Inside Success Union C.I.C Reviews 18

My teenage daughter worked for inside success for two years she's now 21 and she in turn has made an opportunity for my son who is 17 and he is loving it. It's an opportunity to boost your confidence and speak to different individuals to raise their confidence it's an amazing opportunity and it can be seen in different ways but both my children have gained from it and I am very pleased and satisfied with the Charity.

I wish I had seen these reviews before a visit to London yesterday. We were stopped in Covent Garden by an Inside Success Union salesperson. He was very chatty and also put a lot of pressure onto us to donate. We ended up giving him £5 for a magazine just to get away. The seller was dressed in a Louis Vuitton hat and bag and had no ID on display.
Steer clear if someone stops you and mentions ISU. Not a good experience.

Outside of Tottenham Court Road station one of these ‘charity’ workers with a Stop Knife Crime blue jacket on stepped directly in front of my path to block where I was walking. After taking out my headphone to say I wasn’t interested he the proceeded to follow me. Once I asked him to leave me alone and I didn’t have time he told me ‘I was lucky I don’t stab you’.

Oh the irony.

A little Google later about this alarming situation and who this misleading ran for profit CIC are, made it clear that this was no charity but an organisation instilling the same aggressive behaviour that they claim to be helping to remove from communities. Organisations like this should not be masquerading as Charities while enticing vulnerable young people with commission and training that leads to this kind of behaviour on a regular basis.

Be super super careful of these guys. Had a horrible experience with one of their team verbally abusing me. Left a review before but they continue to try taking reviews down

Harassed and abused outside of Shoreditch high street. All on cctv and will be following up with the police. It has to stop as the harassment outside of the station is beyond a joke now.

Scamming people outside train stations, should be banned

An Oliver Twist level of street scamming.

Just going about my day at the Stratford mall and was stopped by a girl age between 18-21 saying she works with some knife crime charitiy, I firmly refused but she would not let me leave obstructing me when I tried to move away, eventually another guy appeared further stopping me from leaving. Honestly it was quite scary and I physically felt I was not able to leave unless I gave them money which they eventually managed to pressure me to do, which was only worsened by the guilt tripping and haggling. They were relentless and honestly this can't be legal and it should not be allowed

This company harass people throughout London under the false banner of being a charity. They use aggressive tactics and follow lone women asking them the leave them alone as recently as today outside a London Underground station.

They should be investigated as this behaviour is unacceptable, intimidating and dangerous!

Scammers

Google Fundraising Regulator and Inside
Success

Encountered a fundraiser from Inside Success outside Holborn tube station in London today.

He was a young man, polite, showed me one of their magazines and asked for a donation but didn’t object when I declined saying I would look them up online.

Hard to justify donating here given the negative publicity on this CIC. Why don’t they just incorporate as a charity and do things the standard way?

Hate chuggers, but the young man that stopped me in upper st Islington earlier today gave me a different experience. He was polite, not pushy and genuine. Fantastic to see young people out there trying to improve life for other young people. I wish you every success.

This company is fundraising illegally as a C.I.C? -
Charity Chugging and using the very emotional issue of Knife crime to pull on the heart strings to get money out of unsuspecting members of the public.
I can't see evidence of them physically supporting young people and the people fundraising for them get paid peanuts if they reach their daily target.

Do not donate to this organisation. It is a scam and they are very pushy.

Trash organisation that cosplays as a charity while making harassment part of their standard operating procedure

Just search ‘Inside Success Fundraising Regulator’ and/or add ‘Daily Mail’ and make your own minds up.

They hang around Victoria Square in Birmingham city centre, a group of 5 or 6 harassing the public aggressively for donations. The boys approach women and the girls approach men. They are seedy, dishonest, bullies. They literally won't take no for an answer, they'll pick their prey (almost every time unsuccessfully) and follow them even when they've said 'i don't have time' and if you're not strong enough to keep saying no, they'll try to manipulate you into parting with your cash. They're what you'd call 'aggressive beggars.' No one should be made to feel guilty for not giving to a fake charity. It just goes to show that if you have to literally intimidate people for donations to this untruthful non profit charity, then it's dodgy from the get go..
Also if there are Street performers doing well making well earned money, they'll try and stand directly in the middle of the busker and their audience to try and persuade them to give to their organisation instead..bullies... Don't give to these fakers. Keep your money people

Beware of high-pressure fundraising. Inside Success's fundraisers use aggressive tactics that make it difficult to say no. Their fundraisers seem completely unaware, or perhaps willfully ignorant, of people's circumstances.

Methods used by Inside Success and its fundraisers include:

Misrepresenting themselves:
They may wrongly claim to be a charity to gain sympathy (Inside Success is not registered as a charity).

Blocking you from moving freely:
They usually block your way at train stations or other busy areas, making it hard to leave.

Disrespecting your boundaries:
They insist on walking with you, essentially ignoring your right to personal space.

Persistent pressure:
They won't take "no" for an answer and may even try to pressure you into increasing your initial donation.

Lack of transparency:
They might refuse to identify themselves or hide their ID badges.

Ignoring complaints:
If you raise concerns or a complaint, expect to be ignored.

Misleading claims:
One fundraiser falsely told me that public donations were needed to replace lost government funding due to COVID-19. This is entirely untrue.

Dismissive or ignorant of disabilities:
They might downplay or dismiss someone's declaration of a disability (such as autism) to pressure a donation or provoke you.

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A simple web search for "fundraising regulator inside success" reveals investigations and reports about Inside Success's practices.

Choose to donate wisely. Consider giving to reputable charities that use ethical fundraising methods.