To feel a bit harassed by charity worker

I’d ring the charity and say you only donated as you were intimidated, late for a meeting and he was blocking you from getting through so you want a refund, if they won’t then say you’re going to report them to the police, charity commission and TFL. For future reference I regularly tell these people to fuck off and that I don’t care about their sob stories. I donate to several local charitable causes through direct debit that I’ve chosen to support, I’m not going to be bullied into giving more donations to randoms harassing me on the street

They and British Transport Police seem to turn a blind eye to all the beggars / "tissue beggars" that walk through trains these days, asking for money, so I'm not surprised they turn a blind eye to this kind of thing.

I'm really shocked that TFL turn a blind eye to this - i thought i was just unlucky to be approached, shocking that they're at the same station all the time.

“Legit” charities can still be a scam. No one from charity commission checks anything. People who run charities can take huge salaries for doing basically nothing,

I had this in Farringdon in the summer - about 4 teens, looked like they'd just come on shift, asked me if i wanted to help stop knife crime, one of them said her cousin had been killed. I said i was a tourist, didn't live in London so not bothered about supporting London charities - it was bright and there were lots of people about, but still intimidating, and they did argue the toss.

i wish i'd said i'd say a prayer for them, i expect they'd have left me alone more quickly!.

No way should this be happening on station property. I haven't read the entire thread but find out who operates Farringdon Station and post on their Twitter/X account.

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Pretty much the opposite of an honest living, Jesus Christ. So frustrating for you OP, try not to feel bad yourself, you were completely intimidated and pressured by him.

You should have the thread title updated with the name and the place so that people searching for it in Google will see this thread come up with the scam straightaway.

I got stopped by the same charity in Shoreditch about 2 weeks ago, said he needed £25, wasn't pushy or aggressive though

Ask your bank if they can reverse the charge, say this guy cornered you and basically mugged you into paying him. They should be able to claim your money back. It's a "donation" after all not a purchase.
I'd also get a new card.

@Hardknocks - if you are up to it I would phone the charity / whatever and say you were pressured into it and can they refund. & then email them and just complain until you get your money back

Don't forget they could have used anyone's number. The person who owns the number may nkf even knkw ots been used.. supoosing you suddenly started getting hundreds of calls out of the blue from a nest of angry mumsnet vipers

Some of these people are horrid. I remember being pressurised when I was visiting a friend in Oxford once. When I didn't give anything, he made a sarcastic comment about something I was wearing.

"a bit harassed"?

You were mugged! Please do report the individual collector to the charity as this is outrageous behaviour.

I actually think this could qualify as crime, as I don't think it could be argued that you gave this money willingly, though I am not suggesting that you pursue this.

I hope you are feeling better tonight after what must have been a really unpleasant experience.

You are nicer than me, I say "fuck off".

Very similar happened to me last week outside Euston. VERY pushy bloke who wouldn't take no for answer. I didn't give them anything but can see how easy it would be just to get them to stop following and harassing. Don't know the company as I kept moving but he did mention knife crime.

You can complain here

www.gov.uk/government/organisations/office-of-the-regulator-of-community-interest-companies/about/complaints-procedure

Get onto your bank and explain

Jesus check out this utter shite. You couldn’t make it up
uplifterz.co.uk/post-3/

export this as others have said OP bang out of order WTAF

Interesting - I was at a tube station in West London today and was hassled by a young guy trying to speak to me about knife crime and asking for money. I was so annoyed that when he asked me if I care about knife crime I replied with “I do not now leave me alone”. There were a group of them wearing blue jackets

Report him to the police and to charity he meant to be supporting...sounds like a scammer....

I checked and surprisingly has no social media. No Facebook, instagram etc. I do think it is a scam - watch your account very carefully and set up notifications.

Those who use Farringdon station - I have started using the side entrance on Turnmill st (where nandos and the co op is) to avoid them!

Had a quick look at their companies house, as someone who works in the sector it looks very dodgy - they don’t even have any charitable objects in place. Contrary to what previous posters have said though, not all CICs are bad or scams!

I hope you can get your £25 back OP ❤️

Please report this to the station manager (you should get a better response than the TFL staff). In order to operate any kind of charity collection in a station you need a permit (which this would not receive as it is not a charity). It does no favour to legitimate charities following the law to allow things like this to happen.

When I conducted charity collections in stations we would have had the permit recinded for harrassing people (you can ask once but no more). The legalese is you can not 'importune to the point of annoyance' (which I love as a quote)

Also remember each collector has to carry a copy of their permit at all times - which you can ask to see.