3 October is Gift Aid Awareness Day

Melanie May | 1 October 2019 | News

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The second annual Gift Aid Awareness Day takes place on 3 October.

Organised by Charity Finance Group, Gift Aid Awareness Day’s aim is to help charities encourage more donors to Gift Aid their eligible donations. 

This year resources and activities available include:

• Special Gift Aid edition of Finance Focus, CFG’s exclusive member magazine made available to the public (download pdf)
• 2 October How to apply for Gift Aid – A step by step guide to the HMRC system
• Gift Aid podcast with NCVO and Charity Tax Group
• 3 October live webinar with HMRC and Charity Tax Group – get your Gift Aid questions answered by the experts.

Our must-watch webinar with @HMRCgovuk on Gift Aid is back ON for #giftaidawarenessday! Its a) FREE ☺️, b) at lunchtime 🥪 and c) a chance for you to get answers those burning 🔥 Gift Aid questions. Book now: https://t.co/Dkxqg58qns #tickthebox #charityfinance #charitytax pic.twitter.com/dV8FrkMAUP

— CharityFinanceGroup (@CFGtweets) September 30, 2019

There is also a free toolkit available for for charities to share from their platforms and in their retail shops to encourage their donors to #tickthebox, including posters, infographics, and suggested tweets.

#tickthebox Just 3 days to go! Gift Aid Awareness Day Thursday 3 October https://t.co/fZXYzO2Buq

— CharityFinanceGroup (@CFGtweets) September 30, 2019

• Sayer Vincent updates Gift Aid guide to help charities with recent HMRC changes (25 October 2019)
  
• Gift Aid can be claimed on payments for some cancelled events, Government says (7 April 2020)
  
• Charities encouraged to spread #TickTheBox message ahead of Gift Aid Awareness Day (6 October 2020)
  

About Melanie May
Melanie May is a journalist and copywriter specialising in writing both for and about the charity and marketing services sectors since 2001. She can be reached via thepurplepim.com.