Charity Bullying (Chuggers) in our High Streets
Channel: Push Back!
Date: 2018-05-23

Chugging - charity mugging - is bad and getting worse.

UK Charities have long collected money on our streets but in recent years, they've become far more insistent. Chuggers are now the norm.

It's gone from tin-shaking to physical funneling, collector approaches, large emotive posters, manipulative body language and personal questions - all techniques designed to manipulate us into giving after we've already made the decision not to.

The Funraising Regulator (https://www.fundraisingregulator.org.uk) is responsible to administration of on-the-ground practice in the UK. They say the guidance offered by the law is not very helpful but that they judge each case on its merits, and may direct specific charities to change their practice.

Astonishingly, at the time of writing (October 2018) their website contact page gives the WRONG phone number and the WRONG email address - only media enquiries details are there, and their media company say they receive hundreds of enquiries to them a day.

The CORRECT email address is enquiries@fundraisingregulator.org.uk and their phone number is 0300 999 3407.

My previous emails were ignored - and now I know why. So I'll be trying again and I'll update you on this channel - so subscribed to stay in touch.n

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MORE ON CHUGGERS - including how I got them removed from my home town - here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzwZyKZgCV7jmniWi9kfX58_spCGOdedE