Exempt Promoters

Anyone organising collections over the whole or a substantial part of Scotland may apply to OSCR to be made an Exempt Promoter.

Exempt Promoter list - updated 31 October 2011

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

Martin Richard Field

UK Director of Fundraising

2011/3

31 Oct 2011

British Red Cross Society

Anne O'Neill

Fundraising Manager, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man

2010/5

15 Nov 2010

Cancer Research UK

Richard Charles Taylor

Executive Director of Fundraising and Supporter Marketing

2007/6

8 Nov 2007

Christian Aid

Rev Kathryn Johnston Galloway

Head of Christian Aid Scotland

2010/2

24 Mar 2010

Earl Haig Fund (Scotland)

Ian Miller McGregor

Chief Executive

2009/6

1 Oct 2009

Kidney Research UK

David Berry Lumley

Outsourcing Manager

2010/4

9 Jun 2010

Little Sisters of the Poor

Sister Maureen Wright

Care Manager, St Joseph's

2008/3

12 Aug 2008

Marie Curie Cancer Care

Paul Stevenson Thompson

Head of Community Fundraising, Scotland & Northern Ireland

2011/1

16 May 2011

Pathfinder Guide Dog Programme

Ms Anne Margaret Royle

Director and Company Secretary

2008/6

14 Nov 2008

Royal Air Forces Association

Rachel Louise Huxford

Director of Fundraising

2011/2

10 Oct 2011

Royal Blind Asylum and School Edinburgh

Richard Geoffrey Hellewell

Chief Executive

2007/5

16 Oct 2007

Royal National Lifeboat Institution

James Vaughan

Corporate Services Director

2012/1

20 Feb 2012

Salvation Army

Commissioner John Matear

UK Territorial Commander

2006/2

12 May 2006

Save the Children

Nicola Jane Sinclair

Regional Community Fundraiser

2010/6

20 Dec 2010

Scottish SPCA

Sharon Roberta Meiklejohn

Volunteer Co-ordinator

2004/10

21 Dec 2004