To not give to a charity I've never heard of?

[Yoghurty]

Wondering whether I'm being too suspicious!

Just walked into my local train station where there was a man in a neon safety jacket shaking a yellow bucket for 'disabled children'. When I asked what the charity was (I couldn't see a name of a charity organisation anywhere) he pointed to the bucket- which said 'St Mungo's fund for disabled children' with a picture of a child in a wheelchair. I asked which St Mungo's it was and he looked at me angrily and said 'we're a registered charity, if you don't want to give any money then just say so'.

I was a bit taken aback and walked onto the platform but now wonder whether it was legit or not!

I have DD's set up out of my account to Macmillan and the RSPCA and usually drop change into a pot, but only if I know the charity- am I BU?

Do some smaller charities suffer because of suspicious people like me?!

[GeneHuntsMistress]

Charity collectors are not allowed to rattle their tins.

Just saying.

[OutragedAtThePriceOfFreddos]

In my experience, everyone who has ever collected is very proud to talk about the charity they are collecting for and is more than willing to talk about it.

The guy you came across sounds dodgy to me, you were right to do what you did.

[Wigeon]

Yoghurty - what did the station staff say?

[EduCated]

YANBU, I got one the other day asking me to donate for 'disabled kids'. They had a banner and I wish I'd remembered the name to check them out, as the banner literally had a name and a charity number, no hint of a description of what they do at all.

[pigletmania]

Op sounds very suspicious iwould not give him anything. St mungos sounds like the homeless charity o the one in Harry potter. Thfacth got all shirty is a big giveaway

[YBR]

There used to be a man who regularly collected for charity at our local station. The staff gave him a plot next to the ticket barriers where he waved a duster in commuter's faces and generally abuse those who were unwilling ...
General repute had it that he did this when rent day was getting close ...
I have no proof, but he was a menace; since there are dodgy characters it is reasonable to ask, IMO.
Genuine charity fund-raisers should be please you're interested.