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According to a recent Guardian article, in 2006 a quarter of Shelter's income came from street fundraisers and 75% of Greenpeace's new members were recruited this way between 2000 and 2003. Clearly chuggers are having a huge impact but charity watchdog Intelligent Giving has called for people to boycott the clipboard and golf umbrella brigade.
I have a feeling that many people will be turned off by charities using these methods, which may dilute the impact of their campaigns. This is especially worrying given Shelter's excellent, often quite radical, homelessness campaigns. Other charity professionals on Third Sector Forums seem to agree.
What does everyone else think?
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