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:
“𝐀𝐭 𝐒𝐭 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐥’𝐬, 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐞.
“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 Michael’s, but St Michael’s does not authorise any door to door collection of donations by its supporters.
“Sadly, we’ve 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.
“𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐮𝐬. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐮𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭.”
