Apparently it is legal for charity fundraisers to knock at your door provided the said charity has a permit from their local authority to do so. Recently a representative for a well known large organisation called on me and I made it clear that I only supported small local charities. He was unable to tell me what the income was for the charity, where the main funding came from and what their Chief Executive's salary was, even though he himself was a paid employee and not a volunteer. I looked them up on the charity commission website and their income is in excess of £90 million and the CE's salary is around £155,000. My local charities do not even receive anywhere near £155,00 income. To cap it all I live in a rural area and this was for a London based charity, sorry but charity begins at home and that means those in my own local area. How do you deal with Charity Canvassers at your door?
