Institute takes lead on public collections reform - Charity fundraising news - News - Civil Society

Institute takes lead on public collections reform - Charity fundraising news - News - Civil Society: s part of his review of the Charities Act 2006, Lord Hodgson made a number of recommendations regarding public collections, including the abolition of National Exemption Orders – which enable some charities to run door-to-door collections without specific licences – that national guidelines or model regulations be established, and that a single group work to license collections. More broadly Hodgson said: "There should be a single standards-setter, a single investigator/adjudicator, and others involved as necessary in space allocation."

Hodgson also suggested a select committee would be set up to look at the issue, which covers everything from cash and direct debit collections, to clothing collections and prospecting.