We Are Blighty Scam on Lordship Lane

[Monkey_vs_Robot]

Currently setting up outside M&S on Lordship Lane.

Def not a charity and known to be very aggressive to anyone who questions them.

https://www.fundraisingregulator.org.uk/about-fundraising/resources/we-r-blighty-community-interest-company-november-2025

Be careful with them. 

 

[Sue]

4 minutes ago, Monkey_vs_Robot said:

Currently setting up outside M&S on Lordship Lane.

Def not a charity and known to be very aggressive to anyone who questions them.

https://www.fundraisingregulator.org.uk/about-fundraising/resources/we-r-blighty-community-interest-company-november-2025

Be careful with them. 

 

When you say "scam", do you mean that the money collected is not going to where they say it is?

[Monkey_vs_Robot]

6 minutes ago, Sue said:

When you say "scam", do you mean that the money collected is not going to where they say it is?

From the Fundraising regulator link:

"we concluded that it was more likely than not that donors could have been misled by confusing messaging or fundraising materials. This includes materials suggesting a link with a well-known national veterans’ charity, which the CIC has since confirmed it does not work with. We were also concerned about the costings in some of the fundraising materials that the CIC could not show good enough evidence for. There was also enough information available for us to conclude on balance that some fundraisers for the CIC acted in an aggressive and unprofessional way towards both potential donors and public officials."  

Some of the money may make it to the people they say but there are better ways to support veterans 

[Sue]

4 minutes ago, Monkey_vs_Robot said:

From the Fundraising regulator link:

"we concluded that it was more likely than not that donors could have been misled by confusing messaging or fundraising materials. This includes materials suggesting a link with a well-known national veterans’ charity, which the CIC has since confirmed it does not work with. We were also concerned about the costings in some of the fundraising materials that the CIC could not show good enough evidence for. There was also enough information available for us to conclude on balance that some fundraisers for the CIC acted in an aggressive and unprofessional way towards both potential donors and public officials."  

Some of the money may make it to the people they say but there are better ways to support veterans 

Yes I saw that.

I'm not intending to give them money!

I just wonder why, if they are actually collecting money under false pretences (rather than not having gone through the proper channels) they have not been prosecuted?

[march46]

Definitely not a charity, but a for-profit community interest company (CIC). 
https://www.londoncentric.media/p/we-r-blighty-fundraising-regulator-criticism-broke-rules

[Jenijenjen]

There's been a previous thread about them here in April

https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/360001-warning-we-r-blighty-outside-ms/#comment-1703274

and a second one in September

https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/367417-‘we-r-blighty’-outside-ms/#comment-1721150

where I posted  ",,, they have been found guilty and fined for illegal street trading and collections in June in the City of London.

https://news.cityoflondon.gov.uk/we-r-blighty-pleads-guilty-of-illegal-street-trading-and-collections-in-the-city/ "

 

Edited 3 minutes ago by Jenijenjen