concerns about fundraising

carlos700

Can someone or more like anyone organise a fundraising event ,advertise on the leaflets that the money is going to XYZ then bank the money and not actually give that money to the cause ? Sorry i sound very vague ,but i know of a person who is organising community fundraising events and the money they are making is filling there pockets .It is one of them things that i dont know how i can prove this as such .I do know if they where asked to provide receipts they wouldnt be able to .When you have organised an event does nobody check that the money did go to the cause they said ? Who can i contact to report my concerns and without me having 100% proof is it worth reporting .

oldtoolie

Happens all the time and it is fraud. First point of call is the charity named by the fraudster. They can take it up with the police.

MrsManda

Does the charity exist?
It's definitely fraud if the person is saying he's raising money for a particular charity but the charity does not know/receive any funds.
Inform the charity that this person is organising events in their name as they can report the fraud.
It may also be worth contacting the charity commission as this may constitute a significant financial loss to the charity

Here's a link to advice on how to report charity donation fraud which I think is relevant.

carlos700

oldtoolie wrote: »

Happens all the time and it is fraud. First point of call is the charity named by the fraudster. They can take it up with the police.

They are fundraising for a family member so they dont have a charity number .I am sure i have read somewhere that you dont always have to be registered as a charity if you are raising funds for things like this .
People would just take things like this at face valve and i can see that nobody would check after the event where the money went,that it did go on the things that the organiser said it was going on but i think somebody should check up because its not fair .

Savvy_Sue

Sadly there is likely to be very little that can be done about this. You can say that you are fundraising for pretty much whatever you like: you're right it doesn't have to be for a registered charity. If it IS for a registered charity, then the charity should be told in advance, and can check afterwards that the funds were received.

So, you can try reporting it to the police yourself.

You can make sure that XYZ know these events are being organised and ask how much has been raised.

But you can't make people honest if they're not!

oldtoolie

If the fundraiser does not claim to be a charity and is open about what it is for, there is no crime.

If a family member is raising money for another family member but keeping it, it seems to me that is a matter for the family. However, there have been some well publicised cases where family members have been arrested by the police for this kind of thing.