Charitable donations at the door

We also had a young chap come to the door yesterday asking us to sign up for Great Ormond Street, again via direct debit. We often get approached in town as well. 

We choose for ourselves which charities to support and would never give information like this direct to canvassers. It's bad enough getting phone calls and appeals from the charities we already support. I know it's competitive out there but I often wonder if these hard headed methods of fund raising are actually counter productive? 

I don't like this method of donating either and wouldn't dream of signing up at the door.  There's a hard sell attitude with many charities these days with some emphasis on making you feel guilty if you decline.

.......and once they have your contact details you'll be inescapably pestered by phone, emails and by post.

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Some time ago we had the same with the British Red Cross , I mentioned to the young lady I thought you were no longer allowed to do this sought of collecting at the door (I to thought it was now not allowed ) Yes she said but the local authority (council ) have given them permission , I declined 

next morning rang the local council to find out who had given them permission , went through so many different depts but nobody new anything about it , so emailed the Red Cross , just a short apology email back  

Unfortunately, a lot of charities employ companies to fund-raise on their behalf, for a payment - often based on results. So some degree of 'hard sell' starts to appear.

I wouldn't sign up to this.

I have fund-raised for our local air-ambulance, but it was for loose change and there was no hard sell at all.

I wouldn't give at the door beyond sponsoring a neighbours child for some fund rasining event. I do make several donations each year but they are nearly always done through Just Giving as that way I get to get e-mails/letters/phonecalls etc. Sometime I contribute by check to an undertaker when a former colleague has died but the undertaker will send off one cheque from them.

David

You can try a sticker on the door saying no cold callers or charities. They are available on eBay. We have one and sometimes it works but it's surprising how many pretend not to see it.

In this day and age you do not give any information at all to any callers to your door ,just say no thank you go away ,this may sound harsh ,but it is not ,even if they show you any credentials tell them to go away ,find out from your council, for registered charities and inform them you have had cold callers they are probably bogus

Ah - chuggers are back then, albeit in a slightly different guise.