How to organise a collection

Fundraising Standards Guidelines

When organising a collection it is very important to abide by the law and by fundraising codes of practice.

Be aware that the legal age for collecting money is 18 years in London, and 16 years elsewhere in the UK.
Ensure that your collecting tins or buckets are sealed with stickers. Tins ordered from the events team will be sealed and buckets will be accompanied by stickers to secure the lid.
Ensure that your collecting tins or buckets are numbered. If you are using tins or buckets provided by the events team these will be numbered for you.
Have two individuals present when the seals are broken and the money is counted.
Bank the money on the same day if at all possible. If not possible, it must be secured over night and banked the following day.
Send your collection tins, a cheque for the amount raised and the completed donation form from your fundraising pack to Central Office:

Alzheimer's Society, Devon House, 58 St Katharine's Way, London, E1W 1JX

To order collecting buckets, tins or Alzheimer's Society t-shirts, please use the materials order form from your fundraising pack, call us on 0845 306 0898 or email community@alzheimers.org.uk