To feel a bit harassed by charity worker

You could also see it as learning money

you need to learn that it does not matter if random chuggers think you are a good person who would normally donate to charity or whatever. Who are they to judge you anyway?

i have to walk through groups of chuggers blocking the way all the time so got hardened

” do you care about children?”
”no”

” do you care about innocent kids getting stabbed ?!”
”no”

i just say no or else ignore them

i don’t care what they think of me. At all 😁 Same way that they do not care at all what I think of them. At all.

The company records say it was only incorporated in July 2024. It's not a registered charity so definitely get in touch with your bank and report to trading standards.

I use Farringdon station so will be looking out for him. I will warn my colleagues too.

Yanbu. It’s harassment.
A co op near me always has some charity station literally right outside the entrance staffed with young girls. Even without engaging they hound you and you can’t escape them as they are literally by the door. Really irritating.

It usually means that they didn't do the paperwork so they were just dissolved automatically

I would not be entirely surprised to find UPliftz meets the same fate

Farringdon station is awful for this kind of thing, it's like a brigade of charity collectors charge at you as you emerge from the station

I’ve heard about those knifecrime campaigners. It’s like a pyramid scheme. There’s been loads of complaints about threats and intimidation. Beware.

I noticed them encroaching on the concourse tonight too. I'm going to speak to station staff tomorrow. I am also v riled up!

They aren’t allowed to do that. You’re not even meant to shake a collection tin

Given they are technically a company rather than a charity I'm fairly sure it falls under Trading Standards and it is reportable to them.

Rather than theft it's high pressure sales:

High-pressure sales, also known as aggressive commercial practices, are illegal when they use harassment, coercion, or undue influence to affect a consumer's judgment. This is prohibited by Regulation 7 of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008.

Examples of high-pressure sales include:
A doorstep caller who pressures you into buying a product after you decline

A salesperson who stays in your home and pressures you to sign a contract

A business that keeps consumers at their premises for a long time to get them to buy something

(I did a lot of reading up on this a number of years ago regarding Bounty harassing women on maternity wards).

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report to your card company immediately and say what happened

Sorry, NRTFT but it is a known scam

A charity mugger, @DBSFstupid.

Tell your bank what happened and see if they can reclaim the money. You paid under duress.

Bastard Chuggers. Encountered two when I was showing a US friend around London. Dogs charity, pushy pushy pushy sods. I said no and kept walking, one of the Chuggers shouted "Dogs" after us ...... I wish I'd complained.

Surely this counts as theft? He basically intimidated you into not being able to leave until you tapped your card. How can that not be some sort of crime

I've just looked at their website. It doesn't look legit. Looks like a fake website to me. You can tell from the lack of real information about anything. Even the address I'm sure is just a virtual office, not an actual office with any staff in it.

He blocked you going, so intimidating, no wonder you just agreed! If it happens again, shout, tell him to fuck off, whatever it takes, shout to the staff that you’re being assaulted, whatever you can think of! Hope you’re ok, I’m so glad I don’t have that commute anymore. 🙁

lifebyfaith · Today 19:28

I would tell your bank that you were coerced and didn't consent to giving the money. You're more likely to get your money back this way than via the charity or whatever it was.

Yes, I think that's the best bet, a woman on your own, with a man intimidating you like that. I'd also report (as others suggest) to TFL and the British Transport Police, rather than the ordinary Police. BTP have a reputation for targetting crooks and antisocial behaviour etc and catching the wee darlings.

Uplifterz CIC is the charity. I will be reporting him!

As PPs have said it's not a charity, OP, and FWIW has only been going since July anyway
Interestingly the director's previous company (Amelia's Future, whatever that was) was subject to a compulsory dissolution/strikeoff in September 2023

Yes - and without wanting to derail this thread, on a slightly different note, you always tend to get the guilt trip from all of the beggars on trains / public transport these days. It may be a London thing but hardly a journey goes by these days without at least one beggar walking through a train asking for any spare change and then muttering something when there is no response from passengers.

Was this in East Croydon by any chance? Sorry if you’ve already said.

these guys are not legit. I see them harass people every single day.

We have a CIC 'charity shop' in a town near me.

Everyone raves about them. They have masses of donations, they operate using volunteers and the only one making any money is the 'owner'. I've seen very little donated to local charities

But there'd be an outcry if you criticised them