Charities (Hansard, 17 September 2003)

§ Fiona Mactaggart

The recommendations on self-regulation in fundraising were made by the Strategy Unit in its review of charity law arid regulation ("Private Action, Public Benefit", published September 2002).

In its response to the review ("Charities and Not-for-Profits: a Modern Legal Framework", published 16 July 2003) the Government supported the idea that self-regulation should be the first resort in improving fundraising standards.

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The following people and organisations commented on the recommendations on self-regulation in fundraising

Action on Disability and Development
Action for Street Kids
Agents for Change
Allen and Overy solicitors
Alzheimer's Society
Archbishops Council
Association of Charitable Foundations
Association of Charity Independent Examiners
Association of Charity Officers
Association of Charity Shops
Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations
Association of Corporate Trustees
Association of Fundraising Consultants
Association of Preservation Trusts
Baker Tilly accountants
Barnardo's
Bates, Wells and Braithwaite solicitors
Birmingham Voluntary Service Council
Birmingham Charities Council
Birmingham City Council
Black Training and Enterprise Group
Blandford Forum Town Council
Blue Cross
Bristol City Council
British Association of Settlements and Social Action Centres
British Heart Foundation
British Limbless Ex-Servicemen's Association
British Overseas Aid Group
British Red Cross
British Trust for Conservation Volunteers
Campaign for Protection of Rural Wales
Cancer Research UK
Caring Together
Catholic Agency for Overseas Development
Chantrey Vellacott DFK accountants
Charities Aid Foundation
Charity Check
Charity Commission
Charity Law Association
Charles Russell solicitors
Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental Management
Chesterfield and North-East Derbyshire Council for Voluntary Service
Children's Society
Christian Aid
Church in Wales
Community Matters
Consumers' Association
Countryside Agency
Craigmyle
Crossroads Association
Denbighshire Voluntary Services Council
Derby Mountain Rescue Team
Development Trusts Association
Dicky Tickers Heart Support Group
Diocese of St. Asaph, Church in Wales
Directory of Social Change
Disabilities Trust
Duke of Edinburgh's Award
Dyson Bell solicitors
Ethical Investment Research Service
Evelina Family Trust
Exeter Council for Voluntary Service
Fairbridge
Fifth Estate
Friends of the Earth and Friends of the Earth Charitable Trust
Fruitful Fundraising
Grant Thornton accountants
Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity
Growing Place
Guideposts Trust
Guy's and St. Thomas' Charitable Foundation
Help the Aged
WH Henderson
Home Farm Trust
Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators
Institute of Fundraising
Jordans
Kingston Smith accountants
Law Society
Leonard Cheshire Foundation
Lichfield and District Council for Voluntary Service
LionHeart
Local Government Association
London Play
London Voluntary Service Council
RJA Lonsdale
Macmillan Cancer Relief
Marie Curie Cancer Care
Mazars accountants
Middle Temple Charitable Trusts
Roger Morton
Motability
Multiple Sclerosis Society
Muscular Dystrophy Campaign
National Association of Independent Schools and Non-Maintained Special Schools
National Confederation of Parent Teacher Associations
National Council for Voluntary Organisations
National Library for the Blind
National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
National Trust
Northamptonshire ACRE
Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action
Northern Ireland Federation of Housing Associations
Oxfam
People's Dispensary for Sick Animals
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Public Fundraising Regulatory Association
Purbeck District Council
Raise
Regional Action West Midlands
Reigate and Banstead Borough Council
rethink
Rose Road Association
Royal British Legion
Royal College of General Practitioners
Royal National Institute of the Blind
Royal National Institute for Deaf People
Royal National Lifeboat Institute
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Runnymede Borough Council
Salvation Army
Emma Sambrook
St. Martins Housing Trust
St. Oswald's Hospice, Newcastle
Andrew Scadding and Adele Shaw
School Library Association
Scope
SPARKS
SSAFA Forces Help
Staffordshire Moorlands Council for Voluntary Service
Surrey Care Trust
Swindon Borough Council
University Hospital Birmingham Charities
Voluntary Action Camden
Voluntary Organisations' Network North East
War on Want
Warwick District Council for Voluntary Service
Welsh Assembly Government
Wessex Medical Trust
West Midlands Charity Trustees Forum
West Somerset District Council
Woking Borough Council
Women's Aid
Women's Royal Voluntary Service
Woodland Trust
Mamie Woodward
WWF-UK
Wychavon District Council
Julia Wylie solicitor
YMCA England
Yorkshire Rural Community Council

Levels of support by these respondents for the Strategy Unit's recommendations for self-regulation in fundraising, broken down by type of respondent, are shown in the table:

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Type of respondent	Clear support	Some support	Non-committal	Some opposition	Clear opposition
Small charities	—	—	—	—	1
Independent schools	—	—	—	—	—
Large charities	17	28	1	5	2
Medium charities	7	3	—	—	1
Umbrella bodies	13	5	—	2	1
Others	—	—	—	—	—
Charity workers	3	2	—	1	1
Professional advisers	3	11	1	1	2
Special interest bodies	2	5	2	—	1
Government	—	4	1	3	6
Umbrella bodies for small charities	5	3	1	1	—
Voluntary organisations	3	—	—	—	—
Social enterprises	—	—	—	—	—
Professional bodies	—	4	—	—	—
Academics	—	—	—	—	—
Total	53	65	6	13	15