RSPB let off complaint after failing to keep records
The Fundraising Standards Board (FRSB) has been forced to throw out a complaint about RSPB marketing activity due to insufficient…
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Lack of engagement costing charities £5.3bn a year
Charities might have been getting it in the neck over their fundraising practices but the sector is missing out on…
Agency behind bungled cancer campaign goes under
The charity agency which was lambasted by the Fundraising Standards Board for using a rogue database – which hundreds of…
Fundraising agency forced to close over client cuts
A dearth of fundraising activity has forced a Brighton-based charity agency to shut up shop following a 70% fall in business,…
Charities face £220m black hole from Brexit vote
As if charities haven’t got enough to worry about, leaving the European Union would cost the UK sector nearly £220m a…
ICO clears British Red Cross over illegal marketing
The British Red Cross has been cleared of any wrong-doing following an Information Commissioner’s Office inquiry into its fundraising calls,…
Public back charity opt-out service to restore trust
Some charities may not be too keen on the idea but the Fundraising Preference Service has received a big thumbs’…
Collapsed charity telemarketing agency owes £2m
Defunct charity telemarketing agency GoGen – which worked for Oxfam, Save the Children and Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity…
Grade admits new regulator lacks charity expertise
DM Commission chairman George Kidd has become the only direct marketing expert to be appointed to the board of the…
Charity marketing faces new probe after Age UK row
Charities are bracing themselves for a new marketing backlash in the wake of Age UK’s controversial £6m deal with E.On…