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What is a CIC and can they fundraise?
Understanding the key differences between charities and CICs can help donors make an informed decision about whether to donate to a particular cause.
13 November 2024
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Six months on: An update on our market inquiry into subcontracting in face-to-face fundraising
Jim Tebbett, Head of Proactive Regulation looks at where we are now, six months on from our market inquiry into subcontracting in face-to-face fundraising by charities and fundraising agencies.
8 October 2024
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Working with commercial participators and professional fundraisers: our new guidance for charities
Oliver Bayer, Policy Officer at the Fundraising Regulator discusses new guidance published on what to do when working with commercial participators and professional fundraisers.
13 August 2024
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Nick Jones shares his experience on the Fundraising Regulator’s Standards Committee
Nick Jones, Fundraising Regulator Standards Committee member, shares some of the highlights of his experience on the Fundraising Regulator’s Standards Committee
27 June 2024
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Opinium Research: The public’s experience and expectations of charitable fundraising
Paul Winyard, Head of Policy at the Fundraising Regulator, shares insights into the recent research led by Opinium on our behalf, looking at the public’s experience and expectations of charitable fund...
30 May 2024
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Responding to feedback from the sector from our levy review
Our Chair, Lord Toby Harris, discusses the outcome of our levy review, and our decision to increase the Fundraising Levy and registration fee following the review.
17 April 2024
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Developing a proportionate response to Fundraising Preference Service compliance
The Fundraising Preference Service has been helping people manage their communications with charities, and end contact with those that they no longer want to hear from. In 2020 we commissioned an inde...
9 April 2024
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Changes to the way we report on complaints data from charities
In response to findings from our complaints handling survey last summer, we are pausing the collection of complaints data from charities that contribute to our Annual Complaints report. Find out more.
20 February 2024
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Update on our market inquiry into the use of subcontracting in face-to-face fundraising
Our Head of Proactive Regulation and Projects Jim Tebbett provides an update on our market inquiry into the use of subcontracting in face-to-face fundraising and the workshops we ran with charities an...
20 February 2024
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Get involved
Proactive regulation
Code Advice Service
Fundraising Preference Service
About fundraising
Directory of registered organisations
Fundraising topics
Resource library
Annual Complaints Report
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