Making Your Donations Go Further

Through Gift Aid, you can help us make your donations go further and it won’t cost you a penny!

How does it work?

So long as you are a UK taxpayer, Gift Aid enables you to boost the value of your donations by as much as 28p for every £1 you give to your favourite charity (effective until 5 April 2008 - from 6 April 2008, the rate is 25p for every £1). So, for example, if you decide to give £10, we will be able to claim an extra £2.80 from HM Revenue & Customs. It might not sound like a lot, but every penny really does count! What is more, if you are a higher rate taxpayer, you are entitled to claim tax relief on your donations, enabling you to reclaim as much as 23p from every £1 donated to charity.

What do you need to do?

To donate through Gift Aid, all you need to do is complete a simple declaration, by ticking the relevant box on the donation form, confirming that you are a taxpayer and that you are happy for us to claim tax relief on your donation. Just one declaration can apply to all donations that you have made to us over the past 6 years and to any forthcoming gifts you make, until you notify them otherwise. It is that simple.

Use the Gift Aid calculator to see how much more your gift is worth if you Gift Aid it.

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