An anti-knife crime organisation has been sanctioned by the Fundraising Regulator after complaints that its young employees surrounded members of the public and forced them to make donations.
Workers for Inside Success, whose employees often claim it is a charity when it is not, were found to have barred people from walking away or followed them when they did.
The organisation is a social enterprise, meaning that it is not allowed to solicit donations and instead can only ask people to pay £5 for a magazine.
The fundraising watchdog received 15 complaints in two years about the tactics of its employees, who are aged between 16 and 25. Among the complainants were parents who said their children had been intimidated into handing over money.
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