Charitable Collections

House-to-House Permit

This permit is required mainly for door- to-door charitable collections, either made with collecting tins or by returning to collect a previously posted envelope. It will also cover collections of money made on a "pub crawl" and, for example, collections of tin foods for redistribution or "jumble" for charity sales. No person under the age of 16 years can act as a collector.

As with a street collection permit, the collector must make a return to the Council within a stipulated time. Applications must be made no later than the first day of the month preceding that in which the collection will be made. No fee is payable for a permit.

Certain charities are exempt from requiring a House to House Permit if they hold an exemption issued by the Cabinet Office. If you hold one of these exemptions you are only required to inform us of where and when you will be collecting. A list of exempt charities can be found below

List of Exempt Charities

This permit is required by anyone wishing to collect money in the street from a set position for charitable purposes.

All collections of this nature must collect the money in sealed tins and inform the Council, within one month, of the amount collected, any expenses which have been deducted and signed by a Chartered or Certified Accountant. They must also have a separate list of the collectors, together with the amount collected in each tin. A prescribed notice must also be published, after the collection, in a local newspaper. No fee is payable for a permit