A non-party campaigner takes part in joint campaigning where the following circumstances are all present:
they enter into a plan or other arrangement with one or more other non-party campaigners
all non-party campaigners involved intend to incur controlled expenditure in pursuance of that plan or arrangement
one or more of the non-party campaigners involved actually incurs controlled expenditure in pursuance of the plan or arrangement and
that plan or arrangement can reasonably be regarded as intending to achieve a common purpose.1
What is joint campaigning?
You cannot be incurring joint spending if you are not planning on spending money – for example if the work is going to be done by volunteers.
We recognise that campaigners may come together to campaign in a variety of ways, both formal and informal, and that the ways campaigners interact with other campaigners may change during the course of a campaign.
If you are thinking about starting a joint campaign and would like advice, or you are unsure whether you and another campaigner are working together as part of a joint campaign, you can email or call us for advice.