# Helen Fospero backs Barnardo’s retail Gift Aid appeal - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/07/24/helen-fospero-backs-barnardos-retail-gift-aid-appeal/ - Published: 2014-07-24T00:51:31+01:00 - Author: Howard Lake **Breakfast TV presenter Helen Fospero is promoting Barnardo’s Missing Millions Gift Aid appeal to help boost the charity’s income.** In a short video she explains the Gift Aid system, emphasising how easy it is to give using the tax-effective method, and how much more money could be raised by the children’s charity if more people made use of the opportunity. She is shown going into a [Barnardo’s](http://www.barnardos.org.uk) shop to donate some clothes, and filling in a Gift Aid declaration form. ## Advertisement She said: > “It’s a terrible waste that Barnardo’s could gain an extra £6.5 million to spend > on children’s services simply through Gift Aid. That’s £6.5 million, of tax back > money. I had no idea that signing up could make such a huge difference”. Gerard Cousins, Director of Trading, said: > “I don’t think people really understand just how simple it is to sign up to Gift > Aid and what an important difference it could make to Barnardo’s children’s services, > without costing them a penny. If all those incredibly generous people who donate > clothes and goods to Barnardo’s, simply signed  up for Gift Aid, they could help > us claim the missing tax millions and give tens of thousands of vulnerable children > the help and support they desperately deserve. > “I’m delighted that Helen has signed up to our appeal and hope that she will encourage > many more people to take 60 seconds to join her and help Barnardo’s claim the > full possible tax income”. * **[Gift Aid income increase of 22% reports BMcAzurri](https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/02/02/gift-aid-income-increase-22-reports-bmcazurri/)**( 2 February 2015) * **[5 ways that small charities can maximise their return on Gift Aid](https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/06/16/5-ways-that-small-charities-can-maximise-their-return-on-gift-aid/)**( 16 June 2015) * **[Advanced’s Gift Aid portal has handled £500 million in donations](https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/10/06/advanceds-gift-aid-portal-has-handled-500m-in-donations/)**( 6 October 2015) ![Loading](https://fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/page-views-count/ajax-loader- 2x.gif)