New fundraising guidance

26 June 2009

OSCR has published its guidance on compliance with the Charities and Benevolent Fundraising (Scotland) Regulations 2009. The Regulations have been keenly awaited by the sector and take effect from 1st July 2009.

The Regulations specify how fundraisers must operate in their dealings with charities and the donating public. OSCR’s guidance has been produced jointly with the Institute of Fundraising Scotland and hard copies are to be issued to IOFS members as well as to Scottish members of the Public Fundraising Regulatory Association and Fundraising Standards Board.

Read the Charities and Benevolent Fundraising (Scotland) Regulations 2009 here.

Read OSCR’s guidance here.

OSCR’s Chief Executive, Jane Ryder, said: ‘We welcome the new Regulations, which reinforce the existing work of fundraising bodies such as the Fundraising Standards Board and the Institute of Fundraising Scotland. Our guidance will provide a useful reference to encourage compliance with the requirements of the Regulations and encourage public confidence.’

‘Fundraising’ is a wide term covering a range of activities, of which the Regulations cover a part. The Scottish Government is expected to produce further regulations in the future regarding public benevolent collections.
 
Issued by OSCR, The Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Quadrant House, 9 Riverside Drive, Dundee DD1 4NY.  For further information contact Mark Simpson or Morag Stewart on 01382 220446 or email communications@oscr.org.uk