Public warning on first aid
Howard Lake | 24 January 2000 | News
Pensioners in the north of England have received unwanted first aid kits as part of a fundraising scheme.
Pensioners in the north of England have received unwanted first aid kits as part of a fundraising scheme. A telemarketing firm has been offering to sell the first aid kits and donate one third of its profits to good causes.
The Red Cross and six other charities warned the public in November about this fundraising scheme, stating that it had no contract with the telemarketing company.
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Read Public warning on “charity” kits by Neil Mckay at The Newcastle Chronicle and Journal.
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.