The Charity Commission
This is the second annual Charity Fraud Awareness Week, aiming to help you increase resilience against fraud.
A group of around 40 charities, regulators, professional bodies and other stakeholders are joining forces to help combat fraud targeted against charities.
The main aims of the week are to:
- raise awareness of the key risks affecting the sector
- promote and share good counter-fraud practices
- promote honesty and openness about fraud
How to get involved
We are encouraging the charity sector to get involved in Fraud Awareness Week, you can:
- attend the first national charity fraud awards event in London on Tuesday evening (24 October)
- download a supporters pack from the Fraud Advisory Panel website
- develop your own counter fraud activities aimed at staff and volunteers, members and beneficiaries, donors and supporters, for example staff awareness training
- join the conversation on Twitter by promoting your own counter fraud messages or retweet ours using the hashtag #CharityFraudOut
You can find out more about getting involved on the Fraud Advisory Panel website.
Weve also updated our guidance to help you protect your charity from fraud.
e-learning resources
The partners involved in Charity Fraud Week have developed a range of e-learning resources and webinars for the week.
These will be focused on specific risk areas from 9.30 am each day on the Fraud Advisory Panel website:
| Monday 23 October | Creating a counter fraud culture |
| Tuesday 24 October | Bribery and corruption |
| Wednesday 25 October | Cyber-fraud and identity fraud |
| Thursday 26 October | Fundraising fraud |
| Friday 27 October | Insider fraud and reporting fraud |