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Changes for the Companies Act, National
Insurance and Changes for Charities Act 2006
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Fundraising
The
Act introduces a number of measures to reform the area of
public fundraising and also to correct some anomalies and
gaps in current rules. These include:
- reforms
to Fundraising Solicitation Statements - the written agreement
between a charity and its professional fundraisers. The
Act makes two main changes to these statements:
- the
amount to be paid to the professional fundraiser will
need to be included, or if the specific amount is not
known, a reasonable estimate
- statements
will also have to be made by employees, officers and
trustees of charities who act as collectors, although
this does not extend to volunteers
- a
new system for licensing charitable collections in public.
It will apply to all collections including face-to-face
fundraising involving requests for direct debits. The system
will require the CC to consider whether charities are fit
and proper to carry out public collections and to issue
a 'public collections certificate' (PCC) valid for five
years. Charities holding a PCC will then need to contact
the relevant local authority who will ensure that there
are not too many collections taking place at the same time,
in the same place
- a
widening and clarification of the definition of 'public
place' and 'door to door' collections
- some
door to door and local short term collections will not require
a certificate or permit. However charities will have to
notify the local authority that a collection, such as carol
singing, is taking place.
Most
of this part of the Act will become effective in 2008 although
the central licensing scheme is unlikely to be effective before
2009.
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