<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0">
    <channel>
        <title><![CDATA[News - The Social]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[News curation and social-ised content for the voluntary sector]]></description>
        <link>http://www.thesocial.org.uk/</link>
                                        <item>
                <guid isPermaLink="false">17347-52</guid>
                <title><![CDATA[British Heart Foundation calls for more transparency in clothing collections: BHF in denial]]></title>
                                <link>http://www.thesocial.org.uk/charity-news/17347-british-heart-foundation-calls-for-more-transparency-in-clothing-collections</link>
                <description><![CDATA[
                                Don't make me laugh BHF!

Well, I thought I was doing a good turn on behalf of my elderly mother who recently went into a nursing home, when I contacted BHF Wrexham, North Wales to collect a number of household items for donation.
 On the day of collection two smelly twerps turned up, One had a strong Southern Irish accent & both wearing dirty navy blue BHF tee shirts.
 They took two widescreen tv's (philips & jvc) both in excellent condition & hardly used.
 A washing machine, cooker & fridge freezer. 
An adjustable bed & matching mattress, ornament cabinet, complete aqaurium setup & two wardrobes.
 All in excellent condition with the aqaurium setup never used. 

I later found out (have emails from BHF retail division to prove it) that the aquarium set up never went through the books, so the collectors then must be thieves. I suspect too that the tv's were sold off for personal gain & didn't go through the books.
 
All this talk about doorstep thieves these days, I'm sure is a real problem but I'm also sure that alot of the losses are due to thieving collecting staff too.
 The question from me is: How far up the chain of management does the rot go, that is aware & complicit with this practice, because the response from BHF so far has been denial of the problem. 
People are entitled to know where their donated items are going & to know that they are going to be sold for the purpose of raising funds only & not into someones pocket!
 
I for one will NEVER donate anything to any of these large charities again as trust has been destroyed forever. 
People wake up!
                ]]></description>
                <category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
                <pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:35:20 -0600</pubDate>
            </item>
                        </channel>
</rss>

