Permission to hold a Street Collection or House to House Collection
Street Collection
Any person who intends to collect money or sell articles for the benefit of charitable or other purposes in any street of public place requires permission for a Street Collection from North Ayrshire Council as the Licensing Authority.
A street includes any highway or public bridge, road lane, footway, square, court, alley or passage, whether a thoroughfare or not. Public place includes any area which the public have access.
Street collections are normally only allowed on Saturdays and only one collection is permitted in any one town on any one day.
House to House
The Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 requires a licence to be in place for house to house collections for charitable purposes.
House to House collections are usually only allowed on Monday – Friday and again only one collection is allowed in any one town on any one day.
Collections can only be made by an organisation and not an individual. The person responsible must be a fit and proper person.
Prior to making an application you will need to check the availability of the date/s you require with the Licensing Section (contact details are to the right of this page).
You can download an application form and guidance notes using the link below:
Public Charitable Collection Application Form and Notes (word 64.0kb)
Alternatively, an application pack can be obtained using the contact details on the right of this page.
Completed application forms should also be sent to the contact details at the right of this page.
On receipt of the completed application form it will be circulated to the Licensing Section of Strathclyde Police.It will also be advertised on the Council's website to allow for members of the public to lodge any objections or representations to the issue of the permission.
If there are no objections, the permission will be granted.
It is in the public interest that North Ayrshire Council must process your application before it can be granted.If you have not heard from the Licensing Office within a reasonable period, please contact us.You can do this using the contact details to the right of this page.
Please note that the application process may take up to4/5 weeks.
There is no fee for a public charitable collection.