# Institute of Fundraising gives evidence for draft Charities Bill

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2004/06/14/institute-fundraising-gives-evidence-draft-charities-bill/
- Published: 2004-06-14T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The Institute of Fundraising has today submitted written evidence to the Joint Parliamentary
Committee on the Draft Charities Bill for England and Wales.
The evidence covers
public collections, the reserve powers for the Secretary of State to introduce statutory
regulation of fundraising if self-regulation does not work and the proposed changes
to the statements made by commercial participators and professional fundraisers.

 

 

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Lindsay Boswell, Chief Executive of the Institute, said: “Much of the draft Bill
is practicable and sensible. However, there are certain points that need clarification
or further consultation with the sector, such as notification periods for house 
to house collections and the commercial participator’s statement. We are also asking
the Joint Committee to ensure that an accessible, fully consolidated version of 
the Bill is produced as the current draft is difficult to understand.”

 

 

The two documents submitted to the Joint Committee are available on the Institute’s
Web site. The documents are ‘The Institute of Fundraising’s Submission on Charity
Bill’ which covers self-regulation and commercial participators; and ‘The Institute
of Fundraising’s Submission on Public Collections’ which covers public collections
only.

 

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