This is what a lot of people think about when they think of F2F fundraising - a tabard-wearing (which is a misconception because few, if any, fundraisers wear tabards these days), clipboard-holding ‘chugger’ standing in the high street. Street F2F has been practised in the UK since the 1990s and is main donor recruitment method for many charities that use it. Charity cash collections are controlled from by an arcane piece of legislation dating from 1916 – the Police, Factories, etc (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act. However, it’s a moot legal point whether direct debit fundraising is covered by the act. PFRA takes the view that F2F does not need a collection permit.