There has been considerable coverage in the UK newspapers of charities harassing elderly people, including those with obvious signs of confusion. I’m sure all of us condemn such pressurised fundraising but the story really goes much wider than this. As a co-founder of the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), its executive director for ten years and board member for twenty, fundraising was always the biggest headache and most demoralising part of our work. Campaigning aga