Charity protests about shop raising money in its name

By Paul Jump, Third Sector Online, 27 November 2007

Devon Air Ambulance Trust has complained to trading standards officers about a shop that has opened in a village in the county, claiming it will donate all its profits to the charity.

The shop bears the name Holsworthy Air Ambulance Trust but it is not a listed charity, and Helena Holt, chief executive of Devon Air Ambulance, said she had had no contact with the shop’s owners. “They say they will be raising money for us, but the first thing we knew...

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