IoF and CFG to produce guidance on online giving platforms and payment systems
Howard Lake | 15 August 2013 | News
The Institute of Fundraising and Charity Finance Group are to work together to produce ./guidance for charities on using online giving platforms and payment systems. The initiative follows the recent suspension of online giving site CharityGiving.
The ./guidance will help charities understand how online platforms work, how the donation process operates, and how to make sure that donations and information are handled securely. With examples from successful charities, it will also cover good practice on online payment systems.
Jane Tully, Head of Policy and Public Affairs, at Charity Finance Group said: “Online payment systems and giving platforms provide a wide range of benefits for charities, not least in terms of their cost effectiveness. However, as we saw with CharityGiving, there are can also risks involved, and it is important that charities know what questions to ask when choosing providers and setting up their systems.”
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The ./guidance will be published in a few months time.
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.