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Charities
Archives for December 2018
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Do you work for a charity?
I would love to get to know others who enjoy working for charities and how you got into it :) What is your position? What charity do you work for? Why did you choose them?
(UK) I'd like to do care bags for homeless , how to go about?
I'd like to actively help homeless people. I wanted to do little bags with health & self care products and maybe some socks, a giftcard for food, some food that won't go off and easy to have plus a drinking water bottle. How should I go about doing this? I can't afford to do a lot of them (on my own) But i'd love to help
Charity Shops and hand made items
A Charity shop near us has told me that they will not accept anything hand made as they are not allowed to sell them. Hand made items are sent straight to a recycling centre, which presumably pays something for them. I'm quite shocked about this policy, which I've never heard of anywhere else. It affects so many donors who…
Retail Gift Aid
If you are a HR taxpayer and regularly give items to charity, you can claim HR rate tax relief on the sale value of those items. To be legal and acceptable by HMRC,you remain the owner of the goods until sold and agree to give the proceeds of sales to the charity at the point of sale, and the charity informs you of your…
Oven Donation
Hi all I have a two-year-old induction oven that I really would like to give to someone who needs it this christmas. I know that I can ask somewhere like the BHF to collect, but as much as I love the BHF and donate clothes to them regularly, I went into an appliance version of their charity shop recently and I must say…
Credit from Just Giving
Not sure where to post this, so hoping someone here can help! Was looking online at my bank account yesterday & have received a credit payment from Just Giving. I have no idea what this is about or how to find out as I certainly wasn't expecting it. My first instinct was that it is something to with a sponsorship which the…
How much in the £????
Amazed to hear the miniscule amount that is actually given from Charitable use from each £ donated. Latest figures reveal that Age.uk give 5p most others averaging 19p. Seems the Charity aspect might need looking into. We seem to donating to keep names and management in work.
Donating to Cancer UK?
Does anyone have the banking details, for making a donation to Cancer UK?
Did anyone donate to the Foundation on 1step2be?
I would like to make a donation through 1step2be.com, but I would like to know if there is someone who has already done it? Thank you for your help.
The Big Issue trials contactless payments for magazine sellers - MSE News
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