# Currencies Direct offers foreign exchange at cost to tsunami charities

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2005/01/10/currencies-direct-offers-foreign-exchange-cost-tsunami-charities/
- Published: 2005-01-10T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Commercial foreign exchange service Currencies Direct has announced a special not-
for-profit service to charities transferring money to projects in countries affected
by the tsunami and earthquake.
Currencies Direct has offered to carry out all foreign
exchange during January for qualifying charities at cost, as well as waiving the
usual transfer fee, regardless of the amount that is being sent. In this way, money
donated in pounds sterling can be transferred to foreign currencies to pay for relief
work and other supplies in the area without transaction fees eating into the total
amount.

In addition to their not-for-profit service for charities, Currencies Direct will
also donate £5 to the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) for every transfer made
by their customers in January 2005.

Any charity wishing to send money to the region should contact Currencies Direct
on 020 7813 0332.

## Advertisement

 [⌊Posthub advert. You create the campaign. We'll handle the postal journey. Get started at post-hub.co.uk.⌉](https://fundraising.co.uk/ads/posthub-20261007-300x250/)

 * **[Bates Wells and Braithwaite on VAT and The London Marathon](https://fundraising.co.uk/2005/02/15/bates-wells-and-braithwaite-vat-and-london-marathon/)**(
   15 February 2005)
 * **[Charities warned of new Gift Aid scam to empty their bank accounts](https://fundraising.co.uk/2005/02/24/charities-warned-new-gift-aid-scam-empty-their-bank-accounts/)**(
   24 February 2005)
 * **[Inland Revenue speaker at Fisk Brett Gift Aid seminars](https://fundraising.co.uk/2005/03/01/inland-revenue-speaker-fisk-brett-gift-aid-seminars/)**(
   1 March 2005)