Lyndsay Macadam was the project worker for the Fundraising Standards Board small charities pilot project. The Fife pilot, unique in Scotland, was a partnership between CVS Fife and VONEF which aimed to raise awareness of the Fundraising Standards Board Membership Scheme amongst the local voluntary sector in Fife.

The Fundraising Standards Board operates the self-regulatory scheme for fundraising across the UK. Their aim is to ensure the public has confidence in giving by encouraging best practice in fundraising activity and handling fundraising complaints by the public.

By joining the Fundraising Standards Board, your organisation is committing to being open and fair, honest and legal in its fundraising activity. In agreeing to adhere to high standards in fundraising, you are sending a clear message to the public in Scotland that they can give with confidence to good causes. The self-regulatory scheme will only thrive in Fife (and across Scotland and the UK) with the backing of the fundraising sector. Your support in joining the Fundraising Standards Board is therefore vital to its long-term success.

Fife groups who signed up to the scheme include CVS Fife, VONEF, Fife Society for the Blind, Fife Coaching Academy and World At Your Feet.

For more information about the Fundraising Standards Board please visit: www.frsb.org.uk.

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Lyndsay Macadam, Senior Development Officer
CVS Fife, 23-27 Randolph Street, Buckhaven, Fife KY8 1AT
T: 01592 567001 - E: lyndsay.macadam@cvsfife.org

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