Charity Commission updates its guidance on fundraising for charity trustees

The Charity Commission has updated its fundraising guidance to provide charity trustees with clearer, more accessible advice on their duties and responsibilities.

Charity trustees have the following legal duties:

• comply with the law
• only raise funds for your charity’s purpose, and not for any other purpose
• only use the funds you raise for the purposes for which they were raised
• manage your charity’s resources responsibly
• ensure your charity is open and accountable
• act with reasonable care and skill and in your charity’s best interests

This guidance helps trustees to apply these duties when approaching fundraising. The guidance covers topics like:

• Following the fundraising code
• Planning fundraising effectively including considering risks and costs
• Delegating fundraising and engaging with professional fundraisers
• Protecting your charity, its funds and reputation