Fundraising rules stress importance of self-regulation, says institute

By Emma Rigby, Third Sector Online, 25 February 2008

Fundraisers must make self-regulation work to avoid more legislation such as the impending rules governing the statements fundraisers must make when talking to donors, according to the Institute of Fundraising.

The Government has said that it might legislate if self-regulation fails. But the institute warned that the new fundraising rules that come into force on 1 April as part of the Charities Act 2006 are complicated and demonstrate how difficult legislating could be for the Government and fundraisers. The rules...

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