Approved collections and fundraising

This list includes:

• House to house collections (including pub to pub)
• Street collections
• Joint collections (house to house and street collection)
• Collections by National Exemption Order Holders
• Face to face fundraising (please be aware that face to face fundraising is not a regulated activity, however this activity is carried out in co-operation with us). For more information, visit the Public Fundraising Regulatory Association (external link).

Permit/licence exemptions

A number of charitable organisations do not require a permit/licence because they hold a National Exemption Order (external link) issued by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport for collections either carried out by themselves or on their behalf by a commercial fundraising company.

In order to give the town centres and their visitors a break, one week out of six will usually be left free and no collectors/fundraisers will be allowed in Wigan or Leigh town centres during that period (street collections only). We will therefore not consider applications or requests for either area during the following weeks:

2026

• 14th April to 20th April 
• 23rd June to 29th June 
• 11th August to 17th August 
• 29th September to 5th October 
• 17th November to 23rd November.

List of approved collections and fundraising

House to House Collections

Name of Charity or Fundraising Organisation	Collection Date	Area of Collection	Permit/Licence Number
World Cancer Care	1st July 2025 to 30th June 2026	Whole Borough	HHC0616
Clothes Aid Enterprises Ltd on behalf of PDSA (National Exemption Order)	1st November 2025 to 31st October 2026	Whole Borough	N/A
Leukaemia and Myeloma Research UK	2nd October 2025 to 1st September 2026	Whole Borough	HHC0617
Children with Cancer UK Charity	24th October 2025 to 23rd October 2026	Whole Borough	HHC0618
Cancer Relief UK	22nd December 2025 to 21st December 2026	Whole Borough	HHC0620
Boot Out Breast Cancer	21st February 2026 to 20th February 2027	Whole Borough
Shelter Sites	1st April to 30 April 2026	M29	N/A
Heart Research UK	13th April 2026 to 31st December 2026	Whole Borough	HHC0625
Transformation for Veterans	29th April 2026 to 31st March 2027	Whole Borough	HHC0626
World Cancer Care	1st July 2026 to 30th June 2027	Whole Borough	HHC0627

Joint Collections

Name of Charity or Fundraising Organisation	Collection Date	Area of Collection	Permit/Licence Number
There are currently no joint collections

National Exemption Orders

Name of Charity or Fundraising Organisation	Collection Date	Area of Collection	Permit/Licence Number
Clothes Aid Enterprises Ltd on behalf of Cancer Support UK	25th November 2025 to 24th November 2026	Whole Borough	N/A
Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity (GOSH Charity)	5th January 2026 to 18th December 2026	Whole Borough	N/A
One Sixty Fundraising on behalf of Cancer Research	1st April -to 30th June 2026	WN1, WN2, WN3, WN4, WN5, WN6, WN7, WN8, M29	N/A
British Heart Foundation Lottery Charity	24th April 2026 to 31st May 2026	Whole Borough	N/A
Alzheimer's Research UK Charity	27th April 2026 to 31st May 2026	Whole Borough	N/A
Shelter	1st to 31st May 2026	M29 Area	N/A
Shelter	1st June to 30th June 2026	M29 Area	N/A
Royal British Legion (Poppy Appeal)	24th October to 7th November 2026	Whole Borough	N/A
Royal British Legion (Poppy Appeal)	30th October to 13th November 2027	Whole Borough	N/A

Face to Face Fundraising

Name of Charity or Fundraising Organisation	Collection Date	Area of Collection	Permit/Licence Number
Shelter	6th May 2026	Wigan	N/A
Shelter	19th May 2026	Wigan	N/A
Shelter	3rd June 2026	Wigan	N/A

Street Collections

Name of Charity or Fundraising Organisation	Collection Date	Area of Collection	Permit/Licence Number
Wigan & Leigh Hospice	29th May 2026	Leigh - Specifically, Atherleigh Way, Ledgard Avenue, Turner Way - roads surrounding Leigh Sports Village.	SC0925
Royal Air Forces Association	19th September 2026	Leigh & Wigan Town Centres	SC0926
Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal	October 2026 to 7th November 2026	Whole Borough	SC0923