WARNINGS have been given about bogus charity collectors who are knocking on doors claiming to represent Midlands Air Ambulance Charity.

The organisation uses the misleading name 'Air Ambulance Support'.

Its representatives are visiting homes across Staffordshire requesting donations of clothing, shoes and handbags, which they claim will be recycled to raise funds for Midlands Air Ambulance.

Midlands Air Ambulance Charity says the collectors are not affiliated with them.

On three occasions this year, bogus charity collectors are known to have struck in the West Midlands.

Jason Levy, head of fund-raising and marketing for Midlands Air Ambulance, said: "What they are doing undermines the whole basis of trust that governs our relationship with the public who so generously fund us."

Residents are advised to report any visit to Trading Standards and the police.