The Fundraising Standards Board and the Public Fundraising Regulatory Association have signed a memorandum of understanding which outlines each organisation’s roles and responsibilities for regulating face-to-face fundraising.

The National Lottery Commission, Gambling Commission and DCMS have dismissed concerns about potential conflicts of interest arising from the proposed merger of the commissions, arguing that a merged regulator can both promote National Lottery profits and regulate gambling in general.

The number of donors signed up via street fundraising in 2012/13 fell by nearly half in what the Public Fundraising Regulatory Association has admitted is “by far the worst year” for street fundraising recruitment.

Legacy funding of £50,000 will be used to provide carers in Aberdeen and surrounding areas with crisis support, as Carers Week launches with a report that advises that carers are being “woefully let down by a lack of support”.