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charidee collections are a good idea provided they are genuine and there is evidence shown at the next event the money went to charity.

If the cops think you are blagging it you could get nicked even harsher – and if the punters think you are blagging it there is the danger of seriously bad feelings and even vigilanté action 🙁

Also charity doesn’t put you above the law (although it may make cops less likely to be so harsh).

Be also aware that your own and the charitys brand images become intertwined (sorry to use this corporate-speak but this is whats going on).

If your charity is a “political” one of any kind; there is danger that its opponents will use their “involvement with anti-social activity and the drugs culture” against the charity; eg. if the charity is something like helping out British young offenders, the homeless or drug users it would just be seen by joe public as “scum using more criminal methods to fund do-gooders”

However, collecting for the local animal sanctuary, or church roof fund may go down a bit better! Harsh but thats the way middle englands mind works (assuming you are doing this charidee lark for that reason – cynical I know, but most charity donations are given by corporates with publicity in mind so its no worse IMO)

Originally posted by USE
talking of cynicism, any genuine charit event is unlikely to attract negative critacism, as long as the charity is registered and on board (some charitys distance temselves from fun to seem more worthy and serious). any media outlet criticising charity events isnt gonna do weel out of it…. [/B]

never underestimate the power of middle England and the media for stirring up hatred. I’ve seen shitloads of negative reports against charities in the media, some of which have led to volunteers needing Police protection for their own safety!

That said it can work, but you need to choose the charity very carefully for the benefit of both parties. Its no good for them if sponsoring your event makes them lose another higher value donor as a result of adverse publicity…

Originally posted by globalloon
I firt posted on this ages ago…

GL, i understand all the points you’ve made… they are very sensible, but the charity I have in mind is a very fresh, direct organisationwith links to the Brazilian F.A. and even the Brazilizn ambassador, but the charity’s director is happy for me to go ahead with this…

I’ll let you know how it pans out 😉

the darkest irony is your approach will prolly be really successful because the charity is outside the UK and the local area – curiously enough I’ve noticed the middle england types are happy to help “poor foreign children” (providing they are not from a group seeking asylum in the UK!) but go apeshit at a scheme which helped an unpopular group such as young offenders or drug users in their own local area….. despite the long term effects being positive for their own community (not that there’s anything wrong in collecting money for other countries though!)

Originally posted by Unregistered

the license was refused because they were worried about drugs??? (could it have had something to do with the proposed venue being near the drinking / clubbing area? how do they decide on whether to grant a license?)

the council officers discuss the application with Police and Fire Brigade and decide whether one should be granted or not, taking into account

1] evidence from the cops on the suitability (or otherwise) of the applicants

2] evidence from the Fire Brigade of the suitability of the venue with regard to fire safety

3] any objections received from the public (including other business owners)

sadly I’m not suprised this happened. Any licensed urban music venue is seen as a “potential drugs/crime magnet” by the Police, plus there is plenty of opportunity in the licensing process for potential commercial rivals to stick the knife in.

the venues that do survive in my area only manage to do so by kowtowing to license conditions like CCTV, bouncers separate to event promoters (so they can get away with being complete arseholes 😡 ) , cops wandering in and out as they please..

To be fair the OB and councils hate the chain pubs just as much but they pay more money for their licenses than smaller organisations (passed back to you in overpriced and watered down beer !) so the money buys them the way in

and the authorities wonder why unlicensed events happen..

sorry to drag this thread off topic BTW (not sure if its possible to split a thread?)