# Gift Aid declaration for cashpoint donation to Children in Need takes four months

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/04/21/gift-aid-declaration-cashpoint-donation-children-need-takes-four-months/
- Published: 2006-04-21T20:41:01+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

HSBC Bank made a welcome change to its cashpoint machines last year, enabling users
to choose to make a donation via the screen to BBC Children in Need. The bank promised
that other charities would be listed in due course.

Having made a donation via the cashpoint, it was disappointing to see that there
was absolutely no mention of Gift Aid – not on screen and not on the paper receipt.

More than four months later a Gift Aid declaration form has arrived through the 
post from HSBC Bank, asking me to tick the box and sign and return it to BBC Children
in Need.

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