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Enforcing new standards for charity fundraisers

Some pretend to be talking on their phones, some claim to be catching a train, others even change their route to work: many and varied are the strategies used by city centre pedestrians for avoiding charity fundraisers.

Most of those hurrying past the young men and women with their bibs, clipboards and regulation grins have no beef with the concept of fundraising for charity per se. Most recognise that stopping people in the street is a legitimate means of raising cash for good causes, but merely tire of being stopped every day on the same stretch of road. That mild irritation can easily spill over into anger if they start to feel harassed.

Contextual targeting label: 
Charity

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