Would You Be Happy To Be Asked To Make A Donation Each Time You Use An ATM Near You?

I wouldn't donate anything. It's the bank who benefit from the ATM's as well. They don't need to employ as many staff members because the money can be drawn out via the ATM as opposed to at the desk. I reckon each branch saves 3 staff members by having an ATM outside. That's about £45k a year per branch! Let the banks pay, I'm certainly not. The government needs to get its priorities right, this is garbage their coming out with now!!

Ooh no CS, those rogues take enough of our hard earned cash without asking for donations.

In fact yes they've got a bally cheek asking in the first place.

I'm with you and Hetley on this one.

This is another example of the governments aim for us to be more socially responsible whilst they are being totally irresponsisible in their handling of large swathes of the economy.

Cameron is desperate to promote his 'Big Society' plan despite its lukewarm reaction. However, during difficult economic times and uncertainty most people withdraw into their homes and become totally self-centred, which is understandable.

The Prime Minister believs that a small amount can make a big change. However, his Chancellor's 1p off a litre of petrol as hearlded in the budget proves his theory to be flawed. Have, we the consumers, really benefited from this small amount?

A donation from the likes of Cameron and Co may be a great asset but Mr Jones down the road living on a minimum wage with a family to bring up its taking a bit of a liberty to even ask him.

Like everyone else, CS, charities suffer in a recession.

Having said that, I am personally bombarded almost daily with requests for donations from various charities via the junk mail that arrives through my letter box, and fairly regular phone calls, as I'm sure you and other members here are too.

I'm a strong supporter of a few charities that I'm happy to support, and I work voluntarily for a very well known charity, but enough is enough, I certainly don't want to be plagued with requests every time I use an ATM.

Sad to say, I think that this could be the way that charities will have to seek funds in the future, by this high profile canvassing at such public points.

We are all aware just how hard it is for charities to survive financially nowadays, despite the valuable and recognised work that they do. We see such canvassing currently on Ebay and I think it is only a matter of time before all financial transactions will include a 'memorandum of gratitude' from most major charities.

I currently elect to donate the occasional £5 or £10 to the Dogs Trust, RSPCA or a local Sussex animal rescue centre. But of course, that is accompanied by a mass of similar requests that I quite simply bin. I mean, you can do just so much.

But I don't find the unsolicited material offensive or invasive, after all if you don't ask,you certainly don't get. And the use of ATMs is simply an extension of this, so personally I don't find it a problem.

But I will say that while 10p is one thing, £10 is taking the pizzazz.

I really don't see the problem, If you don't want to donate it's not compulsory!

It would annoy me if it asked every time, definitely. I don't mind there being a button with the option to donate, but I already give a lot of money to charity each month, in my own way, and don't want to be pestered to donate the little bit of money I DO use on myself every time I use a cashpoint.