Manchester city centre Oxfam volunteers worker, charity persuading canvassing to sign up generous people to donate via Direct Debit. UK, Europe, EU
New rules which bar so-called "chuggers" – the charity street collectors – from standing near shop entrances, among other restrictions, came into force in August 2012. The change will doubtless be popular with the hen-pecked shoppers who routinely have to cross the road to avoid "charity muggers", but others will argue that a valuable source of funding for charities could be choked by the new rules. Some techniques, including following people down the street and pretending someone has dropped something – revealed earlier this year as a tactic to snag potential donors while forcing them to stop in the street – has seen the popularity of so-called chuggers plummet ever lower. An investigation by the Sunday Telegraph recently found that a number of street fundraisers trained by the firm Tag Campaigns were not being told they must disclose that they are paid, while footage showed staff following people down the street despite their insistences they were not interested. The new rules, developed by the Public Fundraising Regulatory Association, mean that fundraisers are no longer allowed stand within three metres of a shop doorway, pedestrian crossing, cashpoint or train and bus station entrances; effectively barring them from most high streets. Nor can they approach members of the public deemed to be "on-duty", banning them from approaching anyone who might be working. They are also barred from working on sites booked by other fundraisers. Moreover, fundraisers have been told they must be open about how much their firm is paid to carry out the work and should now submit the wording of that to the Public Fundraising Regulatory Association (PFRA).
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Location: Manchester, UK
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