Cold callers - do you get fed up with charities calling your home?

Charities could be alienating their supporters and causing damage to their brands by using aggressive techniques to raise money according to a new survey.

NFP Synergy, a research company which counts some of the country's biggest charities among its clients, found that more than half of people are "very annoyed" by telephone fund-raising and doorstep fund-raising.

What do you think at home, are you more likely to donate to charity if you are called or visited by them at your home?

Ellie Martin - is the donor marketing manager at Chest, Heart and Stroke and commentator Heidi McAlpin discuss