[April Bradford]

SDC Rewards Behind-The-Scenes: What's it all about?​

A few of you wanted to see 'behind-the-scenes' of SDC Rewards. Here's your chance!




If you’d like to join me and the SDC Rewards community, you can do so here.​

 

[Barbara V]

Never,not worth it would rather unsubscribe

 

[SM17453]

Please do us all a favour and unsubscribe.

 

[Littleboy8]

Please do us all a favour and unsubscribe.

wow be nice she can still contribute you know. No point in being nasty.to you.

 

[rayd72]

If you receive revenue from the continued advertising of the Deaf Lottery?
2 Points: 1; Fundraising this way is abhorent, and reeks of dirty deeds,
2; I hope at least some of the money garnered actually makes it to Deaf recipients!
If this makes the blood boil, it id designed too. There are so many scams out there purporting to be assisting the disadvantaged members of our community, paying money to raise funds is counter productive.

 

[Loubeauxarts]

I believe you will find that those of us that do subscribe believe it is money well spent! When you consider that, even on the monthly plan, it still equates to less than $1.50 per week and we get 12 newsletters, competitions, games etc every week of the year.

 

[Wandiwa]

I believe you will find that those of us that do subscribe believe it is money well spent! When you consider that, even on the monthly plan, it still equates to less than $1.50 per week and we get 12 newsletters, competitions, games etc every week of the year.

Just getting rid of the adverts makes it worth the fee.

 

[Maddison Dwyer]

If you receive revenue from the continued advertising of the Deaf Lottery?
2 Points: 1; Fundraising this way is abhorent, and reeks of dirty deeds,
2; I hope at least some of the money garnered actually makes it to Deaf recipients!
If this makes the blood boil, it id designed too. There are so many scams out there purporting to be assisting the disadvantaged members of our community, paying money to raise funds is counter productive.

Hey @rayd72,
Thank you so much for your comment! We understand this is a tricky one. I used to really struggle with this as well, until I worked for a charity and learnt how it all works. What I learnt is that without marketing the charity, it's very unlikely you'll get large sums of donations for the people who need it. It's different for every charity, and I cannot speak on behalf of the Deaf Lottery, but often marketing funds are not necessarily just donations, but money contributed by board members etc. Usually, everything you need to know is in the Charity's annual and financial reports which they legally have to share every year to show their donors how their money is being used. You can find the Deaf Lottery one here - https://deafconnect.org.au/about-us/annual-reviews. Whenever I donate to charity now, I always read the charities annual and financial reviews so I understand exactly where my money is going.

I can assure you, the Deaf Lottery is not a scam, they're a legitimate lottery whose goal is to raise funds to empower the deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing. On their website, they state: Every ticket purchased directly supports programs empowering Deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing Australians of all ages to live full and connected lives. More information is available here. We also ensured Deaf Connect is a registered charity with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission.

As for how we receive revenue, we do get paid by Deaf Lottery to promote their lottery and we have remained very transparent about this. However, this campaign we did with them was at a significantly reduced rate compared to what we do with our other advertising and sponsored partners. We have heard from them that the campaign did really well and there was a significant number of donations. So we believe, our members have helped raise a significant amount of money for them which should help people in need!

I hope you understand and please do not hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or issues. Or, if you'd like us to look into working with some other charities that you'd like to support!

Thanks so much,
Maddie.

 

[gamiry]

new, you receive revenue from the continued advertising of the Deaf Lottery?
2 Points: 1; Fundraising this way is abhorent, and reeks of dirty deeds,
2; I hope at least some of the money garnered actually makes it to Deaf recipients!
If this makes the blood boil, it id designed too. There are so many scams out there purporting to be assisting the disadvantaged members of our community, paying money to raise funds is counter productive.

I suggest you look into where the money goes with the likes of RSL. Deaf people like me can get their hearing aids for free, plus batteries, repairs, as well as the 2 hour full test every 5 years which I've just had. I'm about to get new, upgrade and all I've had to pay this year was $50.80. If you want to get those new fangled aids advertised on tv you can fork out between $1600 and $6500 each and you put up with the wire between front and back of ear constantly breaking and you pay for replacement. Those prices were from a brochure shown to me by my audiologist.

 

[Bob Patterson]

Hi,I just joined the other day and wow I could not believe how quick the adds were stopped; thanks the best $6 per month I spent. Bob

 

[Veggiepatch]

Hey @rayd72,
Thank you so much for your comment! We understand this is a tricky one. I used to really struggle with this as well, until I worked for a charity and learnt how it all works. What I learnt is that without marketing the charity, it's very unlikely you'll get large sums of donations for the people who need it. It's different for every charity, and I cannot speak on behalf of the Deaf Lottery, but often marketing funds are not necessarily just donations, but money contributed by board members etc. Usually, everything you need to know is in the Charity's annual and financial reports which they legally have to share every year to show their donors how their money is being used. You can find the Deaf Lottery one here - https://deafconnect.org.au/about-us/annual-reviews. Whenever I donate to charity now, I always read the charities annual and financial reviews so I understand exactly where my money is going.

I can assure you, the Deaf Lottery is not a scam, they're a legitimate lottery whose goal is to raise funds to empower the deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing. On their website, they state: Every ticket purchased directly supports programs empowering Deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing Australians of all ages to live full and connected lives. More information is available here. We also ensured Deaf Connect is a registered charity with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission.

As for how we receive revenue, we do get paid by Deaf Lottery to promote their lottery and we have remained very transparent about this. However, this campaign we did with them was at a significantly reduced rate compared to what we do with our other advertising and sponsored partners. We have heard from them that the campaign did really well and there was a significant number of donations. So we believe, our members have helped raise a significant amount of money for them which should help people in need!

I hope you understand and please do not hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or issues. Or, if you'd like us to look into working with some other charities that you'd like to support!

Thanks so much,
Maddie.

A wonderful and well balanced reply! I wouldn't expect anything less from the exemplary administration team at SDC!

And if any of you are wondering - I am licking the collective bum of the SDC Team.

 

[gamiry]

Hi,I just joined the other day and wow I could not believe how quick the adds were stopped; thanks the best $6 per month I spent. Bob

huge WELCOME BOB TO THE FAMILY. The most wonderful people on earth. Some funny, some grumps and some loveable nitwits but all fabulous people.

Hi,I just joined the other day and wow I could not believe how quick the adds were stopped; thanks the best $6 per month I spent. Bob

 

[Veggiepatch]

huge WELCOME BOB TO THE FAMILY. The most wonderful people on earth. Some funny, some grumps and some loveable nitwits but all fabulous people.

Be warned @Bob Patterson! I'm one of those grumps @gamiry speaks of!

 

[gamiry]

A wonderful and well balanced reply! I wouldn't expect anything less from the exemplary administration team at SDC!

And if any of you are wondering - I am licking the collective bum of the SDC Team.

See what I just said to new member BOB. Naturally one I was referring to is you, the loveable nut.

 

[gamiry]

Be warned @Bob Patterson! I'm one of those grumps @gamiry speaks of!

I laugh until the tears roll down my face. Look below my darling and see what I jjust said to him. XXXX

 

[gamiry]

Hey @rayd72,
Thank you so much for your comment! We understand this is a tricky one. I used to really struggle with this as well, until I worked for a charity and learnt how it all works. What I learnt is that without marketing the charity, it's very unlikely you'll get large sums of donations for the people who need it. It's different for every charity, and I cannot speak on behalf of the Deaf Lottery, but often marketing funds are not necessarily just donations, but money contributed by board members etc. Usually, everything you need to know is in the Charity's annual and financial reports which they legally have to share every year to show their donors how their money is being used. You can find the Deaf Lottery one here - https://deafconnect.org.au/about-us/annual-reviews. Whenever I donate to charity now, I always read the charities annual and financial reviews so I understand exactly where my money is going.

I can assure you, the Deaf Lottery is not a scam, they're a legitimate lottery whose goal is to raise funds to empower the deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing. On their website, they state: Every ticket purchased directly supports programs empowering Deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing Australians of all ages to live full and connected lives. More information is available here. We also ensured Deaf Connect is a registered charity with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission.

As for how we receive revenue, we do get paid by Deaf Lottery to promote their lottery and we have remained very transparent about this. However, this campaign we did with them was at a significantly reduced rate compared to what we do with our other advertising and sponsored partners. We have heard from them that the campaign did really well and there was a significant number of donations. So we believe, our members have helped raise a significant amount of money for them which should help people in need!

I hope you understand and please do not hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or issues. Or, if you'd like us to look into working with some other charities that you'd like to support!

Thanks so much,
Maddie.

thank you Maddie . I do hope folds take this on board.

 

[Veggiepatch]

Never,not worth it would rather unsubscribe

Is the word POSITIVE in your vocabulary?

I would say a resounding NO!

 

[Barbara V]

Please do us all a favour and unsubscribe.

Very funny ,the reason I won't is to hear comments like yours

 

[IAN3005]

If you receive revenue from the continued advertising of the Deaf Lottery?
2 Points: 1; Fundraising this way is abhorent, and reeks of dirty deeds,
2; I hope at least some of the money garnered actually makes it to Deaf recipients!
If this makes the blood boil, it id designed too. There are so many scams out there purporting to be assisting the disadvantaged members of our community, paying money to raise funds is counter productive.

Touche

 

[Barbara V]

Please do us all a favour and unsubscribe.

Is the word POSITIVE in your vocabulary?

I would say a resounding NO!

Don't judge ,you don't know me you are only going by my comments. I'm very positive especially on people like you. It's my perogative if I join or not but maybe down the track,at the moment having problems with the app,so again don't jump to conclusions