A Course In Chugging?
They’ve just had a guy on the radio, who runs a course at South Bank University on charity fundraising. How to chug properly is a substantial part.
Surely, we can think of more worthwhile University courses?
Incidentally, they were chugging for Save The Tiger in Islington last week. It would be better if they did this outside the Chinese Embassy!
After all we’ll only save the tiger, if we convince the Chinese to change their ways. I wonder if the Chinese are keen on saving pandas, is that they have no culinary or medicinal use for them!
There is a big piece in The Telegraph today about how the Local Government Association is getting a bit fed up with them and is calling for a clean up of legislation. A spokesman is quoted as saying.
“Government needs to remove the double standard which means volunteers collecting coins for a local hospice need a licence, but agency workers seeking pledges for national charities do not.”
I would agree as a local hospice is much more important than a big national charity. I think though that methods of donation like Just Giving are better. I regularly see an ad and send a small amount. The trouble is some ads are on the Underground and mobile phones don’t work down there.
The Anonymous Widower 
I get “Chugged” every time i go toBradford, seems odd to me that such an impoverished city should be such a target..
I tell the chugger that I don’t give to charities that can afford to pay people to collect funds. There are lots of small local charities that really need help; from the mobile chemotherapy unit to the donkey sanctuary. There are too many big charities using our donations to pay big wages.
Comment by peter hoskins | April 21, 2012 |
It’s the same at Upper Street. One time, I really had a go at one and got a good round of laughs and sympathy! Islington are at least trying to do something about them, as they get so many complaints. I’m thinking of writing to Westfield to ask, if they’d allow chuggers in their shopping centres, so that we don’t have to endure so many outside. One day a chugger is going to get hit and someone will be arrested. It will be one of those cases, where a jury won’t convict. My shopping routes at the Angel, are now distinctly planned to avoid cuggers. Or I shop when it’s raining, as they don’t chug in wet weather.
Comment by AnonW | April 21, 2012 |
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Sad that this course is going to be teaching chugging. I have been doing fundraising as a volunteer since childhood, I was 8 when I organised my first event. I eventually worked in a paid capacity managing volunteers and volunteer led projects. I wasn’t involved in the fundraising aspect of the organisation apart from training for the chairs of local groups of fundraising volunteers. These people were hardworking and dedicated, most had personal reasons for choosing the cause I worked for, as have most volunteer fundraisers and I would hate to see them undermined by paid street fundraisers. Corporate fundraising is of course a whole different role.
Comment by Liz P | April 21, 2012 |
The good thing is that it looks like local authorities are getting so many complaints, something will have to be done.
Comment by AnonW | April 21, 2012 |
Good. I mostly shop at Trafford Centre, and they are banned there, as all other street sellers, charity collections etc, don’t even have Big Issue sellers.
Comment by Liz P | April 21, 2012