# UK Fundraising presents two Gift Aid courses

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/09/24/uk-fundraising-presents-two-gift-aid-courses/
- Published: 2009-09-24T10:24:45+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**UK Fundraising is running two Gift Aid training sessions starting next month, 
featuring Gift Aid expert Barry Gower of GAIN (Gift Aid Income Now).**

The first is a full day course on 2 October offering both an introduction to Gift
Aid and, in the afternoon, advice and ideas on extending Gift Aid to other areas
of fundraising not usually considered, such as raffles, auctions, membership, and
home collecting boxes.

The event takes place at RNID’s offices in central London and costs £100 + VAT for
charities and voluntary organisations.

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The second event is a half-day introduction to Gift Aid, to be held on 2 November
in London at the King’s Cross Hub and costing £90 + VAT for charities and voluntary
organisations.

It is designed especially for those people who are new to fundraising or who are
volunteers who have heard about Gift Aid but do not really know what it is about.

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Barry Gower said: “With NCVO and CAF’s Giving 2008 report yesterday confirming that
only four in ten charitable donations are made using Gift Aid, there is still a 
desperate need for charities to make a more effective effort to obtain this valuable
missed income.

“Given next year’s reduction in the period that charities can claim Gift Aid retrospectively,
now is the time to make sure your charity is doing all it can to secure this additional
income.”

You can watch part of one of Barry Gower’s courses earlier this year for UK Fundraising:

 * **[Why April 1st 2010 is no joke](https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/10/20/why-april-1st-2010-no-joke/)**(
   20 October 2009)
 * **[Know and publish your Gift Aid recovery rate, urges Gower](https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/10/29/know-and-publish-your-gift-aid-recovery-rate-urges-gower/)**(
   29 October 2009)
 * **[PDSA’s retail Gift Aid programme raises £1 million in two years](https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/11/13/pdsa039s-retail-gift-aid-programme-raises-1m-two-years/)**(
   13 November 2009)