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Supporting Duchess Of Kent House Charity You can support Duchess of Kent House Charity in several ways.
Please click on the entry above to obtain the appropriate form which you can then print. If you wish to donate by credit or debit card this can be achieved though the "justgiving" website. Simply click on the Donate Online button on the left hand side of this page and follow the instruction from there. Please send your completed form(s) to the following address: Fundraising Manager Alternatively you can hand it to a member of staff on site. Please click on the links below to find out more about any of these subjects. Sponsored Englefield Walk, Hospice Awareness Month in June, Street Collections, Finchampstead Autumn Fayre, Light Up a Life service in December, coffee mornings, Annual Golf Day at Sandford Springs, pub collection boxes and sponsored events, payroll giving (Give As You Earn), sale of merchandise, sponsorships and corporate support. Legacies and donations in memory of a loved one are also important sources of income. Each year in March / April the charity runs a water station outside the hospice in Liebenrood Road during the Reading Half Marathon, another of our annual events. Several thousand pounds is also raised by supporters who run for us at this event. See below for our Sponsorship Form. Supporters wanting to raise money for us also get sponsorship for less energetic things like: swimming, head shave, total body wax, slimming, walking alongside the Thames etc! Recently, people have been asking their friends to celebrate their significant birthdays, anniversaries or even weddings by giving donations to this charity rather than giving personal gifts. This gifts are usually Gift Aid-able, increasing their value by 25%. (HMRC will also be operating transitional provisions for Gift Aid donations made from 6 April 2008 until 5 April 2011, paying a Government supplement of 3p on every pound you give.) Churches, lodges, Lions, Rotarians and other affinity groups are also very generous as are employees of supporting companies and pupils and students of schools and colleges. Collecting Boxes A number of pubs, clubs and firms support us by having a DoKHC collecting box on their premises. If you would like one please call 0118 939 4889. (Supplied with a chain if required). Individual boxes are also available for home use. In memoriam donations are commonly given direct by cheque or cash to the Charity Office, through the staff on the ward or via funeral directors. In all cases please let us know (preferably in writing) in whose memory the donation is being given. Please also provide your name and address so that we send you a receipt and acknowledgement. Please use the individual donation form available from the link at the top of the page. Completing a simple Gift Aid Declaration form (see following for sample) enables the charity to reclaim 25p in the pound back from Inland Revenue. Donations to be eligible must relate to a donation given by an individual donor who has paid sufficient tax in the current tax year to equal or exceed the tax rebate that would thus become reclaimable to the charity. When supplying your contact details please be assured that you will not be bombarded with appeal letters and other literature. Firstly, we have better uses for our funds than expensive mail shots and secondly, we respect your privacy and will not add you to the mailing list if that is your wish. Currently we send out three newsletters a year, plus an invitation to Light Up A Life towards the end of the year. If you are giving on behalf of a company or association it will be assumed that your donation is in the public domain and might be published on this website, in our newsletter or on site notice boards. If it is your intention that no public acknowledgement be made, please advise us at the onset. Thank you. You may also like to give us donations regularly through a direct payment from your bank or building society with a standing order. These you can easily arrange by completing a Standing Order Mandate. Simply complete the mandate quoting in writing the amount you wish to give per month and your bank details and send the mandate to us. A suitable mandate is available from the link at the top of the page. If you wish to make payment from overseas, please contact us. Donations through Legacies are best arranged with your solicitor when making or amending your will. Please be sure to use the correct name of the charity also stating its Charity Commission registration number. Our details are: Duchess of Kent House Charity, Charity registration number 1085912 Wills may also be made using pre-printed forms available from stationers. The above points still apply. GAYE is another scheme administered by the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) with benefits to both the donor and the recipient charity and brings together charities, donors and employers with one common goal - to offer people a tax-free, simple way of giving to the charity or charities of their choice. As an individual there are three ways by which you can give to your favourite charity through Give As You Earn:
Registering as an employee costs nothing and GAYE is easy to administer for any payroll. The money comes straight from the employee's gross pay each month, and donations are disbursed monthly - straight into the charity's bank account. The Government will add 10% to your donation to disburse straight to your chosen charity, CharityCard Account or Staff Charity Fund. GAYE. generally makes a deduction of between 0 and 4% from your contribution to cover the cost of administration. Some employees cover this cost for their employees. Donating an Income Tax rebate to a Charity Did you know that if you are owed any tax by HM Revenue & Customs as a result of completing you annual self assessment return you can chose to donate it to a charity. The SA100-charity leaflet from HM Revenue & Customs contains all the details and the appropriate form. Duchess of Kent House Charity Code is: UA B8 0B G. You will need this code to complete the form. CAF will accept your shares (conditions apply), which are sold to provide funds for your CharityCard Account. Thank you
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Charity registration number: 1085912 |