Heart Foundation lodges report over bogus fund-raising activities

SINGAPORE — The Singapore Heart Foundation (SHF) has lodged a police report against a group of “volunteers” who claimed that they were raising donations on its behalf at Bugis Junction on Sunday.

The volunteers, who had SHF’s flag-day stickers, had said that they were helping to raise funds for low- income students and former convicts.

“We would like to inform the public that SHF has not commissioned any volunteers to carry out fund-raising activities at said date/ venue. A police report has since been made on the matter,” said its chief executive officer, Mr Vernon Kang, on Tuesday.

He added that SHF representatives are required to carry an identification badge and a copy of the Collectors Certificate of Authority issued by the National Council of Social Service.

“We want to reassure the public that SHF does not condone such activities, and all donations to the foundation can only be done via our Direct Debit Donor Programme (DDDP),” said Mr Kang.

The programme enables members of the public who are interested in supporting the SHF’s work to make donations on a monthly or four-monthly basis. Apart from providing highly subsidised cardiac rehabilitation programme, the SHF also promotes heart health to the public.

For more information on the DDDP, visit http://www.myheart.org.sg/article/donors/direct-donor-debit-programme-dddp/faq/6#Q12