Crackdown on ‘Charity Chuggers’ in Hull city centre | Hull Daily Mail

Crackdown on ‘Charity Chuggers’ in Hull city centre | Hull Daily Mail: "NEW rules to restrict the use of charity "chuggers" in the city centre will be brought in following complaints.

Hull City Council's licensing section says it receives regular complaints about the "aggressive" approach of some charity collectors who operate in the area."



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Changing Lives charity chief calls for ban on 'chugging' « Express & Star

Changing Lives charity chief calls for ban on 'chugging' « Express & Star: "Aggressive High Street tactics to get shoppers to commit to direct debit giving are making people "turn their backs on charities", and harming good causes, Stephen Bell of Changing Lives said.

The Tyneside-based national charity helps vulnerable people and their families with issues such as homelessness, and its boss felt "charity mugging" - or chugging - hindered a sector already harmed by the collapse of Kids Company and the way some generous donors have been systematically hounded to give more."



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Is the street the right place for fundraising? | Martyn Ryan | LinkedIn

Is the street the right place for fundraising? | Martyn Ryan | LinkedIn:



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70 per cent of sector staff surveyed find chugging 'appalling and damaging'

70 per cent of sector staff surveyed find chugging 'appalling and damaging': A majority of charity sector staff have told the Directory of Social Change that chugging is “appalling and damaging”.

The Directory Social Change (DSC) anonymously quizzed around 300 charity staff members at all levels on face-to-face fundraising, asking them if it was “brilliant and effective”, “irritating but necessary”, or “ap

For charities, plans to abolish street fundraising would be a catastrophe - Telegraph

For charities, plans to abolish street fundraising would be a catastrophe - Telegraph: f EveryChild didn’t send fund raisers, or as many people disparagingly call them ‘chuggers’, on to the streets of London, we wouldn’t be able to protect so many of the 24 million children growing up vulnerable and alone in the developing world.

It’s as simple as that. It might sound melodramatic but it’s true.

Street fundraisers should not invade your personal space – official | Voluntary Sector Network | Guardian Professional

Street fundraisers should not invade your personal space – official | Voluntary Sector Network | Guardian Professional: Street fundraisers should not invade your personal space – official

A new code of practice aims to ensure that charity recruitment teams do not overstep the mark when out on the streets

Sixteen more local authorities seek to regulate chugging - Third Sector

Sixteen more local authorities seek to regulate chugging - Third Sector: "Clampdown on street fundraisers

The Public Fundraising Regulatory Association says site agreements are unlikely to affect charities' income from face to face fundraising

The Public Fundraising Regulatory Association is in talks to establish agreements to regulate street fundraising in 16 more local authority areas across the UK."

Liverpool imposes tough restrictions on chuggers - Third Sector

Liverpool imposes tough restrictions on chuggers - Third Sector: "Restrictions for chuggers in Liverpool

From 1 April, face-to-face fundraising will be limited to three days a week at two locations only

Liverpool has become the latest city to introduce tougher limits on face-to-face fundraising.

At present one charity a day is allowed to fundraise on three different sites in the city, seven days a week.

Under a new system from 1 April, it will be limited to three days a week and only two locations will be available."

Chugging in Manchester restricted to three days a week - Third Sector

Chugging in Manchester restricted to three days a week - Third Sector: "PFRA agreement with city centre bosses means no street fundraising at the weekends

Charities will be able to fundraise on the streets of Manchester for only three days a week, and not at weekends, after city centre bosses and the Public Fundraising Regulatory Association signed a new agreement."

MacQuillin slams sector's seven years of failure to defend face-to-face - Civil Society - Fundraising - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits

MacQuillin slams sector's seven years of failure to defend face-to-face - Civil Society - Fundraising - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits: "MacQuillin slams sector's seven years of failure to defend face-to-face
Fundraising | Niki May Young | 16 Sep 2010


The Public Fundraising Regulatory Association’s head of communications, Ian MacQuillin has slammed the sector for seven years of failure to defend face to face."

Bubb chides his members after Newsnight chugging fiasco - Civil Society - Governance - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits

Bubb chides his members after Newsnight chugging fiasco - Civil Society - Governance - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits: "Acevo chief executive Stephen Bubb has written a stern letter to the CEOs of the top 50 fundraising charities challenging their reluctance to defend the sector on last week’s Newsnight programme about face-to-face fundraising.
The programme highlighted the fact that street fundraisers are often employed by private sector agencies and that it can take more than a year of regular donations to cover the cost of recruiting the donor. The programme implied that the fundraising technique is inefficient and that charities are not always up-front with donors."

Civil Society - Fundraising - News | Uprising against chugger 'blight' in Edinburgh

Civil Society - Fundraising - News | Uprising against chugger 'blight' in Edinburgh: "A groundswell of discontent about face-to-face fundraising is building in Edinburgh, as a national newspaper backs calls from business leaders and politicians for a crackdown on chugging, calling the activity aggressive and invasive."

Video: Why do people hate chuggers? | Money | guardian.co.uk

Video: Why do people hate chuggers? | Money | guardian.co.uk: "Why do people hate chuggers?

Chugging, or street fundraising, is hated by the general public, as well as local businesses and government. Paul MacInnes attempts to find out why"

Charity collectors to approach WH Smith shoppers | Society | guardian.co.uk

Charity collectors to approach WH Smith shoppers | Society | guardian.co.uk: "British Red Cross fundraisers were allowed into a central London branch of the chain last week as part of the trial. Charity street fundraisers, dubbed 'chuggers' or charity muggers, are a vital source of income for voluntary organisations but are thought to be unpopular with shoppers."

Dunfermline Press | News | Councillor calls for charity canvassers to be banned from Dunfermline's High Street

Dunfermline Press | News | Councillor calls for charity canvassers to be banned from Dunfermline's High Street: "‘CHUGGERS’, who try to persuade shoppers to sign up to direct debits for charities, should be banned from Dunfermline High Street, says a leading councillor.

The ‘chuggers’ – charity muggers – are already barred in Dundee, where the council uses the Civic Government Scotland Act to stop their activities."

Charity begins at home for the 'chuggers' | Voluntary sector | SocietyGuardian.co.uk

Charity begins at home for the 'chuggers' | Voluntary sector | SocietyGuardian.co.uk: "Charity begins at home for the 'chuggers'


Fundraising: With fewer people being persuaded to sign up in the street, would-be donors are being doorstepped. Sean Coughlan reports

Saturday March 31, 2007
The Guardian

If you thought being hassled by charity fundraisers in the street was bad enough, how would you feel if they started appearing at your front door? Charities that seek to sign up monthly donors are increasingly shifting from pavements to doorsteps - with a big increase in the amount of money being

In your face in the name of charity - National - theage.com.au

In your face in the name of charity - National - theage.com.au: "WITH their matching bright blue jackets, white baseball caps and beaming smiles it's difficult to miss them but for some in Bourke Street's lunch-break crowd they seem to be invisible.

The team of three 'chuggers' (charity muggers) are working their patch armed with customary clipboards and breezy sales pitch but they may as well be brandishing machine guns as shoppers scurry past like mice evading a hungry cat — the trick is not to make eye contact."

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SocietyGuardian.co.uk | Voluntary sector | On reflection

SocietyGuardian.co.uk | Voluntary sector | On reflection: "n reflection

Squeegees mop up charity profit

Patrick Collinson
Saturday June 10, 2006
The Guardian

I spent rather too much time this week avoiding friendly, smiling young adults all wanting to talk to me. Unfortunately, they all wanted to talk to me about direct debits. I thought the curse of the 'chuggers' was mostly over. But oh no. Tuesday night the door bell rang, and the rep from the British Heart Foundation started his spiel. Wednesday, reps from Age Concern were everywhere. I dodged the first, only to be assailed by a second. At the station they jumped out again, pleading with me to 'just talk' to them."