Our face-to-face fundraising
Discover all there is to know about our door-to-door, private site and street fundraising.
Face-to-face fundraising is an essential and highly effective part of our fundraising programme. It enables our fundraisers to provide people with an opportunity to learn about the work we do, as well as find us new supporters.
As a publicly-supported charity receiving no government funding, we’re very grateful to all our supporters. Your donations help us continue to provide life-changing care and forever homes for the thousands of dogs who come through our doors each year.
It’s incredibly important to us that we keep the public and our fundraisers safe. We ensure all of our fundraising representatives comply with all guidance set out by the CIOF and the Fundraising Regulator, and regularly assess fundraiser training to ensure the highest possible standards.
How to identify our face-to-face fundraisers
All our fundraisers can be identified by their photographic ID badge and Dogs Trust branded clothing. To confirm the identity of a fundraiser, you can call the phone number on their photo identification badge.
We fundraise in three main ways :
- on private sites such as events, supermarkets and shows
- street fundraising
- by going door-to-door.
We really appreciate every bit of support we receive. You can read more about our fundraising below and if you have any more queries, please email our fundraising team or call us on 020 7837 0006.
More about our face-to-face fundraising
What you’ll get when you sign up
When you sign up to our Sponsor A Dog scheme with one of our face-to-face fundraisers, they will leave you with a leaflet naming the dog you have chosen. We also aim to send email confirmation of your donation, or your subscription for lottery players, within 24 hours.
If you haven’t provided your bank details, you’ll receive a follow-up phone call from the same fundraiser requesting these, unless you’ve arranged otherwise with the fundraiser.
As an added check, to make sure you had a good experience with our fundraiser, you may also receive a ‘welcome call’ a few days later thanking you for signing up and confirming your sponsorship details, so we can check that everything’s correct.
You will then receive your welcome pack in the post with your dog’s information, or a lottery subscription confirmation, and confirmation of your first payment date.
What our fundraisers will ask for
Our fundraisers will ask for an ongoing donation paid monthly via Direct Debit to either our Sponsor A Dog scheme, or our Lucky Pups Lotto. Direct Debit is the safest way for our fundraisers to set up regular gifts, protecting you and your money by means of the Direct Debit Guarantee.
We appreciate people wanting to donate in ways other than Direct Debit. Our fundraisers are unable to have collection tins, though, as these can cost us money and time to keep secure and take to the bank safely. If you are unable to donate by Direct Debit, please feel free to contact us on 020 7837 0006 and our customer services team will be happy to help you, or donate online here.
Why we do face-to-face fundraising
We receive no government funding and rely completely on supporter donations to care for around 14,000 dogs each year. Face-to-face fundraising is one of the most cost-effective methods of bringing new supporters to our cause and is our largest source of regular income.
Without this, we could not continue our work to help stray and abandoned dogs across the UK.
Face-to-face fundraising also allows us to raise awareness of our work on a personal level. We expect the highest standards from all our representatives and are committed to ensuring all our interactions with the public are friendly, positive and professional.
If you feel you have experienced an interaction that was not up to our high standards, please email us or give us a call on 020 7837 0006.
Dogs Trust is a member of the Chartered Institute of Fundraising and the Fundraising Regulator, and adheres to their Code of Conduct. Under these guidelines, our fundraisers are allowed to carry out fundraising activities from 9am to 9pm on weekdays, and 10am to 9pm on Sundays.
What face-to-face fundraising costs Dogs Trust
We work with the fundraising organisations Charity Link, Excel Fundraising and One Sixty Fundraising, who carry out all our face-to-face fundraising. We require all of our fundraisers to be paid a living wage salary, with small incentives for performance. We do not operate on commission.
Currently, for every £1 we invest in fundraising we receive over £4 in return. The cost of all the fundraising is taken from our annual pre-allocated fundraising budget and as such, 100% of your donation is received by Dogs Trust directly, and the fundraising agency do not receive any of your donation.
Data Protection information
We take the security of our donors’ personal details extremely seriously. All the personal information you provide to our fundraisers is stored securely. We will never use your personal information without consent, and will never rent, swap or sell your data to other organisations. All our practices are compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). You can find out more by reading our privacy policy.
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