Introduction

Lichfield District Council (“the Council”) is responsible for regulating charitable collections within Lichfield district.

Charitable collections fall into two categories:

If articles are sold for any form of personal gain or as a commercial activity, then either a street trading consent or a pedlar’s certificate will instead be required.

This policy will apply to street and house to house collections within the district.

The Charities Act 2006 contains legislation that would update the way that charitable collections are regulated, but this has never come into force.