredible time in my life but here I am.
Maybe they should take pay cuts at the top and save the jobs below
Nothing new, according to Wikipedia. [Financial issues. CEO pay, etc](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieta_House)
Amazing that the Irish regime wouldn’t help this amazing charity and all the great work they do saving lives. Especially crazy when you think that In 2023, the Irish government spent a record €2.6 billion on Official Development Assistance (ODA), including the costs for supporting Ukrainian refugees within Ireland, which accounted for the significant increase in the total figure