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20/08/2012
New Rules For Charity Fundraising
New rules have been introduced to protect the public from charity fundraisers, which would see charities facing fines of up to £1000 if breached.
The rules have been introduced following a year-long trial and they will be enforced across the UK by the Public Fundraising Regulatory Association (RFRA).
The rules mean that fundraisers, typically referred to as "chuggers", cannot follow a person for more than three steps.
They also must not:
• stand within 3m of a shop doorway, cashpoint, pedestrian crossing or station entrance
• sign up anyone to a direct debit who, due to illness, disability, drugs or drink, is unable to give informed consent
• approach members of the public who are working, such as tour guides or newspaper vendors
Breaches of the rules carry penalty points of up to 100 points for the fundraising organisation.
Each charity has a threshold of 1,000 points before having to pay fines. Once this threshold is breached, charities must pay a monetary fine equal to £1 per point, with all further breaches all carrying a £1 per point fine.
At the end of the financial year, the charity's point balance is reset to zero.
All the money raised through the fines system will be used to improve compliance checks, in what the PFRA says creates a "virtuous circle".
"The more people that break the rules, the more money we have for providing compliance officers to check street fundraisers are complying with the new regime," said Ian MacQuillin, PFRA head of communications.
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The rules have been introduced following a year-long trial and they will be enforced across the UK by the Public Fundraising Regulatory Association (RFRA).
The rules mean that fundraisers, typically referred to as "chuggers", cannot follow a person for more than three steps.
They also must not:
• stand within 3m of a shop doorway, cashpoint, pedestrian crossing or station entrance
• sign up anyone to a direct debit who, due to illness, disability, drugs or drink, is unable to give informed consent
• approach members of the public who are working, such as tour guides or newspaper vendors
Breaches of the rules carry penalty points of up to 100 points for the fundraising organisation.
Each charity has a threshold of 1,000 points before having to pay fines. Once this threshold is breached, charities must pay a monetary fine equal to £1 per point, with all further breaches all carrying a £1 per point fine.
At the end of the financial year, the charity's point balance is reset to zero.
All the money raised through the fines system will be used to improve compliance checks, in what the PFRA says creates a "virtuous circle".
"The more people that break the rules, the more money we have for providing compliance officers to check street fundraisers are complying with the new regime," said Ian MacQuillin, PFRA head of communications.
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