A charity or organisation wishing to carry out a charitable collection for money or property by making visits to people at their home or place of work, requires a house to house collection licence.

When applying for a licence, the applicant is required to provide authorisation from the charity involved.  If a licence is granted, collections for money must be made in sealed containers. 

Within one month of the date of the collection, the promoter of the collection must submit a return, to the Council, stating the amount of money or value of property collected.

N.B.  A licence is not required for sponsored events or where a collection box is left at a business premises, e.g. shop, public house, etc, for collection at a later date.

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