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The latest face-to-face fundraising news:

08/04/13

Case study: How a PFRA site agreement in Plymouth helped to halve complaints

08/04/13

Opinion: ‘We need to embed fundraising into the ethos of proportionate regulation’

08/04/13

PFRA policy update – Spring 2013

08/04/13

Cambridge councillor to represent LGA on PFRA board

08/04/13

PFRA to co-host council chief execs’ dinner at LGA conference

08/04/13

Fundraising Standards Board investigates causes of doorstep F2F complaints

28/03/13

Council newsletter to launch in April

11/03/13

PFRA rules for F2F fundraisers incorporated into revised code of practice

31/01/13

Secondee from LGA will help PFRA double council agreements

07/12/12

Charities should form new ‘movement’ to champion F2F

05/12/12

Government backs self-regulation of street fundraising

28/11/12

Hope that PFRA/LGA agreement will ‘kickstart’ stalled negotiations

24/10/12

Roles of fundraising bodies follow ‘separation of powers’ model

23/10/12

Complaints about ‘chuggers’ often due to ‘guilt transference’, Lord Hodgson tells MPs

22/10/12

PFRA members offered discount to IoF’s F2F conference

19/09/12

Fundraising agreements with Cheltenham and Northampton

20/08/12

New best practice regime for street fundraisers

06/08/12

Former radio industry chief is new PFRA ceo

27/06/12

PFRA 2012 annual report available online

25/06/12

Statement from Tag Campaigns

25/06/12

PFRA statement on Tag campaigns

20/06/12

Most successful year ever for F2F fundraising

08/06/12

Fraud experts advise on giving safely in the street and on your doorstep

26/04/12

Local government bodies recommend working with PFRA to Lord Hogdson

23/04/12

Birmingham council will consider co-regulation with PFRA

18/04/12

PFRA calls for unified licensing regime for charity collections

18/04/12

1916 and all that!

04/04/12

PFRA begins search for new chief executive

30/03/12

EveryChild’s fundraising director takes to the streets

06/03/12

New agreement to regulate street fundraising in Glasgow

25/01/12

Paul Stallard takes the reins as new PFRA chair

18/01/12

Aid charities reiterate how vital F2F is

09/01/12

Clarification on fundraising in the London Borough of Islington

05/01/12

Blogger’s scribbler ‘chugger’ challenge

10/11/11

Lord Hodgson to review licensing of charitable collections

25/10/11

New identification for street team leaders

24/10/11

Mick Aldridge steps down as PFRA ceo

27/09/11

MP calls on Wolverhampton council to resume talks about site agreement

26/08/11

British Waterways: Face-to-Face Fundraising Tender

24/08/11

New rules for street fundraisers commence this week

29/07/11

IoF to stage face-to-face conference

28/07/11

Macmillan takes award for best use of face-to-face

07/07/11

PFRA to appoint first paid chair

27/06/11

F2F attrition falls to pre-recession levels

27/06/11

Doorstep donations rise 25 per cent to 560,000

09/06/11

PFRA looking for a new compliance officer

20/04/11

PFRA welcomes three new charities as members

18/04/11

PFRA denies media reports of new agreement for Edinburgh

15/04/11

Ken Burnett calls on charities to stand up for F2F

30/03/11

PFRA twitter stream now active

18/03/11

Fourth edition of retention/attrition survey now under way

17/02/11

Agreement to regulate street F2F in Manchester

12/01/11

PFRA changes way fundraising sites are allocated in London

11/01/11

Prospect fundraising to attract PFRA levy

13/12/10

PFRA ramps up political lobbying

23/11/10

Fundraisers in Sheffield and Manchester get spot checks

02/11/10

F2F fundraisers discuss international skills sharing

15/10/10

‘Chuggers’ foil raid on jewellery store

11/10/10

PFRA to expand best practice monitoring of F2F fundraising

27/09/10

PFRA statement on Manchester City Council’s proposed code of conduct for F2F fundraisers

22/09/10

Hopes that joint working with Norwich will be model for future discussions

10/09/10

Did you hear the one about…

07/09/10

Institute of Fundraising staging F2F conference

06/09/10

Team leader armband trials begin in London

27/08/10

PFRA’s response to Newsnight item on face-to-face fundraising

18/08/10

PFRA appoints new head of policy

17/08/10

Red Cross ceo tries hand at street fundraising

28/07/10

International best practice to be discussed at conference

21/07/10

PFRA to use ‘chugger’ where appropriate

16/07/10

Photos from 2010 AGM

02/07/10

‘Flashmob’ planned to support street fundraisers

24/06/10

DARS results show effect of recession not as bad as feared

18/06/10

F2F secured 625,000 new regular donations in 2009/10

17/06/10

PFRA unveils new website

09/06/10

Street fundraising complaints remain relatively constant

08/06/10

PFRA ceo Mick Aldridge voted ‘most influential person in fundraising’