# Hospital charity's fundraising suspended due to fire safety ruling

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2004/05/25/hospital-charity039s-fundraising-suspended-due-fire-safety-ruling/
- Published: 2004-05-25T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The League of Friends of Warrington Hospital has had to suspend its weekly fundraising
lottery after fire safety officers ruled that the group’s display materials could
be a fire hazard.
Cheshire Fire Brigade’s safety officers found that the charity’s
standing lottery display and mobile ticket trolley could constitute a fire hazard,
so all fundraising in the foyer and corridors has been banned for the time being.

 

 

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The fire safety officers found that the table had not been the subject of a risk
assessment. A spokesman for Cheshire Fire Brigade told Manchester Online that “this
can easily be done by the hospital’s own fire safety officer, in conjunction with
the League of Friends. It may mean they have to move to a different location within
the hospital, but it should be possible to work something out.”

 

 

While the League of Friends was dismayed that the ruling, their experience shows
that charities and voluntary groups do need to ensure that their fundraising activities
comply with relevant legislation.

 

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