Charity Investment Conference 2012
15 Oct 2012
Chief executive, Fundraising Standards Board
Prior to his appointment as chief executive at the Fundraising Standards Board (FRSB) Alistair was chief executive of the National Greyhound Racing Club, the self-regulatory arm of the greyhound racing industry, where he dealt with a large and diverse stakeholder group including government, welfare organisations and many related charities.
Before this he worked at an advisory firm and in the professional sports sector in both the commercial and regulatory areas of the industry.
Alistair graduated from Manchester University and initially went into the FMCG sector specialising in marketing and retailing. He also completed a full-time MBA at Bradford Business School in 1990.
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After 100,000 fake charity clothing collection bags bearing the charity name Cancer Relief UK were seized in Dover, the area manager for trading standards has said bogus charity collections are a "booming industry".
Nearly three-quarters of Fundraising Standards Board members have told the regulator they want tougher sanctions against charities found to be in breach of the codes of practice.
Lord Hodgson has called for evidence on fundraising self-regulation and the public collections regime as part of his review of the Charities Act 2006.
The Fundraising Standards Board website will indicate which charities have not shared their complaints data in this year’s annual fundraising complaints survey.
The Big Give is reviewing last December’s match fund challenge, which raised more than £11.5m, after unprecedented levels of demand forced the challenge to be postponed for a day.
Half a million households in England and Wales will be receiving leaflets warning on how to avoid bogus bag collections in a campaign launched today by the Fundraising Standards Board.
Thai Children's Trust's Andrew Scadding has never been a fan of the FRSB's constitution. So what made him change heart and choose to work with, instead of against, the fundraising regulator?
The Institute of Fundraising has launched a wholesale review of all codes of fundraising practice in an effort to ensure they are widely accessible and used.

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