Donation and fundraising policy.
This is the working policy for the political donation and community-fundraising designs. It must be reviewed before payments are activated.
Three separate routes
Visitors may support Local People nationally, a candidate or constituency campaign, or a verified local person or cause. Political donations and community-support fundraisers must use the correct separate legal, banking, accounting, safeguarding and payment process.
Default constituency allocation
The current configurable design uses 80% for the selected constituency and 20% for Local People nationally. The exact allocation is shown before payment and recorded in the audit history.
Constituency targets and maximum
The initial configurable target is £10,000 and the maximum constituency allocation is £180,000. When the normal local share would exceed the remaining capacity, only the remaining capacity is allocated locally. The balance is added to the Local People national fund. The exact figures are shown before the donor continues.
No hidden transfer
The calculation must not silently redirect money. The donor sees the selected candidate or area, current progress, remaining capacity, actual local allocation and actual national allocation before payment.
Checks and status
Political donations remain pending until the required identity, permissibility, source, reporting and accounting checks are complete. The public register distinguishes pending, verified, accepted, refunded, reallocated and rejected records.
Public display and legal reporting
Donors choose their preferred website display. Separate legal reporting or publication duties may still apply regardless of that preference.
Community fundraisers
Each approved local-person or local-cause fundraiser states the target, minimum useful amount, fees, verification summary, closing conditions and what happens if too much or too little is raised. Where practical, the community-support entity will pay a verified supplier directly and publish the final costs and evidence.
Community surplus and refunds
The permitted use of any surplus, lower final price, failed target, unavailable item, withdrawal or cancellation must be agreed and displayed before donations are accepted. Refunds, transfers and donor consent are recorded against the original contribution.
Internal allocation and ring-fencing
Funds may be allocated to a campaign or fundraiser in Local People records. The website will not claim that funds are legally ring-fenced unless the final legal, banking and accounting structure genuinely provides that protection.
Audit and consent
The system records the consent wording and version, selected route, allocation shown, display choice, verification, checks, administrator actions, refunds, adjustments and final spending evidence.
Review before launch
The payment workflow, entities, bank accounts, donation categories, public registers, accounting, privacy notices, safeguarding, supplier payments and administrative permissions must be reviewed before any payment provider is activated.