'Self-regulation is working' says FRSB
Tuesday 1 July 2008
It's early days yet, but self-regulation is working for fundraising charities, a spokesperson from the Fundraising Standards Board (FRSB) has said.
FRSB marketing manager Samantha Wilson has spoken in support of the board launched in February 2007, after Third Sector Minister Phil Hope said it would need to attract many more members in the next year to convince the government that it's succeeding.
Ms Wilson said that more charities have been abiding by the Institute of Fundraising's codes of good practice as a result of board membership.
"It's a five year project so we're not even half way through yet but there is clear evidence that because of the obligations that scheme members are under, the codes of practice are becoming better known and better used by our membership."
She added: "Our first piece of research into the public's views on direct mail fed into a new code of practice that the Institute are putting together on direct mail. That's the first time the public's views have ever been considered when putting a code together, so we do feel that self-regulation is working."
The FRSB has so far attracted around 875 members which account for about a third of all giving in the UK.
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