Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Fake charity clothing collection in Haringey
Have been asked to circulate this information should the fraudulent leaflets turn up in Harringay.
Leaflets have been delivered on the Ferry Lane estate (Tottenham Hale). They purport to be on behalf of ‘the Winnicott Foundation’. The Winnicott Foundation is a legitimate charity (www.winnicott.org.uk) which supports the neo natal unit at St Mary’s hospital, Paddington.
On their website is an important message about this particular clothing collection leaflet – it is completely fraudulent and nothing to do with the charity. It is also nothing to do with Europe family links (also featured on the leaflet).
The Winnicott Foundation ask people to report examples of this leaflet being distributed. This was the reply to one such report:
“Thank you for your email. I will be out of the office on Monday 13 July 2009. If you received a clothing collection leaflet, please note that this is fraudulent. The Winnicott Foundation is not organising clothing collections. We are very concerned about this and are very grateful that you took the trouble to write to report this issue. Please contact the Trading Standard Authority or your local police. We are sorry for any inconvenience you may have suffered.
Thank you.
via Tottenham Hale cllrs, Lorna Reith and Alan Stanton
Leaflets have been delivered on the Ferry Lane estate (Tottenham Hale). They purport to be on behalf of ‘the Winnicott Foundation’. The Winnicott Foundation is a legitimate charity (www.winnicott.org.uk) which supports the neo natal unit at St Mary’s hospital, Paddington.
On their website is an important message about this particular clothing collection leaflet – it is completely fraudulent and nothing to do with the charity. It is also nothing to do with Europe family links (also featured on the leaflet).
The Winnicott Foundation ask people to report examples of this leaflet being distributed. This was the reply to one such report:
“Thank you for your email. I will be out of the office on Monday 13 July 2009. If you received a clothing collection leaflet, please note that this is fraudulent. The Winnicott Foundation is not organising clothing collections. We are very concerned about this and are very grateful that you took the trouble to write to report this issue. Please contact the Trading Standard Authority or your local police. We are sorry for any inconvenience you may have suffered.
Thank you.
via Tottenham Hale cllrs, Lorna Reith and Alan Stanton
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Replies to This Discussion
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Permalink Reply by Sally on
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Hi I am in Endymion Road N4 and have had a couple of charity bags through the door for Kidney Research Uk - does anyone know if these are genuine or not?
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Permalink Reply by John D on
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If you have clothes to donate, why not take them to a charity shop, then you know it's genuine.
We often get flyers through the door asking for clothes and you would assume it's for charity, although they don't specifically say so, but they are purely a commercial operation.
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Permalink Reply by Alan Stanton on
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Hi Sally, Kidney Research UK is a registered charity. (Charity number 252892 ) According to the Charity Commission website, its income for 2007/8 was £9,671,570. Incidentally, searches on the Charity Commission's website are free - including looking up or downloading charities' accounts and annual reports.
However, if you're leaving out bags for collection you still need to watch for the scams which Liz and others have highlighted.
Bags are sometimes taken from outside homes and closed charity shops - both by individuals and unscrupulous collectors. In my neighbourhood it's not unusual to find a pile of clothes, shoes or other stuff - probably discarded from a stolen bag.
Of course, we also have the problem that some of this is not about making money. A growing number of people can't afford even the charity shop prices for clothes etc. Just as in our 'First World' society more people seem to be sleeping rough, and searching for food in wastebins.
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Permalink Reply by Liz on
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It seems that even the legitimate partnerships between the clothing collectors and charity are both undermining public confidence in doorstep collection and robbing charity shops of stock. See these comments from the Association of Charity shops
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