Code of Fundraising Practice

7/28/2019 Code of Fundraising Practice

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The Code of Fundraising Practice represents the standards set by and expectedof all Institute members and corporate supporters.

The Code and Self-Regulation of Fundraising

The principle of self-regulation is to allow individuals and fundraising

organisations to demonstrate best practice, eliminate poor practice and increase

public trust and confidence in the voluntary and community sector.

There are two key parts to self-regulation. Firstly, the Code of Fundraising

Practice contains the standards that the fundraising community sets through the

work of the Institute of Fundraising’s Standards Committee, as well as offeringlegal guidance in key areas.

Secondly, the Fundraising Standards Board (FRSB) acts as an independent public

complaints system for the self-regulatory scheme, licensing the scheme’s logo to

its members and offering a system of redress for the public. Members of the

FRSB scheme are required to adhere to the Code of Fundraising Practice and

the Fundraising Promise.

The Institute of Fundraising encourages all fundraising organisations to join

the FRSB.

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CODE OF FUNDRAISING PRACTICE

CONTENTS

1.0 Key principles and behaviours Page 2

2.0 Working with Volunteers Page 4

3.0 Working with Children Page 6

4.0 Working with Third Parties Page 7

5.0 Fundraising Communications and Techniques Page 8

6.0 Direct Marketing Page 10

7.0 Reciprocal Mailing Page 11

8.0 Telephone Page 12

9.0 Digital Media Page 14

10.0 Trusts Page 17

11.0 Major Donors Page 18

12.0 Corporate Partnerships Page 18

13.0 Raffles and Lotteries Page 20

14.0 Fundraising through Payroll Giving Page 20

15.0 Events Page 22

16.0 Public Collections Page 27

17.0 Static Collections Page 32

18.0 Legacies Page 33

19.0 Payment of Fundraisers Page 36

20.0 Handling Donations Page 37

L1.0 Legal Appendices Page 40-82





















































































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Code of Fundraising Practice