Institute rails against 'crude' giving website

Third Sector, 22 November 2006

The Institute of Fundraising has attacked an independent donor information website that attracted national publicity last week by advising people not to give to BBC Children in Need.

Intelligentgiving.com accused CIN of using "clever wording" to mislead donors into believing the charity has no administration costs, and criticised the reporting methods of several other well-known charities. The institute, which has also criticised charities claiming to have no administration costs, called the site's methods crude and rudimentary. "The recent news stories highlight the need...