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The final decision following an investigation by the Fundraising Regulator into the fundraising practices of Brain Tumour Research.

Mr M complained about disturbing messaging on the outside of a charity's mailing. Despite asking the charity to remove his details from its database, the charity continued to contact him.

Ms Q used the Fundraising Preference Service (FPS) to stop a charity contacting her, but they continued to send her marketing mailings afterwards.

Mr and Mrs R’s son is a member of a local charitable sports club. The club asked Mr and Mrs R to raise £800 so they could send a team to a sporting event. But Mr and Mrs R thought this amount was more than they needed.

Mr S and Ms T alleged that the charity was making false statements on its website while fundraising.

Mr U complained to a charity because he thought they were making exaggerated statements in one of their campaigns. He wasn’t satisfied with their response.

Mr Z entered a charity’s lottery and won a one-of-a-kind item but found that the certificate of authenticity had a laser printed signature. He said this could reduce the value of the item and felt he was misled into entering the lottery.