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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.
8 April 2019
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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.
3 October 2018

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  • 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
    • Annual Complaints Report
    • Other organisations that can help
  • Registration
    • Charity registration
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    • Our fee structure
    • Log in
  • Guidance
    • Search our guidance
    • Fundraising topics
    • Code Advice Service
    • Proactive regulation
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  • Directory
  • FPS
    • Manage your communications
    • Access your suppressions
    • View FPS code breaches
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