The PFRA has announced that it will change its name in September, so as to provide “extra clarity to the sector and wider public.”

In a statement released yesterday, the PFRA announced that as of 1 September it will be known as the Public Fundraising Association. Despite dropping the ‘Regulatory’ for its name, the organisation will still continue to us its PFRA acronym.

As an explanation for not changing the acronym, the PFRA said that it’s a “strong, widely recognised brand” name.  

According to yesterday’s statement the Public Fundraising Association will continue to carry out all of the functions that it does now.

Peter Hills-Jones, chief executive of the PFRA, said in a statement: "By dropping ‘regulatory’ from our name, our aim is to ensure there is no room for confusion about who we are, who we represent or what we do.

"During our consultation with both charities and agencies, it became increasingly clear that compliance is something our members want delivered jointly by ourselves and the IoF, with regulation overseen separately by an effective and truly independent body.

"This name change provides a step in the right direction toward some much needed clarity."