# IoF opens consultation on public fundraising accreditation programme

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/12/14/iof-opens-consultation-public-fundraising-accreditation-programme/
- Published: 2016-12-14T08:00:01+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**The Institute of Fundraising has launched a closed consultation on its proposed
accreditation programme for public fundraising.**

The consultation will run until the end of January, with the objective of launching
the programme by the new financial year. The accreditation programme will aim to
build greater confidence in public fundraising, and help drive consistently high
standards across the charity sector.

According to the IoF, the accreditation process and assessment would cover a wide
range of topics related to ‘high quality fundraising’ and focus on people, policies
and processes. It will aim to ensure that the policies in place are accurate and
up to date, such as data protection, protecting vulnerable people and complaints
handling, with assessment criteria covering and testing an organisation’s knowledge,
systems, processes and policies as they relate to both fundraising law and good 
practice.

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The programme is designed to work alongside the responsibility of charities to conduct
their own due diligence and the IoF expects it to be especially beneficial for smaller
charities without great resources.

In addition, the programme will include training observations to establish the quality
of training processes and the checks that are in place to help ensure fundraising
is carried out to a high standard.

Following accreditation, members will have to agree to greater levels of monitoring
and oversight to ensure standards are maintained.

Peter Hills-Jones, director of compliance at the IoF, said:

> “High standards are at the core of what it means to be a good fundraiser. Charities
> and their agency partners, if they’re members of the IoF, are making a strong 
> commitment to high quality and sustainable fundraising. This accreditation programme
> will be the next step to drive up fundraising standards even further, and help
> to maintain public confidence and support for the vital causes our members work
> on.”

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