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Charity fundraising: all change

26 September 2019 / Bethan Walsh
Issue: 7857 / Categories: Features , Charities
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The launch of a revised Code of Fundraising Practice is a key milestone for charities & fundraisers: Bethan Walsh looks at what they need to do next

  • What the charities sector needs to know about the new fundraising code.

The Fundraising Regulator recently launched its revised Code of Fundraising Practice, following a ten-week consultation in autumn 2018 to solicit views from the sector as to how it could be improved.

The Code of Fundraising Practice implements fundraising standards across the UK for all charities that carry out public fundraising activities, including door-to-door and mailings. The new code has been prepared by the Fundraising Regulator’s Standards Committee.

Charities and fundraisers should be reassured by the fact that the main aim of the changes is to make the code more accessible and easier to navigate. Put simply, it is written in plain English, following an independent review by the Plain English campaign.

Key changes

  • Consolidation of the former code, rulebooks and legal appendices so that all of the standards can be found in one
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