FundRaising Standards Board

Advice & Regulation

• The Standards
  • The Codes of Fundraising Practice
  • The Fundraising Promise
  • Self-regulation
  • Influencing the Standards
• Complaints
  • Identifying a Complaint
  • Handling a Complaint
  • Our Process
  • Adjudications
  • Annual Return
• The FRSB Tick
  • Public Confidence
  • Using the Tick
  • Download the Tick
  • Promoting Your Membership
• Your Membership
  • What It Means
  • Getting Started
  • Communicating your membership
  • The Advisory Forum

Self-regulation

2007 saw the launch of self-regulation for charitable fundraising in the UK. The principle behind its introduction is to allow fundraising organisations to demonstrate best practice, eliminate poor practice and increase public trust and confidence in the voluntary and community sector.

There are two key parts to self-regulation. Firstly, the Codes of Fundraising Practice, which are the best practice standards that the fundraising community set through the work of the Institute of Fundraising’s Standards Committee.

Secondly, the Fundraising Standards Board (FRSB) and the self-regulatory scheme. Members of the FRSB scheme are required to adhere to the Codes of Fundraising Practice and a Fundraising Promise.

Self-regulation provides one platform from which charities can consistently demonstrate high standards, across the UK. In addition, it enables charities to visibly demonstrate their commitment to best practice by using the FRSB tick logo and sustain and build upon public trust and confidence in the charities that they currently enjoy.