# Revised House-to-House Collections Code of Fundraising Practice published

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2011/03/30/revised-housetohouse-collections-code-fundraising-practice-published/
- Published: 2011-03-30T07:45:50+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**The Institute of Fundraising has published its revised House-to-House Collections
Code of Fundraising Practice. The new version was developed in response to the growing
number of charities undertaking goods and collections and the increasing range of
collections options available to charities.**

The Code gives more specific and detailed guidance for the different types of collections
that charities can use, and the different parties’ involvements. It also covers 
the issue of bogus collections and some tips on trying to avoid giving to them, 
and is designed to help tackle issues such as oversaturation and thereby raise public
trust and confidence in house-to-house collections.

The Code was revised by representatives of charities, umbrella bodies and commercial
collectors. During the public consultation stage it received 44 responses, the most
ever received for a code of practice consultation.

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Peter Storey MInstF(Cert), Director of Marketing, Kidney Research UK and Chair of
the Code working party, said: “We are delighted to launch this new Code, which has
achieved consensus within the wider fundraising sector around how to conduct house-
to-house collections. At a time when clothes collections were getting a difficult
press, and this fundraising technique was under threat, the sector has come together
to agree the highest standards”.

Alistair McLean, Chief Executive of the Fundraising Standards Board, added: “Clothing
collections have become a crucial source of income for so many UK charities and 
it is essential that best practice is established. This new Code will guide not 
only fundraisers and suppliers, but help the public identify bogus collectors from
genuine ones, giving them confidence to keep on donating both cash and goods.”

The revised code can be downloaded at no charge from:

www.institute-of-fundraising.org.uk/codes

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