Charity Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22

Charity sector governance and partnerships

The charity is regulated by the Charity Commission and is a member of the Fundraising Regulator, the self-regulatory scheme for fundraising in the UK. The fundraising regulator are legally responsible for the code of fundraising practice which all charities have to adhere to. By being a member of the Fundraising Regulator, the board has committed its principles which are; • We are committed to high standards • We are honest and open • We are clear • We are respectful • We are fair and reasonable • We are accountable In addition, The Christie charity is one of over 250 NHS linked charities in England and Wales who are eligible to join the NHS Charities Together organisation. As a member charity we have the opportunity to benchmark our fundraising activity with our peers, discuss matters of common concern and exchange information and experiences and to participate in conferences and seminars which offer support and education for our staff and Trustees. We adhere to all regulations from the Gambling Commission and have a licence and we regularly submit all our lottery submissions.

We utilise other publications in the third sector to benchmark ourselves including Fundratios, documentation from the Institute of Fundraising and the Charity Commission. We only work with two professional fundraising third party companies who deal with our direct marketing campaigns and our lottery. We adhere to all data protection regulations outlined by the Information Commissioners Office and our data privacy policy can be found on our website.

Any third party fundraising that is carried out in aid of us by supporters that we are aware of is

registered with us, underpinned by a fundraising agreement and stewarded

appropriately to its conclusion and we ensure that all monies raised for us are donated to us.

The Christie Charitable fund adheres to the Safeguard policy ) Children, Young People and Vulnerable adults) which all staff can find on the staff intranet. The Christie charity has its own complaint policy and details on how make a complaint can be found on the charity website. We had 6 minor complaints this year and 3 datix incidents which were all resolved.

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