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Sending money to overseas charities
Hi there, our daughter has recently raised £220 through busking and would like it to be split equally between the Lebanese Food Bank and Biet El Baraka, two charities in Beirut who are supporting the city after their explosion. If I sent the money through my bank (Santander) they will charge me a flat rate of £25 per…
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Fundraising Event - Celebrity Autographs
Hi all, I have recently started to do some fundraising for a small non-profit I volunteer for & I would like to contact celebrities for autographs... How should I do this? Should I contact them via email or send a letter? Thanks in advance :)
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Charity - VFM
Hi,
Is there any quick way I can find out what % of donations is actually spent on charitable causes of a specific charity?
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Legacies from Isle of Man to UK charities - tax?
Does anyone know whether a legacy made in the Isle of Man and benefiting a UK-based charity attracts any tax?
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Paying to Trustee for services provided in Charity constitution.
Hello We are forming a charity and would like to pay one of trustee whenever she teach a class when other teacher are not available. She will be paid as same to the other teachers or at-least for for the travel expenses for the day. how can I add it to this model constitution ? thanks 6. Benefits and payments to charity…
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Charity shop issues
Looking for some guidance? I run two busy charity shops in an area of high deprivation, we sell items donated cheaply ideally for local people with little money. Any income goes towards running our busy local office which I also run, I along with one other I sort and price donations which there are plenty but I have little…
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Why so fxxxixg difficult
Trying to give money to a charatie, filled in everything (3 times) but stuck on "securecode" it will not accept my sc password, but if I try to set a new password (as asked) it will not accept that either. What gives?
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Donate disposable Underwear
Does anyone know who would like disposable underwear donated? Unopened packets
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Small Business Rates Relief
Martin Lewis, the Money Saving Expert has set up a £1 Million fund to help small charities during the Coronavirus Crisis. In just 1-week applications totalled £50 Million. Clearly the needs for help are overwhelming. The Government has just announced that £10K grants are to be given to any business receiving Small Business…
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Charity Bank Accoounts
I am the secretary of a small charity who currently banks with the HSBC (community account), the HSBC are less than helpful regarding most things and we are considering moving our accounts. We would like an account that provides true dual authorisation, rather than just multiple signatories and wondered if there were any…
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The Big Night IN
Should the BBC be encouraging donaters to use Gift Aid, surely this takes away from NHS funds? Hopefully it will be a good fund raising night. If you agree, please spread the word. Thanks
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Small charitable/community project - what do we need to know?
Hello all Here's hoping there's a charity boffin that can help. I am setting up a small project, and some friends will probably support me as volunteers, too. The project aims to provide adults who're isolated and living alone with activity packs to keep busy and avoid boredom—in turn, promoting their wellbeing, during…
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Time to cancel Monthly Charges for Charities
I am secretary of a small charity whose income comes mainly from coffee mornings. We bank with CAF who make a £5 / month account maintenance fee - that is now very significant when you have no income. Are you in the same position? I have asked CAF if they could cancel any fees for the rest of 2020. - I live in hope but if…
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How to Online Fundraise for Multiple Charities
Hi all, looking for some advice. I've started running an online quiz which has picked up some transactions. I should have over 50 participants next week. I am going to suggest an optional £1 entry per player which will go to charity. I would like the winning quiz team to choose a charity that will be donated to that week.…
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Charity shop rewards
Hi, I have been a big donator over many years to Oxfam. I have been using their tag my bag campaign to collect nectar points whilst making my donations. I just wondered whether any other schemes are around at all? Oxfam are stopping the nectar reward points soon, but I have a fair amount of donations I would like to make.…
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Broadband Deals for Charity
I haven’t seen this enquiry here for a few years so I am starting a new thread. Can anyone recommend the best broadband deal for a charity. It’s for my church, which is a registered charity. We have a BT line, but it was disconnected years ago, so we will have to factor reconnecting that into the overall cost as well. Any…
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Reconciliation error on Charity accounts
Hi all. i hope this post is in the correct forum. I have been treasurer for my local motorcycle club for 7 years. During this year, i wrote a cheque for £106.50, but in the cheque words wrote One hundred and six pounds only. The bank therefore paid £106. The person recieving the cheque was not worried, but this has created…
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Old DVD Players, Surround Sound System etc
Like many people I have DVD Players, Surround Sound System siting in a cupboard doing nothing i must have about 4 dvd players 2 with hard drives and various stereos. All are in very (as new condition) I would like to donate these to charity/community groups any suggestions thanks Arthur
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Online Entries For Licensed NFP Raffle
Hi, I run a local Facebook group and have offered assistance to a local not for profit organization with marketing and sales. They currently are allowed to run a monthly raffle with no more than 500 entries. 50% cash prizes and 50% used by the NFP Org. They currently run it as monthly £4 DD or annual £48 subscription paid…
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Payroll giving: is the charity worse off?
Hi, New here so apologies if this has been covered somewhere but I don't think anyone else has asked exactly this question and I'm not finding my answer on other threads. My wife and I are basic rate taxpayers and we've just switched our charitable giving from Gift Aid to Payroll Giving (PG) through her work. Let's say we…