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For posts that benefit registered charities with the aim to help support them where possible – including sponsorships, donations and more.

Working from home for a charity
I pay tax on my work pension and receive state pension. I work from home for a charity on a voluntary basis unpaid. Can I claim the £6 tax relief?
Setting up IVF Charity / Interest Free Loan Service
I have just recently had IVF as a single woman. It's very early days but I'm currently pregnant. It was obviously very expensive, just over £10,000 so far. Fortunately I'm now in a job where I am earning a lot more than I have in my life before and my parents were in a position to lend me some money. However, this and…
Raising money for Charity
Hi guys. I’m not sure if this is in the correct section of the forum. I’m taking part in the Manchester Half Marathon in October 2022, (a long way off but I am incredibly unfit) I am raising money for Multiple Sclerosis (MSsocietyUK) and in memory of my dad who sadly passed away after his brave battle in 2008 my dad was a…
Updating (postage) mailing list
I volunteer for my local Lions group and we currently utilise a mailing list to advertise our two largest events of the year, through posting out leaflets. The issue being that the mailing list has been built over 20+ years ... so we don't know whether these contact details are still up to date, or even still alive…
Donating old eye glasses
Are any of the big opticians still recycling old glasses? My local ones don’t seem to be taking donations anymore due to covid.
Money Moral Dilemma: Should I go back and pay for the mirror I broke in a charity shop?
This week's MoneySaver who wants advice asks... I accidentally knocked over a large mirror and a shop volunteer picked it up. I pointed out some damage and he said it was fine, but as I was leaving, he came over with some moulding that must have broken off the frame and said I should offer to pay, claiming the mirror was…
Bank closed our account
I am part of a small mental health charity with a turnover of less than £500 a year. We had a Treasurers Account with Nationwide, but recently they have closed it saying they no longer offer this service. We tried to move to Lloyds but they wont accept transferred accounts. I checked with the Bank of Scotland and they say…
Registered charity raising funds by card
Hi All Hope I've picked the right group for this post. I'm part of a Brass Band who are a registered charity, usually over the Christmas period we go Christmas carolling in local supermarkets with a bucket for donations of spare cash. However with the current climate and people using less cash I've been having a think…
Tax on Donations to UK Charities
Hello, My parents have recently sold a house which they were given in a will by a recently deceased neighbour and they would like to use £10k of the money from the house sale by donating to 5 UK registered charities giving £2k to each one. This is separate from the charities that were listed in the persons will which they…
ESF procurement guidance
The European Social Fund procurement guidance looks quite daunting and complicated. My employer, running various projects supporting people back to work and into education, is struggling to interpret the guidelines and feeling at risk of the ESF clawing back funding and, ultimately, this may put our organisation at risk…
Advice Regarding Best Fundraising Platform
Hello, I hope you can help with some advice. I am enquiring on raising funds to buy land in Zakinthos Greece to build an animal shelter. Can anyone recommend the best platform to use? Looking for one where donations would need to be in euros and the final amount to be paid into a Greek account? With donations made in…
Contacting Companies for Charity Raffle
Hello, First time posting here. I am arranging a Halloween charity event at the end of the month in aid of The Lily Foundation. I was wondering if any of you have any ideas of which companies would be best to contact about getting items for our Raffle. I have spoken with The Lily Foundation and got a letter to pretty much…
Could I please get permission for something?
Could someone from the forum please give me permission to post a gofundme link on here as time is of the essence to try and raise money for something very important. Thank you
Accessing charity bank accounts with unknown signatories
Hello! I'm a newly appointed Treasurer of a charity and I'm reaching the end of my tether trying to access our NatWest bank account! This particular account has been dormant for many iterations of trustees, to the point that no-one knows who the signatories are. Understandably, NatWest are unable to disclose this but they…
Supermarket charity schemes - which is best?
Has anyone applied for their charity to get money from one of the supermarkets? You know the things - you buy stuff in the store and when you pay you're given a plastic token which you use to vote for 1 of 3 local charities. Tesco and Waitrose have these and possibly some of the other big players. How easy is it to apply?…
Raising money to pay for specific course for people?
I’m looking at ways to set up some sort of small thing (don’t really know what to call it as I don’t think a charity is feasible since it consists of pretty much full time work) to raise awareness and educate people in my area about suicide prevention - mostly through raising money to pay for people to attend ASIST - a…
New Sofa Donation
Hmm between my Husband and I we have made a bit of a boo boo in ordering a sofa, and got our measurements all wrong and it's way too big for our living room!! We will try to amend or cancel our donation, but not holding out much hope. I have decided, rather than let the company keep the sofa and our money I would like to…
Purchasing tablets - 20 no.
Hi we are a local charity we have received a grant to purchase 20 no tablets.I was looking online, but trying to find email address for these large UK retailers is quite impossible.It seems nobody wants to sell in 'bulk'Anyone any suggestions as to where to purchase.
PayPal Favourite Charity
https://freegle.in/VoteForFreegle Sign in to PayPal, and it’ll set Freegle as your favourite charity. That won’t cost you a penny.
Gift Aid
This question is about the eligibility of a donation for inclusion in the Gift Aid scheme. A trustee of a registered charity, i.e. a church, and another person, who is a member of the church, run a youth ministry for the church. Although the church has a bank account, subscriptions are paid into and expenses paid from a…

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