Code breaker: The Institute of Fundraising's code on volunteer fundraising

By Helen Barrett, Third Sector, 4 April 2007

Whether they are trekking up Mount Kilimanjaro or hosting coffee mornings, volunteer fundraisers can cause mayhem if they or the charities they are collecting for do not understand the relevant law or best practice. The Institute of Fundraising's code of practice offers a guide to both.

- Volunteer fundraisers may not bother to contact their chosen charities before they collect cash for them. The code describes fundraisers who choose to do this as "acting independently" and "in aid of" the charities, which are not responsible for how volunteers conduct themselves. - But not everyone raising money...