Public consultation on tackling 'rogue' street or door-to-door fundraisers

As a follow up to this discussion on 'chugging', you might be interested to know that the regulatory body for public fundraising are launching a public consultation to find out how people want this form of fundraising regulated.

The option of 'no street fundraising beyond shaking a tin outside the Co-Op' does not seem to be on the list

This document presents three possible courses of action: a 'blacklist', an approved register, and a standardised reference procedure.

The 'blacklist' option would involve the PFRA holding a list of people who had been identified as 'rogue fundraisers'. Anyone named on the list would not be able to work as a street or door fundraiser for any PFRA provider (agency) or user (charity) member.

An approved register would take the opposite approach. It would consist of a list of all street and door fundraisers currently working for PFRA providers or user members who have passed some form of accreditation process. Only people whose names appeared on the register would be able to get a job as a street or door fundraiser with a PFRA provider or user member.

The third option of a standardised inter-agency referencing procedure would avoid the need for a central register of fundraisers. Instead, all fundraisers joining a provider or user member and all fundraisers moving between provider or user members would need to go through a standardised referencing procedure. No-one would be able to begin employment until their reference procedure had been completed.

Consultation document at the PFRA site if you want to make your feelings known