St Michael’s Hospice has taken to social media to warn members of the public about bogus fundraisers who are believed to be using the hospice’s name to get money from members of the public in Herefordshire.
A post on the St Michael’s Hospice Facebook page said:
“๐๐ญ ๐๐ญ ๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐๐ฅโ๐ฌ, ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐.
“We issue a Letter of Authority to all people who tell us about their fundraising initiatives. This letter can be shown, when asked, to members of the public who may wish to see verification that their efforts are authorised by and in aid of St Michaelโs, but St Michaelโs does not authorise any door to door collection of donations by its supporters.
“Sadly, weโve been made aware that there might be some unauthorised bogus fundraising taking place under our name in Herefordshire at the moment and this has been reported to the police. If anyone has any suspicions, please call the police non-emergency number 101, quoting 214i21122021.
“๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ญ๐๐ค๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฌ. ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ญ ๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ.”
