Door to Door Selling

[Ashley_Price]

Oh my word! I'm back! Does anyone remember me I wonder? It turns out the last time I was on here was in about 2018, when before that I was a real regular contributing every day.

Anyway, here's my question: Does anyone know if there are still firms that offer door-to-door sales work to those who have disabilities, or are out of work for other reasons (perhaps served time, or been through rehabilitation, etcetera)? They usually come round with a large bag of items to sell (tea-towels, handkerchiefs, gardening gloves... small items that are light to carry).

I am NOT looking for this, but it was a question raised in my town's group on Facebook after someone had had a cold caller purporting to be from one of these organisations, and it got me wondering if any still did.

 

[fisicx]

Last time anyone knocked on our door was years ago trying to get us to sign up for frozen fish.

And I do remember you! It has been a while.

 

[IanSuth]

we used to have an organisation in Reading called RITO (Reading industrial therapy organisation) they were basically wiped out by min wage legislation as I believe there was no exemption for work as a therapy.

Hilariously i worked there once as if they were short of workers to fulfil a contract they took students on as temps - i was helping pack 2 duracell batteries and a torch into blister packs and to use a machine putting cardboard sleeves on 3 bottles of Fosters - most of the staff were there for the experience, from the cleaner to the people working in the staff canteen. They all did what they could and got some form of wage for it (don't know the specifics)

 

[Ozzy]

I remember you too!
I believe there is yes, few and far between. I don't know about your area (don't know where that is) but the SEND school I'm a Governor for has links with several organisations that provide anything from work opportunities to work experience. Work experience is supervised.

They should have been carrying an ID badge, often on a lanyard around their neck with supporting details about the organisation and who they are.

 

[Ashley_Price]

They should have been carrying an ID badge, often on a lanyard around their neck with supporting details about the organisation and who they are.

And therein also lies a problem, it's so easy nowadays to fake ID, even with a genuine company's logo and your own photo, with the cheap cost of good quality home colour printers, that how can you even prove that it's genuine?

 

[Paul Kelly ICHYB]

@Ashley_Price Welcome back - don't leave it for so long next time.

 

[Mark T Jones]

Nottingham Knockers are alive and well!

I had a visit just the other week.

I would question whether it constitutes employment in any legal/technical sense

 

[JEREMY HAWKE]

Everybody on here knows @Ashley_Price

I still go around selling clothes pegs

 

[japancool]

In Leeds, it's the local shoplifters who go round with bags of stuff to flog.