How does the Commission deal with complaints about a charity’s campaigning or political activity?
The short answer We have fair and open procedures for evaluating and dealing with all complaints received about charities, including those about campaigns. Where complainants simply disagree with the political or campaign stance taken by a charity, we will not generally become involved. As the charity regulator, our central concern is that charities should operate at all times within their own charitable purposes. In more detail In the last five years we have upheld very few complaints against registered charities for undertaking political activity. Controversial campaigns: Campaigns are frequently controversial and we are aware that members of the public sometimes complain to us about a charity campaign simply because they disagree with the line that the charity has taken. Some people complain that the charity is engaged in political activity at all; others complain about the tone or accuracy of what the charity has said or that the charity is bringing itself into disrepute by engagin
