That said. You might want to look a little deeper into both organisations. Lets just say that charity does appear to begin at home.
You want to know the laughable truth -
I approached that organisation in early 2009 to join their approved trader scheme which worked like this.
You were vetted via a crb check and previous customer references then as a trader you paid 10% of your earnings through refered work back to CASAC.
I went into the Office with Neil Goldrup who was thrilled when I explained I could install Yale alarms for victims of burglaries who would struggle to pay the price of a traditional system.
His eyes lit up and he immediately asked how many I thought I could fit in a day.
Four came my reply his enthusiasm was tangible.
My application to join arrived in the post the next day and my existing customer referals came back glowing.
http://www.fastalarms.co.uk/testimonial pdf.PDF
I was surely in...
But no..
All of a sudden things went quiet and my application was refused on spurious grounds as I had passed my crb and had no criminal record. In fact I am the holder of an enhanced crb as we speak.
No discussion was entered into. Nothing was up for negotiation.
Of course the next thing CASAC went round fitting Yale alarms themselves after ripping off my idea they also then proceeded to start ripping off victims of burglary by charging £200 more for an installation than I did.
The worst part of course is that victims of burglaries are directed straight to CASAC them being a 'charitable' organisation and all.
Yes Mr Goldrup has made a nice little earner for himself in a fashion that I consider corrupt and dishonest.
Sour grapes - of course should I report this organisation to the council and the charity commision.. who knows , CBA to be honest but someone needs to know.