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Funding Community and Individual Support The Hospice has been established to serve the community and in turn the community offers it's support. This support comes from the following sources:
Payroll Giving Payroll
Giving is a flexible and hassle free scheme which allows employees,
including pensioners, paid through PAYE to give regularly and on
a tax free basis Two out of every three of us give to a charity and, giving regularly to your favourite charity, is an excellent way to help others since it provides a source of funding that can be relied upon. Providing your employer offers Payroll Giving, all you need to do is authorise your employer to deduct regular charitable donations from your pay. Your employer then pays these donations to a Payroll Giving agency, approved by the Inland Revenue, who then passes the money to Greenwich & Bexley Cottage Hospice. Payroll Giving donations are deducted before tax, so each £5 you pledge will only cost you £3.90, at the standard rate of tax or £3.00 at the higher rate. Please click here to print and complete a Payroll Giving Form. If you would like more information please contact Howard King, our Fundraising Manager, on 020-8312 2244 Individual support Individuals support us by making donations, volunteering and spreading the word. If you would like to make a donation please click here. Legacies Remembering
the Hospice in your Will is one way to ensure the support offered
whilst you are alive continues after your death. We are grateful
to all those who have remembered us in their Wills. If you would like to receive a copy of our ‘Making or changing your Will’ leaflet lease contact us on 020-8312 2244 or email appeals@gbch.org.uk Tax Efficient Giving What is it? Gift Aid allows a charity to claim from the Inland Revenue the basic rate of income tax on a donation made by a tax-paying donor. The current basic rate of income tax is 22%, this means that we can claim an extra 28.2p for every £1 you actually give, provided the donor is a UK taxpayer and completes a simple Gift Aid Declaration Form What are the benefits? Gift Aid is an extremely effective and flexible way of boosting donations, whatever their size, at no extra cost to the donor, and with minimal extra administration for the charity. A single Gift Aid declaration may now cover any number of donations made since 5th April 2000 .
Who is eligible? For a donation to qualify for Gift Aid the donor must be a UK taxpayer. They must pay enough income tax or capital gains tax to at least equal the amount of tax the charity will claim on donations made in a tax year. A tax year runs from 6 th April to the following 5th April. It does not matter at what rate the donor pays tax. It could be tax deducted from bank or building society interest or the tax credit on dividends from UK companies.
Higher rate taxpayers If a donor pays tax at the higher rate of income tax, currently 40%, they can also claim tax relief for themselves of 18% of their gross donation - the difference between the standard (22%) and higher (40%) rate of income tax. To claim the relief the donor has to enter the net donation in the Gift Aid section of their tax return. The Inland Revenue send a Self Assessment tax return to all higher rate taxpayers each year.
The Gift Aid declaration A donor must agree to make a Gift Aid donation by completing a Gift Aid Declaration Form that is approved by the Inland Revenue.
Share the Care We invite individuals, clubs and associations to ‘Share the Care’ offered by the Hospice by nominating a day of the year to support this work. It could be to remember a special occasion, an anniversary or a birthday. We ask for a minimum donation of £50 per annum (less than £1 a week.) In return the donor will receive an acknowledgment card on the day they wish to ‘Share the Care’; notification of support will be displayed in our retail shops, family room at the Hospice and an advert in the News Shopper or you may remain anonymous. To find out more information and to receive a leaflet please call 020 8312 2244 or email appeals@gbch.org.uk Visiting speakers If you belong to a group or Church where a visiting speaker would be welcomed, we would be pleased to be invited. Please either email us on appeals@gbch.org.uk or telephone us on 020-8312 2244 and the arrangements can be made.
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to a charity of their choice. Once you've filled out the initial
form, that's it – the
rest is done for you.