Charitable Fundraising Regulation 2021

An authority holder must ensure a child participant does not participate in a fundraising appeal as follows—

on a day on which the child is required to attend school (a school day)—for more than 4 hours,

on a day other than a school day—for more than 6 hours,

on a day other than a school day if the following day is a school day—finish participating in the appeal later than 8.30 pm,

for more than 5 days per week.

The authority holder must ensure that if the child participant is participating in a fundraising appeal outdoors, the child does not—

start participating in the appeal before sunrise or 6.30 am, whichever is the later, and

finish participating in the appeal later than sunset or 6.00 pm, whichever is the earlier.

The authority holder must ensure a child participant is not permitted or required to start participating in a fundraising appeal less than 12 hours after the child has previously finished participating in an appeal or other work.