CAF to handle government’s School Charity Account initiative
Howard Lake | 18 November 2005 | News
Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) and the Home Office are to provide every secondary school in England with a £500 charity account to help promote a culture of giving in schools.
Students will be encouraged to build on the initial £500 funding by undertaking fundraising activities. They will then be able to distribute funds to recognised charitable causes.
The partnership is part of a new £9 million programme to help promote a culture of giving in England, entitled “A Generous Society”.
Other initiatives to be funded include the extension of the Giving Nation schools curriculum programme to primary schools, a partnership with the Institute of Fundraising to encourage charities to make better use of tax-efficient fundraising schemes.
HM Revenue and Customs have confirmed that they will be explaining and answering questions on these new developments at UK Fundraising’s Perfect Pitch – Gift Aid event on 29 November.
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Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.