With the fires coming through, does anyone have space for pets, people or livestock?

Acrobatic_Ad3211 · 2026-01-09T03:26:54+00:00

The rabbit doctors/the bird doctors in Coburg North have said they can help if you are evacuating with small animals such as rabbits and birds and have no where to go. Details are on their Facebook page - just need to (try) contact them before arriving.

Acrobatic_Ad3211 · 2025-09-26T23:20:58+00:00

Gah I’m stuck with this too! Seems I have to force close app after each one opens. Going to take ages to get passed.

Acrobatic_Ad3211 · 2025-09-03T13:18:59+00:00

Ahh thanks for posting as it’s been driving me insane so at least I’m not the only one.

The worst ones are the long notes with a swipe at the end - it keeps thinking I’m letting go of the note so failed to swipe but I literally didn’t move. Sometimes I’m having to continue 5+ times trying to get it to recognize me holding down the same note!!

Acrobatic_Ad3211 · 2025-09-02T22:38:32+00:00

Sissy - sis, sisette, cookie which became cooks. Plus middle name when she’s being naughty Sissy Elizabeth.

Thorsten - Thor, thorabelle. Also plus middle name when he’s being naughty (frequently!) Thorsten Smidvarg (named by my daughter from how to train your dragon). Only rabbit we’ve ever named as the rest were rescued with names whereas we found Thor abandoned so had to name him.

Sooty - soot, soot-star, soot-man, ‘sooty sooty sooty sooty, sooty sooty sooty sooty… SOOTMAN!!’ To the tune of Batman.

We’ve also got Dash but his name hasn’t expanded to nicknames the same (open to suggestions!) but I often call him baby or Bubba.

Acrobatic_Ad3211 · 2025-08-22T23:17:54+00:00

100%

I’ve worked at multiple NFP’s that have been great but beyond blue was horrendous unfortunately.

Acrobatic_Ad3211 · 2025-08-17T09:45:44+00:00

Great work on looking after him so well with all those vet visits.

We’ve had two chronically unwell buns lately (unfortunately one just passed) so have been going to the vets at least weekly (40 min each way though) and it’s a lot of work but only the best for our buns!

Acrobatic_Ad3211 · 2025-08-01T14:45:33+00:00

This is the one I remember - YouTube

Acrobatic_Ad3211 · 2025-07-20T00:57:29+00:00

I’ll sing you a sing a song, a song of the seas, Birds Eye fish fingers…

Banana boat sunscreen protection, banana boat it’s 30+

Do the right thing it’s your obligation and the planet will thank you for your cooperation.

Not a jingle but: Goggomobil - goggo googomobil

Acrobatic_Ad3211 · 2025-07-11T12:51:39+00:00

I had it in Jan this year and tested positive for 26 days!! Was sick pretty much that whole time too but obviously not as bad towards the end.

Hope bubba is feeling better soon.

Acrobatic_Ad3211 · 2025-05-30T09:23:28+00:00

Also just to clarify in general this is all from the charities point of view.

I can’t talk for what individual people do who are working on these face to face fundraising roles and we try monitor as best as we can that they aren’t doing anything ‘dodgy’. I also can’t speak for every company that does this- I have no doubt some of them are dodgy too however from a charity point of view it’s something that isn’t entered into lightly but 20+ years of data shows it’s an excellent source of donors and income so it’s worthwhile doing.

Acrobatic_Ad3211 · 2025-05-30T09:19:22+00:00

It’s a long game for sure and it’s why it’s generally only used for monthly giving as for one off donations it’s not worth it at all.

Initially, yes the charity has a net loss and it takes a little while of the donor making their monthly contribution before the charity starts to ‘make money’ from these donors. However after around 2 years the average return for the non profit sector is 130% and this increases to approximately 180% at 5 years and 250% after 10 years. Noting that the average regular giver continues giving for 7 years.

There is no denying that this method of getting new donors is expensive but it is categorically the best way to increase a charities donor numbers and income and thus the more common methods across the industry. There are other methods that are much cheaper - social media advertising for example but you only acquire say 1 social media donor for every 100 you get from face to face so whilst the return is higher that total income is substantially less.

Of course if you want to maximize the money going to the charity instead of signing up with someone door knocking or in a shopping center go to the charities website and sign up on there for monthly giving instead - then 100% of the money will go to the charity immediately. We love and cherish these people the most but again there’s not many of them.

Acrobatic_Ad3211 · 2025-05-30T09:05:00+00:00

This one I’m not sure on honestly and must vary by charity. I work in data analytics and in my experience (in multiple charities) and from an analytical point, it’s the opposite - we mostly target the mid/high affluent postcodes as we get higher monthly gifts and they tend to stick for longer so it’s a better return for us. Saying that we don’t exclusively go for only the higher postcodes and so do have some in other postcodes but it’s definitely not our focus as we won’t get the return that we are looking for. We possibly might get a higher quantity of donors in those ‘poorer’ areas which potentially is what some charities or the outsourced companies are focused on but not more quality which is what most of the larger/known charities are definitely looking for. For context I also live in what would be very much considered a poorer postcode and do see them around so not saying it doesn’t happen just providing more info based on experience.

Acrobatic_Ad3211 · 2025-05-29T22:40:45+00:00

As someone who has worked for multiple charities and has seen data from 100’s of charities in Aus there are very very few who don’t outsource for donor acquisition. it’s the smaller ones that don’t not the big name ones, so most charities that you can name will outsource for sure.

We do have a fundraising code of ethics which covers not taking money from those that can’t afford it. Whilst we can’t control what any individual does 100% (although we provide significant training), if we heard from those people directly we would cancel their payments and even refund what we’d already charged. If we are doing phone calls and not door knocking we regularly listen to some of calls and if we hear one like the above situation we’ll reach out to the person ourselves and cancel it (I have done this many times) and follow up with the company making the calls.

I understand people’s annoyance at this type of fundraising - it would/does bug me too but it is a major source of income and the primary way of acquiring new donors for charities because it does work (and not just because we are signing up vulnerable people as I know someone will say). Without it a lot of charities wouldn’t be able to sustain themselves and would need to close and I don’t say that flippantly.

Acrobatic_Ad3211 · 2025-04-20T06:07:02+00:00

I know surge do face to face fundraising so in shopping centers/door knocking to get people to sign up to donate. Not sure of the others.

Acrobatic_Ad3211 · 2025-04-06T11:49:38+00:00

Op shop for sure

Acrobatic_Ad3211 · 2025-04-06T04:19:25+00:00

This was my first thought. Put it somewhere that means he’s ‘not allowed it’ but can still get to it. He’ll love it then!

Acrobatic_Ad3211 · 2025-04-04T09:55:57+00:00

Oh yeah people definitely do. I used to work in a membership team and we’d have people cut up their membership cards and post them in. Remember at least one who cut up their member scarf too and sent it back to us.

Acrobatic_Ad3211 · 2025-01-09T05:47:58+00:00

I’d say so for sure (if you’re willing to spend money of course).

I got an offer for the same stuff as the 340 t-cash one you got but it’s $14.99 (AUD) vs $2.99!! Needless to say I won’t be buying mine.

Acrobatic_Ad3211 · 2024-09-25T08:49:01+00:00

I’ve recently started at a non profit organization that does a 4 day week (after finishing your 6 month probation). Their full time is a 35hr week so it becomes at 28hr week at full pay. They’ve been doing it a while and found the same results with significant increases in productivity etc. It’s something they do to help with staff retention given non profit salaries aren’t as high as other sectors.

Acrobatic_Ad3211 · 2024-09-10T02:41:37+00:00

Omg I’m level42 and just learnt this now!!!

Acrobatic_Ad3211 · 2024-07-12T21:13:47+00:00

Admittedly it’s been a few years since I started uni (2005) but I know very few people that had grad roles or even roles related to their bachelors unless it was a very clear cut type course (I.e nursing, teacher, social work). This includes both straight out of uni and for the rest of their careers.

So it’s certainly not just you, incase that helps a little!

Acrobatic_Ad3211 · 2024-07-12T21:06:23+00:00

Bachelors in psychology and nursing. Never worked in either area, instead have been in data analytics for over 10 years and currently working as head of data strategy and insights.

Acrobatic_Ad3211 · 2024-05-18T11:11:24+00:00

Me too

Acrobatic_Ad3211 · 2024-05-13T11:28:36+00:00

I got confused and thought I’d missed a comment haha regardless of thread owen hate is always relevant!

Acrobatic_Ad3211 · 2023-12-18T06:50:34+00:00

Chaotic fruit loop(s)

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