Resources

The Charity Commission for England and Wales

• A non-ministerial department ofHis Majesty’s Government that regulates registered charities in England and Wales and maintains the Central Register of Charities. Its counterparts in Scotland andNorthern Ireland are the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator and the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland.
• The Charity Commission England and Wales publishes guidance on Fundraising. This guidance covers:

✔ acceptance and refusal of donations

✔ fundraising legally and responsibly

✔ a trustee guide to fundraising

Central Government

• GOV.UK – Charity Fundraising: a guide to trustee duties

Chartered Institute of Fundraising

This is the Chartered body which represents fundraisers in the UK. It has various guidance and reports available, including:

• Creating a Donations Acceptance and Refusal Policy
• Researchers in Fundraising Handbook
• Treating Donors Fairly
• Developing a Fundraising Strategy

Fundraising Regulator

The Fundraising Regulator is the independent voluntary regulator of charitable fundraising in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It is funded by a levy on the largest fundraising charities.

The Fundraising Regulator:

• Sets, maintains and promotes the standards for fundraising in the Code of Fundraising Practice and publishes guidance to support the code.
• Investigates complaints about fundraising taking action as necessary.
• Maintains a public Fundraising Directory to show which organisations have committed to the code and excellent fundraising.
• Enables people to stop direct marketing contact from fundraising organisations by using the Fundraising Preference Service (FPS); and

• Allows organisations that Register with the Fundraising Regulator to display the fundraising badge on their fundraising material.

Arts Council England

• Arts Council England is the national development agency for creativity and culture. Its mission is to support artists, arts organisations, libraries and museums to flourish, innovate and deliver excellent work, and to support everybody across the country to access that work and develop their own creativity. It does this through direct investment, developmental support and advocacy.
• Alongside commissioning this work on Managing Risks and Reputation in Fundraising, Arts Council England has produced resources such as the Practical Guide to Lawful Fundraising, which was produced in 2018 in response to changes around data privacy and GDPR rules and which can be read in conjunction with Charity Commission and Fundraising Regulator guidance.