Personal solicitation for committed gifts on the street and house to house, more commonly called ‘Face-to-Face’ fundraising, represents an important and growing source of income to charities and other voluntary organisations.
(Face-to-Face is the commonly used term for the personal solicitation of committed gifts (direct debits and/or standing orders) on the street and house to house.)
It provides an effective, secure and tax-efficient means by which members of the public can demonstrate their committed support to a wide range of charities and other voluntary organisations.
Undertaken within the parameters of this Code of Fundraising Practice, Face-to-Face fundraising can enable charities and other voluntary organisations to communicate with existing and potential supporters in an effective and sensitive manner without causing public nuisance or disturbance.
This Code of Fundraising Practice concerns itself specifically with unsolicited personal approaches to members of the public for committed support to charities and other voluntary organisations that are undertaken as part of a structured fundraising campaign whether by house to house collection, on the street or within a place of general public access or a place of private access if permission has been given from the owner.
See Section 7.0 concerning doubts about the current law and changes that are imminent.
