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Guidance
Charity bags: advice for the public
This advice sets out what you need to know if you receive a charity bag and want to donate in this way. We also set out what you can do make it clear you do not wish to receive charity bags.
14 January 2022
Guidance
Charity bags: guidance for fundraisers
This guidance is intended to support charities and the companies they work with to understand the legal requirements and regulatory standards expected of them when distributing and collecting charity ...
16 June 2021

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  • Home
  • About us
    • Our staff
    • Our board
    • Our committees
    • Corporate publications
    • Our governance
    • Memorandums of Understanding
    • 5 years of effective regulation
  • Our services
    • Complaints and investigations
    • The Fundraising Badge
    • Register with us
    • Get involved
    • Proactive regulation
    • Fundraising preference Service
  • About fundraising
    • Directory of registered organisations
    • Resource library
    • Code Advice Service
    • 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