Agenda item

Consideration was given to a report, presented by the Licensing Manager, concerning the following applications for the grant of promoter’s permits to carry out a house-to-house collection:-

Resolved:- (1) That, in accordance with the provisions of the House to House Collections Act 1939, the following applications be approved and a promoter’s permit be granted in respect of the organisations/charities shown for the dates listed above:-

Rotherham Lions Club

Treating Children with Cancer

Mexborough and District Lions Club

Child and Teenage Cancer and Leukaemia Foundation

(2) That, in accordance with the provisions of the House to House Collections Act 1939, the application for the Yorkshire Children’s Trust be approved and a promoter’s permit be granted on condition that the amount given to the charity is as specified on the application form (85%).

(3) That, in accordance with the provisions of the House to House Collections Act 1939, the application by Cancer Support UK for a promoter’s permit be refused on the grounds:-

·             That the total amount likely to be applied for charitable purposes as a result of the collection was inadequate in proportion to the values of the proceeds likely to be received.

·             That remuneration in relation to the total amount is likely to be, or has been, retained or received out of the proceeds of the collection.

(4) That, in accordance with the provisions of the House to House Collections Act 1939, the following applications for a promoter’s permit be refused on the grounds that the total amount likely to be applied for charitable purposes as a result of the collection was inadequate in proportion to the values of the proceeds likely to be received:-

Coping with Cancer North East

National Hereditary Breast Cancer Helpline