Lifeboat charity dummies may be banned from 'public' collecting

Two mannequins used to collect donations for a lifeboat charity could be taken down - because they don't have a collector's licence.

The two life-size dummies are dressed in full lifeboat uniform of life jacket and helmet and each have a bucket for people to donate cash.



Known as Sid and Alma, the pair stand outside a lifeboat station and on the seafront collecting £15,000 each a year in Sidmouth, Devon.

But the plastic pair could now face the chop after a member of the public complained that they are collecting money illegally.