You will need to get a licence from the local authority if you plan to organise a collection in a public place.
If you are organising a collection on privately owned property, e.g. a shopping centre, supermarket, train station or concert, you will need to get their approval, but you might also need a collection licence as well – so do check.
Collections in pubs, factories or offices are counted as a house-to-house collection, so you will need a permit for them.
Anyone under 16 years of age is not allowed to collect.
If you are planning to organise a collection you will need to speak to our community fundraising team so they can issue you with a letter of authority to say you are collecting for St Elizabeth Hospice and also to ensure you have our branded and sealed collection tins/buckets.
You will have to ensure that your licences are in place before we can issue your collection materials. You are not allowed to collect money in open buckets and there is a code of conduct which is regulated by the Institute of Fundraising that we ask you to follow.