Door to door charity fundraising...

skiTTish

I always tell them that I never give at the door and only ever donate online to charities .
All of them so far have cleared off without even trying to give me their charities website addy ??
Are they on commission then ?

Jacey53

I donate cash to two favourite charities by DD, collect in the street and donate to charity shops.
I also give occasionally to street collectors for Lifeboats etc. This is all my own choice and not because anyone asked me to.

Otherwise i do not buy anything at the door, including religion, politics or charity.

When I collect on the street the terms of my licence are strict - no approaching people, no rattling tins etc. I do not expect people to give - in our town there is at least one collection each week for a variety of charities. It just gets too much.

If anyone is accosted by a street collector, ask to see their licence - if they don't have one or if you are dissatisfied with their conduct, report them to the local authority.

I was once accosted inside a shop by a young American woman (all hair and teeth) who said she was a missionary. I asked to see her licence and she just said that God gave her permission. I just got a load of abuse from her. I phoned the police and e-mailed the town council - she was just too intrusive. One of the other customers said she was frightened by this girl because she would not give up. Next time I'd call immigration, too.

Gavin83

ithinkyourcrazy wrote: »

The charity collectors that are in town centres are not allowed to follow you! My friend was one for a while and when she was moving house I read her list of do’s and don’ts when collecting on the street and it said you are not allowed to follow people or approach people sitting down.
Last week I was walking through my local town, in a rush and one man approached me, I said no thanks, he followed me for ages, in the end I said please go away you aren’t allowed to follow people, he asked how I knew, I said because I do! He soon went away.

Thats useful to know. I've been followed a number of times quite a distance up the high street. One girl once even grabbed hold of my hand and I had another link my arm.

I've also been approached while queuing for a cash machine, which was particularly annoying.

moonrakerz

I wonder if the senior people running these charities realise how much damage they are doing to their organisation's reputations by employing chuggers and by some of their overtly political stances that some now seem to be taking ?
I was horrified to find a chugger at my door the other night "representing" my local air ambulance. In my family we always ask for donations in lieu of flowers at family funerals, the proceeds going to the air ambulance. Over the years we have passed on hundreds of pounds. I am now rethinking my attitude to this organisation.
I no longer give to the RSPCA, but prefer to give direct to my local rescue centre, where my own moggy came from.

On the subject of street collections:
I think that there is actually nothing to stop chuggers chasing you down the High Street, all the strict rules only apply to the collection of money, (ie: not allowed to actually shake the collecting tin), therefore these rules do not apply to chuggers.
This is why many collections now take place on "private" property - supermarkets or DIY stores.

You are now chugged in the street, gets accosted in Tesco and dragged away from your favourite TV programme in your own home - I for one am getting a little weary of it !!

threemuttleys

God, yes these charity people really get me :mad::mad: they dont accept that you already donate/dont want to/cant, and seem to think that they have the right to try and guilt trip you into donating, and no cos you wont the little boy in India is going to die. (ask them exactly how much money actually gets to little boy, never know the exact answer!)

Its not just charity ones that do my nut, its the double glazing, 6,000 Kleeneze/Betterware/Avon books (the bags are good tho!) the bags that are left (again thousands of them on the doormat) and flipping religious callers (tho they can be quite fun...ask them if god loves all of his creatures, then why did you not mention dinosaurs in the bible, and why did the almight one allow them to die!)

jamespir

paulofessex wrote: »

Just have a look at the Job Centre Plus Job website and you will see why the influx of door to door charity collecters/salesman....advertising salaries of £300-£400 per week which of course comes from our donations.

Also have to agree regarding the amount of 'clothing bags' recently one a day without fail, however l can honestly say that l have not seen a sign written van/lorry around the streets collecting

not at all the jobs are mostly for energy consultant


the charity workers do get paid but its not by donations the donations go staright to the charities they get paid from advertising revenue

myrnahaz

jamespir wrote: »

the charity workers .....get paid from advertising revenue

Sorry to be dense, but how would charities get revenue from advertising?

fedupnow

I suppose you're all going to hurl abuse at me now - I've collected for charity. I never got paid a bean. I collected quite a bit

Some people were downright rude but I remained polite at all times. I mean all you have to do is say no.

And, I always give a couple of pence in every rattly tin I pass. And caps, cups and guitar cases. Maybe it's because we don't get very many where I live.

I am very lucky - I have a happy life.

I don't give my bank details though - oh no no no.

Pollycat

fedupnow wrote: »

I suppose you're all going to hurl abuse at me now - I've collected for charity. I never got paid a bean. I collected quite a bit

Some people were downright rude but I remained polite at all times. I mean all you have to do is say no.

And, I always give a couple of pence in every rattly tin I pass. And caps, cups and guitar cases. Maybe it's because we don't get very many where I live.

I am very lucky - I have a happy life.

I don't give my bank details though - oh no no no.

I'm not going to hurl abuse.

Are you talking about voluneering to collect for a charity that's close to your heart on one of its fundraising days?
Standing in the town centre with a tin?

I think the majority of us are complaining about people who collect for charity as 'a job', rather than having a genuine interest in the charity they are collecting for.
Witness the tabard-wearing people in town centres, trying to get people to sign up for a direct debit.
Last week, they were collecting for one of the 3rd world childrens charity, this week the same people are collecting for autism (different charity).
Next week, it'll be a different charity - same people.

I've never been rude to anybody who didn't rattle a tin under my nose or try to talk me into setting up a DD, after I've told them I contribute to my own choice of charities.
Sometimes, with those sorts of people, 'No' simply isn't enough.

If you put a couple of pennies in every rattly tin or cloth cap or guitar case in our town centre, you'd be skint by the end of the day.

I have a happy life too.

lincroft1710

In past 2 weeks have had 5 collection bags. 3 were from genuine charities, Help the Aged, BHF, Children's Society who will all also take books (of which I have plenty which are no longer wanted) and bric a brac as well as clothes (ours are disposed of when they are worn out and then become cleaning rags, so very, very rarely have any).

Who are these people with all these surplus clothes that fill these bags weekly.

And as for "companies" who advertise collection but don't provide bag.....