Fundraising consultation begins
Howard Lake | 19 July 2006 | News
The Department for Social Development is consulting on aspects of fundraising law as part of its consultation on proposed new charity legislation, according to a report from NICVA. The draft primary legislation launched in July 2006 reviews the laws in Northern Ireland in relation funding of charitable institutions.
The Review covers areas such as the regulation of charitable appeals, collections in a public place, door to door collections and public charitable collections. Laws are also being laid down for professional fundraisers and fundraising businesses alongside other fundraising regulations.
The consultation document on new legislation also seeks views on possible changes to the system of charities legislation and administration in Northern Ireland which would:
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— Introduce a Charity Commission of Northern Ireland.
— Introduce a Northern Ireland Register of Charities.
— Require Northern Ireland charities to produce accounts to a specified standard and make them available to the public.
— Make it easier for charities to dispose of land.
— Make it easier for small charities to amalgamate or wind themselves up.
The closing date for receipt of comments to the consultation is 13 October 2006.
The Full Document can be downloaded from the DSD website. The fundraising section is on pages 137 to 169.
Comments should be sent to:-
Charities Branch, Voluntary & Community Unit, Department for Social Development, 3rd Floor, Lighthouse Building, 1 Cromac Place, Gasworks Business Park, Ormeau Road, Belfast, BT7 2JB
About Howard Lake
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.