CAF launches new Gift Aid Charity Voucher
Howard Lake | 7 December 2005 | News
CAF (Charities Aid Foundation) has teamed up with St Paul’s Cathedral, Westminster Abbey and York Minster to create a revolutionary new Gift Aid Charity Voucher.
The face value of each voucher includes tax already reclaimed from HM Revenue & Customs through Gift Aid. So for £100, UK taxpayers can buy a book of 20 Gift Aid Charity Vouchers worth a total of £122.40 to distribute to their favourite charities whenever they choose. The vouchers were developed initially to help churches enable their parishioners to make tax-efficient donations into the collecting plate.
As well as using the Gift Aid Charity Vouchers to donate in places of worship, they can be given to any UK registered charity, to scout groups, schools, fundraising events and sponsored walks, and to appeals such as the Disasters Emergency Committee. And unlike usual Gift Aid donations they can even be made anonymously.
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