Once an SMA is in place it should minimise the administration for all concerned, providing just one channel for information, as licensing officers or town centre managers only have to deal with one organisation, the PFRA, instead of dealing with each individual charity and fundraising organisation separately.
With the SMA in place, PFRA will assign the designated sites according to our diary systems to ensure that only one charity fundraises at any given time.
Should PFRA members breach the terms of the SMA – for instance by straying outside the delineated areas or sending too many fundraisers – PFRA offers a single point of contact for the local authority to rectify this. We can usually ensure SMA breaches are put right within the hour.
As you can read from our testimonials and endorsement public and retailer complaints are likely to fall dramatically.
You can download a basic SMA template and examples of live SMAs we currently have with councils (Leicester, Nottingham and Leeds).