{"id":62064,"date":"2015-09-24T11:34:11","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T11:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=caa996cdce65024e9c71c759c38f26d4"},"modified":"2015-09-24T11:34:11","modified_gmt":"2015-09-24T11:34:11","slug":"news-story-eid-al-adha-safer-giving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=62064","title":{"rendered":"News story: Eid-al-Adha: safer giving"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Eid-al-Adha is a time of very generous charitable giving. People have a right to feel confident that their generosity is not abused and that their donations are being used for legitimate charitable purposes.<\/p>\n

Eid al-Adha video<\/a><\/p>\n

As part of its campaign #changethepicture the commission has produced a video for encouraging people to check before they give. It illustrates how people can help make sure their generosity makes a real difference to those in need by giving to legitimate, registered charities.<\/p>\n

Top 10 tips from the commission to make sure you give safely:<\/h3>\n
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  1. Before giving, check the charity\u2019s name and registration number against the online charity search tool: Find a charity – register of charities<\/a>\n<\/li>\n
  2. Fundraisers require a licence from the local authority (or the police in London) to collect in a public place. Check that they have this. If the collection is in a privately owned place, check that they have the owner\u2019s permission.<\/li>\n
  3. When approached by collectors, check whether they are wearing a proper ID badge and that any collection tin is sealed.<\/li>\n
  4. If in doubt, ask the collector for more information – a genuine fundraiser should be happy to answer questions and explain more about the work of the charity.<\/li>\n
  5. Genuine fundraising materials should feature the charity\u2019s name, registered name and a landline contact number. Be wary of those that list only a mobile number.<\/li>\n
  6. Make sure when you give to radio and television appeals that the process is secure. Ofcom lists the rules for radio and television charity appeals on its website: Licensing – Ofcom website<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  7. Take care when responding to emails or clicking links to a charity\u2019s website to ensure that they are genuine. Instead, search online for your chosen charity to check you have the right web address. For further guidance see: Guidance for donors – Get Safe Online<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  8. Carefully review collection bags for clothing and household goods to ascertain whether they are from a genuine charity.<\/li>\n
  9. After making these checks, if you think that a collection or appeal is not legitimate, report it to Action Fraud on 0300 123 2040 and inform the Charity Commission: Action Fraud – Police<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  10. Don\u2019t be pressurised to give to a collection immediately. If in any doubt, donate directly to charity.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Safer giving posters<\/h3>\n
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    Change the picture – City<\/a><\/h2>\n

    \n PDF<\/abbr><\/span>, 2.86MB<\/span>, 1 page<\/span>\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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    \n \"\"<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
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    Change the picture – School <\/a><\/h2>\n

    \n PDF<\/abbr><\/span>, 7.78MB<\/span>, 1 page<\/span>\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n


    \n     Change the picture City – Arabic <\/a>
    \n (PDF<\/abbr><\/span>, 2.84MB<\/span>, 1 page<\/span>)
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    \n     Change the picture School – Arabic <\/a>
    \n (PDF<\/abbr><\/span>, 7.76MB<\/span>, 1 page<\/span>)
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    \n     Change the picture City – Somali<\/a>
    \n (PDF<\/abbr><\/span>, 2.83MB<\/span>, 1 page<\/span>)
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    \n     Change the picture School – Somali<\/a>
    \n (PDF<\/abbr><\/span>, 7.75MB<\/span>, 1 page<\/span>)
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    \n     Change the picture City – Urdu<\/a>
    \n (PDF<\/abbr><\/span>, 2.92MB<\/span>, 1 page<\/span>)
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    \n     Change the picture School – Urdu<\/a>
    \n (PDF<\/abbr><\/span>, 7.84MB<\/span>, 1 page<\/span>)
    \n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Advice from the Charity Commission on how to give safely during Eid-al-Adha.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62064"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62064\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}