Charity targeted by child bogus fundraisers

By Amanda Jacobs, Third Sector Online, 17 April 2007

A seven-year-old boy and a nine-year-old girl have been caught attempting to collect money from householders by claiming to represent a local charity.

The pint-sized con artists went door-to-door in Leadgate, County Durham, on Easter Monday, saying that they were collecting money for the local Methodist chapel. They were apprehended after calling at the home of a volunteer for the Open Arms Foundation, a charity based in the chapel that provides social and...

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