Football boss slams 'blackmailing' nurses hardship fund

By Ben Cook, Third Sector Online, 12 October 2007

A row has broken out between the May Day for Nurses fund and a Premiership football manager who said the charity's fundraising methods "bordered on blackmail".

Middlesbrough boss Gareth Southgate said he had withdrawn his offer of a donation to the nurses’ charity after becoming “disgusted” with the campaign’s attempts to persuade players to donate a day’s wages to the fund. “I think it’s outrageous that the campaign’s fundraising style has bordered on blackmail, with the...

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