Skip to main content
Home
Latest news
Search
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
Registration
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
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
Breadcrumb
Home
Resource library
Useful guidance, summaries of our investigations, and publications for donors and fundraisers.
Guidance
Publication
Consultation response
Investigation summary
Closed consultation
Webinar
Investigation
(-)
Blog
Facet Resource type
Data protection
Trustees
Communications and advertising
Lotteries and raffles
Online giving
Facet Resource theme
2025
2024
2018
2019
2023
2022
2017
2021
2020
Facet Resource publication date
(-)
Blog
Blog
New guides published for fundraisers on events, social media and online gaming
Our Head of Policy, Paul Winyard, discusses the contents of our three new guides for fundraisers on events, social media and online gaming.
14 July 2025
Blog
Small Charity Week 2025: A growing movement for ethical fundraising
Small charities make a big difference. From tackling food insecurity to running after-school clubs, their impact is often felt most directly by the communities they serve.
23 June 2025
Blog
Developing a new approach to fundraising complaints reporting
After analysing the findings from our 2023 survey , we made the decision to pause collecting data from charities for part two of our Annual Complaints Report (ACR) for around two years.
2 June 2025
Blog
Putting the principles into practice: using our code support guides
As part of the launch of the new Code of Fundraising Practice (the code), we’ve published three support guides to help fundraising organisations apply the code in practice.
30 May 2025
Blog
Fundraising Regulator publishes charitable cash collection advice for retailers
Retailers play a vital role in supporting charitable causes. Whether it’s by hosting fundraising events, partnering with charities, or providing space for in-store collections, their contributions add...
28 May 2025
Blog
Fit for the future - introducing the new Code of Fundraising Practice
Suzanne McCarthy explains how the new code will provide public protection, accountability and excellence in fundraising – now and into the future.
28 April 2025
Blog
New guidance on child sponsorship marketing
Child sponsorship has long been a means by which charities connect with donors. The idea of helping to support a child through regular contributions is compelling and has brought about meaningful chan...
15 April 2025
Blog
Introducing the new digital Fundraising Badge
Our Head of Communications and Corporate Services, Daisy Houghton, outlines how organisations can use the digital badge, and the benefits it can provide organisations who use it.
14 April 2025
Blog
Shaping the future: an update on our code review
Our Policy Manager Conor Gibson shares an update on what we have done during the consultation period for our code review 2022-25, the response to the consultation, and what comes next as we enter the ...
25 March 2025
Blog
Research finds that three quarters of respondents would be more confident in supporting a charity that displayed the Fundraising Badge
Daisy Houghton, our Head of Communications and Corporate Services, reflects on the insights from a nationally representative survey of the general public which shows high levels of trust associated wi...
25 March 2025
Blog
Preparing for 'soft opt-in': balancing opportunity with caution
Paul Winyard, Head of Policy, discusses the upcoming 'soft opt-in' marketing law changes, and why charities should be aware of the risks, as well as the opportunities.
6 March 2025
Blog
Reflecting on the changes to the fundraising levy
In 2023, the Fundraising Regulator launched a review of the annual levy we ask charities to pay to fund our work. For the first time since we were founded, we needed to increase the levy to ensure we ...
4 February 2025
Blog
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
Blog
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
Blog
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
Blog
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
Blog
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
Blog
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
Blog
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
Blog
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
Blog
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
Blog
The Fundraising Levy and why it’s vital for self-regulation
Our Head of Finance Nick Allaway, who has been at the Fundraising Regulator since 2016, shares his thoughts on the history of the Fundraising Levy, why it’s vital for successful regulation of the fund...
11 December 2023
Blog
Insights from our Complaints Handling Survey 2023
Sara Asaria, Policy Officer at the Fundraising Regulator, discusses insights from our Complaints Handling Survey conducted in summer 2023.
22 November 2023
Blog
Charities urged to review their subcontracting relationships
Paul Winyard, Head of Policy at the Fundraising Regulator, discusses recent issues related to the use of subcontracting by fundraising agencies and the risks trustees should be aware of.
3 October 2023
Pagination
Current page
1
Page
2
Page
3
Next page
››
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
Registration
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