Regulating Fundraising For The Future

NICVA welcomes the report “Regulating Fundraising for the Future” which was released today and will now consider the implications for fundraising in NI.

The full report 'Regulating Fundraising for the Future' can be downloaded from the NCVO website.

Key recommendations include:

A single, new regulator: The Fundraising Regulator

The Review recommends that a new approach to fundraising regulation is based around a ‘three lines of defence’ model: trustees, the fundraising regulator, and finally relevant industry statutory regulators across the UK.

Resourcing of the Regulator should be based on Fundraising Expenditure

The Review has concluded that the fairest, most effective approach to resourcing the Fundraising Regulator is a levy on fundraising expenditure. This should apply to organisations reporting an annual fundraising expenditure of £100,000 or more. The Review recommends a stepped levy so that those spending more on fundraising make a greater contribution.

Clear roles and responsibilities

The review recommends that the Institute of Fundraising should hand over responsibility for setting the rules which govern fundraising – the Code of Practice – to the new regulator. At present fundraising regulation is complex with many bodies with competing interests.  It is recommended that the Public Fundraising Regulatory Association should merge with the Institute of Fundraising, but that its regulatory responsibilities should move to the new fundraising regulator.

A Single Code

The Public Fundraising Association rulebook should be merged with the Institute of Fundraising Code of Fundraising Practice, while the Fundraising Promise should be abolished.

Fundraising Preference Service

The review also recommends the creation of a new ‘Fundraising Preference Service’ for the public to opt out of fundraising communications. The service would be overseen by the new regulator. It would oblige charities to stop sending fundraising requests or making phone calls to those who have opted out.

Find out more at about the report on the NCVO blog page.