# Association of Charity Shops welcomes draft Charities Bill repot

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2004/09/29/association-charity-shops-welcomes-draft-charities-bill-repot/
- Published: 2004-09-29T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The Association of Charity Shops (ACS) has welcomed the recommendations of the Joint
Committee on the draft Charities Bill in relation to the proposed regulation of 
the house-to-house collections of goods by charities.
In particular the Association
welcomed the recommendation that the Home Office should consider the regulatory 
burdens and resource issues in bringing forward proposals in the new legislation
and the need to ensure that the new Bill tackles the issues of ‘bogus’ collections
of goods.

The Association had emphasised the need to focus on the control of such bogus activities
rather than further regulation of the collection activities of bona fide charities.

Lekha Klouda, Executive Secretary of the ACS, said: “We welcome the recognition 
given in the draft Bill that the collections of goods house-to-house by registered
charities raise no issues of public confidence or capacity and we hope that we can
now work with the Home Office to develop proportionate and workable notification
arrangements.

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“An annual notification system such as that proposed by the Association would allow
local authorities to focus on controlling bogus collections and would enable charity
shops to continue to successfully collect donations house-to-house, raising vital
funds for charities and providing an important reuse and recycling service.”

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