# TicketAid partners with SwiftAid to help charities get Gift Aid on donations - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2021/08/27/ticketaid-partners-with-swiftaid-to-help-charities-get-gift-aid-on-donations/ - Published: 2021-08-27T12:35:13+01:00 - Author: Melanie May **Charities using TicketAid will now receive Gift Aid on eligible donations, through a new partnership with SwiftAid.** [TicketAid](https://www.ticketaid.com/) collects unused tickets to events, sells them at face value and passes the proceeds to charity.  It launched in 2019 and so far, has raised over £178,000 for charities. The new partnership means charities will receive Gift Aid automatically with SwiftAid handling the entire Gift Aid process. A TicketAid spokesperson commented:  ## Advertisement > “We’re constantly looking for ways to maximise the impact for our users and charity > beneficiaries. Gift Aid is such an effective yet relatively underutilised way > to ensure your donation goes even further with UK taxpayers seamlessly being able > to add an additional 25% on top of their original donation, which makes such a > difference to the charities. >   > “Using technology to remove the admin involved for charities who have had to manually > submit these claims in the past, also means they can devote more time to the causes– > a win win.” Beth Michael, Co-founder/COO Swiftaid said:  > “With the UK opening up, it’s great to see initiatives like TicketAid using technology > and clever solutions to help those who need it most. Witnessing the Gift Aid network > grow with each new integration makes us feel proud to be part of something that > impacts charities in such a positive way. So far, it’s been great working with > TicketAid and we’re excited to be supporting the charity sector together.” Earlier this year, SwiftAid [partnered with Evershare](https://fundraising.co.uk/2021/03/09/swiftaid-partners-evershare-add-gift-aid-qr-code-donations/), a solution that combines QR code and opening banking for low cost fundraising. The QR codes can be used on marketing materials including posters, T-shirts, on websites and embedded into email, with Gift Aid now automated for donations. * **[A quarter of eligible donors don’t use Gift Aid when giving](https://fundraising.co.uk/2022/01/18/a-quarter-of-eligible-donors-dont-use-gift-aid-when-giving/)**( 18 January 2022) * **[Gift Aid Awareness Day returns on 6 October](https://fundraising.co.uk/2022/08/09/gift-aid-awareness-day-returns-on-6-october/)**( 9 August 2022) * **[Charities take part in Gift Aid Awareness Day](https://fundraising.co.uk/2022/10/06/charities-take-part-in-gift-aid-awareness-day/)**( 6 October 2022)