ICFM criticises wild claims of fraud levels in charity sector
Howard Lake | 5 March 2001 | News
The Institute of Charity Fundraising Managers has called recent claims in the media about the scale of fraud in the voluntary sector both “unsubstantiated and irresponsible.”
The Institute of Charity Fundraising Managers has called recent claims in the media about the scale of fraud in the voluntary sector both “unsubstantiated and irresponsible.” Claims that as much as £200m per year is being handed to bogus charity collectors were made following the recent conviction for theft of two of the trustees of Hands of Hope, the children’s cancer charity.
“The vast majority of collections are conducted responsibly, are monitored by those organisations on whose property they take place and provide a vital source of income for the charity sector,” said Andrew Watt, Head of Policy at ICFM. “The vast majority of registered charities are also conducted responsibly and fulfil the objectives for which they were created.”
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Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.