# Charity Commission publishes advice on giving to emergency appeals

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2005/01/05/charity-commission-publishes-advice-giving-emergency-appeals/
- Published: 2005-01-05T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The Charity Commission today publishes guidelines urging people and organisations
to maximise the millions being raised for the current and future emergency appeals
by giving effectively.
The Commission’s guidelines, published amidst the unprecedented
scale of public donations for the DEC Tsunami Earthquake appeal, aim to keep people
giving, minimise bureaucracy and ensure the money goes to the organisations on the
front line.

The Commission encourages people to donate by Gift Aid to gain an extra 28p in every
pound they give to charity. If all of the £76 million donated by 4 January 2005 
had been given under Gift Aid then another £21 million would have been added to 
the total.

It advises people to avoid duplication of effort by checking to see what others 
in their local area are already up to.

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It advises that, if running a public collection, make sure that you have got the
go-ahead from your local authority or the Met ropolitan police as getting permission
will streamline the collection process.

It recommends banking the cash as soon as possible and asking for a receipt from
the bank or building society.

Finally the Commission advises that supporters report back to the people in their
workplace or community who have given so that they know the money is reaching those
in need.

The Charity Commission’s chief executive, Andrew Hind, said: “the public’s generosity
in the wake of this dreadful disaster has been overwhelming. This proves – if proof
were needed – that we are a nation of givers and truly challenges the theory of 
donor fatigue. We want people to give and to maximise the millions raised to ensure
that charities don’t lose out on the tax breaks their charitable status deserves.”

‘Maximise the millions – new guidelines for people collecting to help disaster victims’
will be available from the Charity Commission’s home page today.

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