Fundraising in a public place

This includes public fundraising on the street, door to door collections and other similar activities. Sometimes it is called community fundraising.

• You can find, motivate and support a group of people who like talking to people they don’t know
• You want to promote the cause your organisation works for as well as fundraise, or
• Your organisation works in an area that the public are already sympathetic to.

• Safeguarding is particularly important when fundraising in public. You must keep your volunteers safe and you must make sure you don’t pressure vulnerable people.
• You must read the regulators guidance. A new version of the guidance will come into effect in November 2025.