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 "Charity muggers take the first 12 months of your donation"PARTLY TRUE. Most charities have to pay "face-to-face fundraisers"/"charity muggers"/"chuggers" a set fee of between £50 and £100 for each person they sign up. This means that your monthly donations must add up to more than about £70 before the charity actually sees any of your cash. So a person who signs up to £5 a month and cancels their direct debit after a year is actually causing the charity to lose money.The moral of the story: only sign up to a chugger if you are going to donate for a period of years, or if your monthly donation is over £10. Even better, if a chugger convinces you of the worthiness of their cause, instead of signing up, go home and donate online via the charity’s website. You will be saving the charity up to £100. > More Watchdog articles [0] |