SSPCA vs RSPCA - Page 3

Roberta · 03-02-2009, 16:13

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Originally Posted by Haly

Erk

I see your point entirely.

I've had nothing but good service off them though and they've always seemed very caring :/ I know they did recently change managers though and there was meant to be some controversy over the last one.

That might explain it!

I doubt the staff knew what was going on to be honest. The girl I saw got very flustered when I asked things about the treatment so looking back I should have guessed something was amiss really.

The ladies on the desk were lovely. All the volunteers were too. I was just totally shocked by the whole thing!

LeperousDust · 03-02-2009, 16:17

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Originally Posted by Kitten

I'll let the CEO of the SSPCA explain:

Ok thats actually a fairly decent answer and makes sense, which surprised me a bit

Haly · 03-02-2009, 16:25

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Originally Posted by Roberta

That might explain it!

I doubt the staff knew what was going on to be honest. The girl I saw got very flustered when I asked things about the treatment so looking back I should have guessed something was amiss really.

The ladies on the desk were lovely. All the volunteers were too. I was just totally shocked by the whole thing!

I'm not surprised! I'd have been so upset if that had happened to Harry.
Hopefully they have improved since, for the animals's sake!

vix · 03-02-2009, 19:17

They can't have THAT much of an advertising budget surely. Even if that was their entire years budget that they blew on this one campaign, it's still a very high % of income to spend.

SCM · 03-02-2009, 21:28

It will be a lot less income than what they currently are losing with people not realising that donations they gave in good faith to the RSPCA don't get used in Scotland. Even though the RSPCA don't directly advertise themselves their ads on satellite channels, digital radio etc do not carry a disclaimer saying any cash raised will only be spent in England/Wales. For them not to make that clear in the adverts is pretty underhanded especially knowing that advertising media they use go UK wide.

SCM

SCM · 03-02-2009, 23:08

In this current credit crunch no main paper would let them run that for free up here they need the cash but it has done it's job now, people know what's going on so they should see more donations.

SCM

SCM · 03-02-2009, 23:24

I wouldn't call it petty at all they were sick to death of the indirect advertising the RSPCA was getting up here and went enough was enough. From reading a full report on this there has been 6 months of talks trying to solve this issue which have gotten nowhere. This isn't a new issue seems it has been rumbling on for years and years about this issue.

For comparison in 2007 the SSPCA raised £10 million from an advertising budget of only £160,000 compared to the £17 million budget of the RSPCA in the same year which raised £114 million.

All info was from here http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7865965.stm

SCM

Dr. Z · 05-02-2009, 22:47

I think that they've achieved £100k of value from what they have just done. SSPCA is now the "little guy" to many people not just in Scotland but everywhere. I bet their donations are up even though we're up the creek with recession. Their previous advertising must have truly sucked if people were previously donating to the wrong charity.

phykell · 09-02-2009, 18:14

An animal rescue centre I know of, gets calls from the RSPCA to take horses, dogs and other animals. While the rescue centre (not affiliated with the RSPCA in any way) takes the animals, the RSPCA has never given them a bean to help with their costs. I just hope the RSPCA doesn't contract out such care to other places, and if they do, they should at least provide some funding IMO.

vix · 09-02-2009, 18:28

We used to be invoiced by places like that and pay them. Each branch obviously works differently.

03-02-2009, 19:17	#24
vix Penelope Pitstop Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,426	They can't have THAT much of an advertising budget surely. Even if that was their entire years budget that they blew on this one campaign, it's still a very high % of income to spend. __________________

03-02-2009, 21:28	#25
SCM As endorsed by Mr Black Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Hell/Scotland take your pick Posts: 443	It will be a lot less income than what they currently are losing with people not realising that donations they gave in good faith to the RSPCA don't get used in Scotland. Even though the RSPCA don't directly advertise themselves their ads on satellite channels, digital radio etc do not carry a disclaimer saying any cash raised will only be spent in England/Wales. For them not to make that clear in the adverts is pretty underhanded especially knowing that advertising media they use go UK wide. SCM __________________ The sun is rising The screams have gone Too many have fallen Few still stand tall Is this the ending of what we've begun? Will we remember what we've done wrong?

03-02-2009, 23:08	#26
SCM As endorsed by Mr Black Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Hell/Scotland take your pick Posts: 443	In this current credit crunch no main paper would let them run that for free up here they need the cash but it has done it's job now, people know what's going on so they should see more donations. SCM __________________ The sun is rising The screams have gone Too many have fallen Few still stand tall Is this the ending of what we've begun? Will we remember what we've done wrong?

03-02-2009, 23:24	#27
SCM As endorsed by Mr Black Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Hell/Scotland take your pick Posts: 443	I wouldn't call it petty at all they were sick to death of the indirect advertising the RSPCA was getting up here and went enough was enough. From reading a full report on this there has been 6 months of talks trying to solve this issue which have gotten nowhere. This isn't a new issue seems it has been rumbling on for years and years about this issue. For comparison in 2007 the SSPCA raised £10 million from an advertising budget of only £160,000 compared to the £17 million budget of the RSPCA in the same year which raised £114 million. All info was from here http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7865965.stm SCM __________________ The sun is rising The screams have gone Too many have fallen Few still stand tall Is this the ending of what we've begun? Will we remember what we've done wrong?

05-02-2009, 22:47	#28
Dr. Z I'm going for a scuttle... Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 2,021	I think that they've achieved £100k of value from what they have just done. SSPCA is now the "little guy" to many people not just in Scotland but everywhere. I bet their donations are up even though we're up the creek with recession. Their previous advertising must have truly sucked if people were previously donating to the wrong charity. __________________

09-02-2009, 18:14	#29
phykell Vodka Martini Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 833	An animal rescue centre I know of, gets calls from the RSPCA to take horses, dogs and other animals. While the rescue centre (not affiliated with the RSPCA in any way) takes the animals, the RSPCA has never given them a bean to help with their costs. I just hope the RSPCA doesn't contract out such care to other places, and if they do, they should at least provide some funding IMO. __________________

09-02-2009, 18:28	#30
vix Penelope Pitstop Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,426	We used to be invoiced by places like that and pay them. Each branch obviously works differently. __________________