# PFRA revamps its parliamentary lobbying website

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2010/12/16/pfra-revamps-its-parliamentary-lobbying-website/
- Published: 2010-12-16T08:58:01+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The Public Fundraising Regulatory Association (PFRA) has redeveloped its parliamentary
lobbying presence on ePolitix.com as it prepares to lobby parliamentarians during
a year that it thinks “could be a turning point for the charity sector”.

The ePolitix.com microsite now contains more detailed information about PFRA’s role
in regulating face-to-face fundraising (F2F), designed to reach not just MPs and
peers but also their researchers.

PFRA has operated a presence on ePolitix.com for the past two years. The site itself
aims to “provide policymakers with the relevant information to make informed policy
decisions”.

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New sections on the ePolitix site include a researcher’s toolkit, which contains
information about F2F fundraising and the PFRA, a policy news feed, giving up-to-
date information about ongoing policy meetings and discussions, and a box that shows
the local authority areas where PFRA is currently negotiating for fundraising access.

Dr Toby Ganley, PFRA’s head of policy, said he hoped that the revamp will help the
PFRA find a parliamentary champion for F2F. “2011 will be a massively important 
year for charities”, he said. “The government is reviewing the Charities Act 2006,
including how – and indeed whether – to implement the parts of the that are not 
yet in force, which includes the unified licensing regime for all types of street
fundraising.

“At the same time, the Charity Commission is facing having its budget cut by a third
and is strategically reviewing its remit and might not be able to undertake the 
additional roles it has been given in the Act.

“So not only do we need to prepare for all the variables this year could throw up,
we also need to meet as many parliamentarians as we can to explain what this will
mean for their constituents.”

www.pfra.org.uk

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