A house to house collection 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 in pubs and collections
of jumble for charity sales.
Whereas street collection permits are normally issued to cover a
period of one or two days, a house to house collection permit can
be granted for longer periods.
How do I apply for a permit?
You should return a completed charitable collection application
form to the Council’s Licensing Team. We can either post or
email the form and guidance notes to you, or else you can
download or print them off by following the links below:
Follow this link for help with downloading and opening PDF files.
No fee is payable for the permit.
What else will I need?
In addition to granting the permit we will also issue you with a
certificate for the information of HM Stationery Office. This
enables you to apply to HM Stationery Office for the required
number of badges and certificates of authority that must be
obtained before the collection takes place.
It is an offence not to have or to display these items when
carrying out a collection.
What happens afterwards?
A completed returns form showing details of the monies collected
must be returned to the Licensing Team within one
month of the collection taking place. We can either post
or email the form to you, or alternatively you can download or
print it off by following the link below.
Contact details
For more information and advice please contact:
Licensing Team,
Suffolk Coastal District Council,
Melton Hill,
Woodbridge,
Suffolk IP12 1AU.
Telephone: 01394 444802.
Fax:
01394 385100.
Email:
licensing@suffolkcoastal.gov.uk.
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