Most of my work is tongue in cheek and flippant. I try to make useful points but I am far too English to be serious. This prompt calls for me to use my imagination and I have done so thinking in terms of my real interests in the world. I have a heart for the vulnerable and the marginalised even if I don’t have the means or the temperament to help them directly. So I have selected three charities that I think are important and would love it if you clicked on the links.
Embrace is a charity that works with prostitutes in Coventry. I first came across the charity at Hope Church in Hillfields. What struck me was that the charity was not a ‘finger wagging’ exercise but a loving outreach to women and girls who were being exploited in the most horrendous way. One of the things run was a weekly tea party for the ladies which restored to them a sense of dignity and respect. A deeply loving venture that I can not praise enough.
To think that there are more slaves in the world than have ever been is a horrible thought. I feel it very deeply because one of my relations was Thomas Clarkson a man who drove himself to a nervous breakdown in his efforts alongside Wilberforce and others to abolish the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. To think that in this day the world is more dependant on forced labour, slavery, child labour and low wages is deplorable and this charity works hard to raise awareness of and take action against slavery in the modern world.
I care deeply about life and that people should live good lives and have good deaths. Death is the ultimate statistic one in one die. Despite this commonality people find death to be a terrifying experience either for themselves or their loved ones. Myton provides expert care based on years of experience to make this terrible time easier and better.
To conclude if I had a million dollars to give away I would choose these three charities who work so hard at the coal face of human experience.