They shouldn't then cold call you under the premise of research into your condition and then try to guilt you into donating money!
I have tinnitus- it's driving me mad and I have been told there is nothing that can be done about it. So on Facebook the other day there was a link from Action on Hearing Loss ( used to be the RNID) regarding a self help leaflet about Tinnitus. I duly signed up for it.Â
This morning was called by someone who said she was collecting information for research about Tinnitus and asked me some questions about what I was experiencing. She took my details so she could send me the leaflet. She then went into some long spiel ( obviously reading from a preprepared script) about how research was hoping to find a cure blah blah blah-( I could tell where she was going...) and would I be interested in supporting the charity by donating £8 a month!
I declined saying I not only already support charities for the deaf but actually work with deaf children and their families. I was then informed she doesn't actually work for the the charity- just a company commissioned by them to raise funds!Â
At this point alarm bells were ringing ( on top of the ringing in my ears  ) and I started to think this was maybe a scam.Â
So I called up AoHL to warn them be told no this is one of the methods they use to raise money!Â
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