Exempt Promoters

Exempt Promoter list - updated 13 January 2010

Anyone organising collections over the whole or a substantial part of Scotland may apply to OSCR to be made an Exempt Promoter. The benefit of being an Exempt Promoter is that it reduces the administrative burden on the organiser (“promoter”) of having to co-ordinate with many local authorities throughout Scotland when organising a public charitable collection.

An Exempt Promoter does not require local authority permission to hold a public charitable collection. He or she must, however, give relevant local authorities three months’ notice of their intention to do so, and abide by the other requirements in the regulations. It should be noted that exemption is not of an organisation, but of the organiser. At the present time, all the exempt promoters (listed below) are employees of specific charitable organisations using their exemption for collections by that organisation.

For further information about public charitable collections and the Exempt Promoter Scheme read our Public Charitable Collections note.

Charity	Exempt Promoter	Position	Dir No	With effect from
Barnardo's	Elizabeth Mary Cox	Director of Fundraising (Operations)	2009/4	2 Mar 2009
British Red Cross Society	Gerald McLaughlin	Executive Director, Scottish Central Council Branch	2009/3	27 Feb 2009
Cancer Research UK	Richard Charles Taylor	Executive Director of Fundraising and Supporter Marketing	2007/6	8 Nov 2007
Christian Aid Scotland	Gavin Richard McLellan	National Secretary	2005/4	29 Aug 2005
Earl Haig Fund (Scotland)	Ian Miller McGregor	Chief Executive	2009/6	1 October 2009
Help the Aged	Amanda Louise Ball	Director Fundraising	2007/4	16 Oct 2007
Kidney Research UK	Maureen Mary Harbour	Call Centre Operations Manager	2005/8	4 Nov 2005
Little Sisters of the Poor	Sister Maureen Wright	Care Manager, St Joseph's	2008/3	12 Aug 2008
Marie Curie Cancer Care	David Stewart Marks	Head of Fundraising Operations	2006/4	29 Sep 2006
Pathfinder Guide Dog Programme	Ms Anne Margaret Royle	Director and Company Secretary	2008/6	14 Nov 2008
Royal Air Forces Association	Sharon Margaret Needham	Director of Wings Appeal	2008/1	30 Apr 2008
Royal Blind Asylum and School Edinburgh	Richard Geoffrey Hellewell	Chief Executive	2007/5	16 Oct 2007
Royal National Lifeboat Institution	Isla Jane Dewar	National Fundraising and Communications Manager - Scotland	2008/4	27 Oct 2008
Salvation Army	Commissioner John Matear	UK Territorial Commander	2006/2	12 May 2006
Save the Children	Ana-Maria Law	Community Fundraising Manager	2007/3	6 Jul 2007
Scottish SPCA	Sharon Roberta Meiklejohn	Volunteer Co-ordinator	2004/10	21 Dec 2004

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