Chuggers

crazyH

nexus - aren’t you lucky to be living in the West End ! Your house is probably worth a fortune !

... gosh, that's a bit personal!

What has the value of her house got to do with giving to charity or signing up at the request of a chugger?

This reflects one of the problems with our increasingly cashless culture.

People were willing to dig into their pockets or purse to put money into the chuggers' buckets, but not so happy to sign-up to something they hadn't the time to consider, nor hand over their bank details to complete strangers in the street.

I'd organise it differently - ask people to make a 'one-off' donation and get the charity to give their bank details for the payment.

We don’t have any in town Centre now but previously I just would smile and walk on it’s for me to decide what charity to respond to

Anything which discourages the public from shopping in their town centre should be banned by councils. We have seen from 'lockdown' the impact of people buying on-line. Being harassed by anyone while out should be illegal.
If I see someone standing with a collection box and a tray of poppies/daffodils etc., inviting people to donate, then I am usually happy to do so. I make regular donations by phone and I shop in charity shops....because I choose to not because I have been goaded into doing so.

Theres no way Im giving my card details to some random in the street.

I think the person collecting ‘customers’ gets quite a decent commission fir everyone they sign up which goes on for some period of time.
So no, I have charities I contribute to directly and would not agree to do this.

It’s wrong!
When my mother went into a home and I took over her financial affairs I discovered she had signed up to so many charities.
A small fortune was going out every month.

I smile, say ' I am not interested in donating to this charity' and keep walking.

Sago - same here my Mum went into a home recently loads of money going out each money on charity direct debits.

I don’t like this way of fund raising. TBH I’d be surprised if they raised much for whatever charity it is. I would imagine people being hesitant about giving bank details to a stranger in the street - I know I wouldn’t give them my details.

Recently, we have had people knocking on the front door, l always say no. Looked it up apparently it's legal.

I was approached by someone collecting for the local Air Ambulance. I was willing to make a cash donation but they said they were only looking for people to sign up for regular payments. I declined. Another time I was approached by a couple asking me to sign up for Alzheimers Society, again they were not taking cash donations.

There are certain local charities which I support and while I am willing to make the occasional cash donation to other charities I don't want to commit to donating any more money on a regular basis.

As soon as anyone approaches me I put my hand up & say ' No thank you ' & walk off ... why oh why do people give their bank details to someone in the street ... any one can hear !