I've just received a notification from the Charities Aid Foundation that they will be working with the Sunday Times to celebrate the most generous donors in the UK this year. Last year's list included such worthies as Elton John (£24m), JK Rowling (5.6m) and the Beckhams (£3.4m).
By far and away the most generous were the Sainsbury family. I do hope someone will tell me they are exemplary in the treatment and pay the living wage to their staff right down to the cashiers, shelf stackers and cleaners. Apparently the Sainsbury's gave away a whopping £165.3m, 30.6% of their wealth (Should that be wealth or income? Surely if it referred to wealth, a lot of shops would have been closed?) That left them with a mere £374.9m to pay the bills.
I applaud rich people giving millions away which they may have earned from enterprise and talent and then use for the benefit of the community. I hope only that none of it was built on exploitation.
But wouldn't it be nice to have a list which celebrated widows' mites? I could make a few nominations for that.
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