Skip to main content
Home
The independent regulator of charitable fundraising in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Fundraising Code
Using the code
Standards: All fundraising
1. Behaviour when fundraising
2. Responsibilities of charitable institutions and those who govern them
3. Processing personal data (information)
4. Processing donations
Standards: Working with others
5. Volunteers
6. Fundraising involving children
7. Professional fundraisers, commercial participators and partners
Standards: Specific fundraising methods
8. Collecting money or other property
9. Fundraising communications and advertisements
10. Digital
11. Events
12. Lotteries, prize competitions and free draws
13. Grant-making bodies (including trusts and foundations)
14. Payroll giving and post-tax salary donations
15. Legacies
Index
Glossary
Complaints
Make a complaint
Investigations
Registration
Log in
Large charities
Small charities
Non charities
Guidance
Search our guidance
Coronavirus guidance
Fundraising topics
Webinars
Directory
FPS
Manage your communications
Access your suppressions
View FPS code breaches
More
About us
Contact us
Our team
Our impact
Get involved
Resource library
Latest news
Breadcrumb
Home
News
News
(-)
Opinion
Facet News type
Trustees
Online giving
Communications and advertising
Community and event fundraising
Data protection
(-)
Donations
Facet News theme
2018
2019
Facet News publication date
(-)
Donations
(-)
Opinion
Opinion
8 April 2019
Old stamps, new tricks: how to avoid stamp fraud
John Kitchen from Royal Mail talks about how selling old stamps to raise money for a good cause can lead to fraud, and how to avoid it.
Read more
Opinion
3 October 2018
Commercial participators: how to find the right one for you
What is a commercial participator and how can your charity choose the right one? Jane Montague explains the value commercial participators offer and how to avoid the sharks.
Read more
Fundraising Code
Using the code
Standards: All fundraising
Behaviour when fundraising
Responsibilities of charitable institutions and those who govern them
Processing personal data (information)
Processing donations
Standards: Working with others
Volunteers
Fundraising involving children
Professional fundraisers, commercial participators and partners
Standards: Specific fundraising methods
Collecting money or other property
Fundraising communications and advertisements
Digital
Events
Lotteries, prize competitions and free draws
Grant-making bodies (including trusts and foundations)
Payroll giving and post-tax salary donations
Legacies
Index
Glossary
Complaints
Make a complaint
Complaints form
Investigations
Registration
Log in
Large charities
Small charities
Non charities
Guidance
Search our guidance
Coronavirus guidance
Fundraising topics
Webinars
Directory
FPS
Manage your communications
Access your suppressions
View FPS code breaches
More
About us
Memorandums of Understanding
Contact us
Our team
Our Board
Our Committees
Our Staff
Our impact
Get involved
Resource library
Latest news