Does your organisation receive donations from individuals? 

If you do and you are not already claiming Gift Aid – or are not sure that you are claiming everything that you are entitled to – then come along to WCVA’s Gift Aid registration surgery and find out how to turn every £1 donated to your organisation into £1.25.
  Aims: To provide practical information for participants so that they are able to understand the benefits of income they could generate from Gift Aid and the process of registration.    Content: Gift Aid enables charities and community amateur sports club to reclaim the tax paid on donations from individuals – for every pound your organisation is given you can claim an additional 25 pence from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). By building this option into your fundraising strategy you can generate higher levels of unrestricted funding for your organisation. This session will look at the process of registering for and claiming Gift Aid in five simple steps, and it will also cover the changes to the process following on from the budget.   Learning outcomes:
By attending this session you will understand how to:
– Register with HMRC to claim Gift Aid
– Encourage your donors to complete Gift Aid declarations
– Maintain appropriate records
– Make a claim for Gift Aid
– Promote Gift Aid
– Ensure your organisation complies with relevant legislation and best practice
– Know where to go for further information, help and advice  Who are these surgeries for?
These sessions are aimed at those not already registered with HMRC to claim Gift Aid, but may also be useful to those already registered but who want to ensure that they are claiming on everything to which they are entitled.  Price: this half-day course is £10 for voluntary organisations