# Donations in the carpet bag

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/1997/12/09/donations-carpet-bag/
- Published: 1997-12-09T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

We reveal the results of the Skipton Building Society’s fundraising in its efforts
to deter carpetbaggers.
In September 1997 UK Fundraising [reported ](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/news.php?id=5210&rtype=news)
on the decision by the Skipton Building Society to require all new investors to 
donate £25 to the NSPCC as part of their efforts to deter carpetbaggers keen on 
making a tidy profit should the Building Society demutualise.

The idea has paid off, raising £400,000 for the charity.

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