Charities call centre.

[JOHNINYORK]

Do not know if this is the right section for this thread,I am sure admin will correct it if it is wrong.

 

 

'We don't care if she's 98... she's not dead, so get her cash': MoS exposes tactics of cynical call centre used by Britain's biggest charities including Oxfam, Cancer Research UK and the RSPCA

Call centre refused to remove phone numbers of people who complained

Recruits trained how to prey on 98-year-old pensioner and cancer sufferers

Secret filming by MoS reveals tactics used to squeeze cash from donors

Charities Minister demands inquiry after callous methods were exposed

 

Britain’s biggest charities including Oxfam, Cancer Research UK and the RSPCA are funding a money-raising call centre where staff are trained how to cynically squeeze cash from potential donors including 98-year-olds and cancer sufferers.

 

An undercover Mail on Sunday investigation reveals the high-pressure techniques drummed into telephone-fundraisers who are instructed that the poor, sick and elderly are fair game for donations.

 

Secret filming inside the London call centre company Listen Ltd, which receives millions of pounds from the charities, exposes how:

An instructor described people who say they are too poor to give as making ‘another excuse’;

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the full story :

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3113793/We-don-t-care-s-98-s-not-dead-cash-MoS-exposes-tactics-cynical-call-centre-used-Britain-s-biggest-charities-including-Oxfam-Cancer-Research-UK-RSPCA.html

 

Regards,John.

Edited June 7, 2015 by citizenB