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To support charities to understand and meet the fundraising standards, the Fundraising Regulator is producing a series of digestible and informative webinars on the Code of Fundraising Practice.
Fundraising Preference Service code breaches
Some charities are breaching the Code of Fundraising Practice by failing to access these requests and suppress people on their marketing databases.
Access your FPS suppressions
The Code of Fundraising Practice specifies that charities must stop sending direct marketing communications to individuals after an FPS request has been received. If you do not stop these types of com...
Manage unwanted charity communications
The Fundraising Preference Service is a free service, run by the Fundraising Regulator, that can help you or someone you know to end contact with charities that you no longer want to hear from.
Fundraising Preference Service
The Fundraising Preference Service is a free service, run by the Fundraising Regulator, that can help you or someone you know to end contact with charities that you no longer want to hear from. The...
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Code of Fundraising Practice
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Fundraising Code
 

14. Legacies

This section sets out standards to avoid undue influence and pressure and manage conflicts of interest while being sensitive to the wishes of the person leaving the gift and any conditions they may set.
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Fundraising Code
 

13. Payroll Giving and post-tax salary donations

This section includes the standards for promoting payroll and post-tax salary donation schemes in the workplace.
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Fundraising Code
 

12. Grant-making bodies (including trusts and foundations)

This section includes standards about applying for, receiving and using these grants.
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Fundraising Code
 

11. Prize competitions and free draws

This section contains information about fundraising for a charitable institution through prize competitions or free draws.
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Fundraising Code
 

10. Events

This section contains standards for planning and carrying out events, including getting any permission that is needed to use a site, making sure events are safe and managing the risks responsibly.
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Fundraising Code
 

9. Online fundraising platforms

Donation pages can be on a charitable institution’s own website or on an online fundraising platform.
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Fundraising Code
 

8. Fundraising communications and advertising

This section covers standards related to promoting your fundraising. It also includes standards for fundraising over the phone, by post and through direct messages.
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Terms and conditions of registration for non charities
Our terms and conditions of registration for non charities.
Terms and conditions of registration for charities
Our terms and conditions of registration for charities.
Fundraising Regulator terms and conditions of registration
Our terms and conditions of registration for charities and non charities.
Fundraising Code
 

7. Public fundraising

This section covers collections of money or other property for charitable institutions, whether these are carried out on the street, door to door or on private sites.
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