Ways to help
200TH ANNIVERSARY APPEAL
PATRONS OF THE APPEAL:
The Right Reverend Richard Chartres, Bishop of London.
Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers,
Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales.
His Honour Judge Peter Beaumont,
Recorder of London.
Sir John Parker,
Chairman of the Court of the Bank of England.
Alderman David Lewis,
Lord Mayor of London.
The Lady Vallance, High Sheriff of London 2008-2009.
Baroness Helena Kennedy Of The Shores, QC.
Can You Help In One Of The Following Ways?
Mentoring Appeal
We are setting up a scheme to help ex-offenders re-integrate into society, giving them advice and councelling to aid them in their fight against alienation and exclusion. It will cost just over £1,000 a person for a 6 month mentoring attachment. Imagine that with that £1,000 you could help someone make real steps toward a peaceful life, a stable home, a family and a job. See our 'Mentoring' page for more information.
'200 Club'
Join our 200 Club and be a doner who will commit £200 a year to ensure one extra grant a year, at a cost to you of just £3.85 a week. If 200 donors sign up, we can raise (with gift aid) an extra £50,000 a year and help 200 more people seize the chance to try and change their lives.
into the future
The Fund is 200 years old. We want to sustain our work into the future. Applications for help and support rise relentlessly. We need to increase our capital fund to ensure we can go on helping beneficiaries and their families in bad as well as good times.
Bicentenary Benefactors
We are appealing to City institutions which already help us to double the number of grants we can give by doubling their contributions to the fund in our Bicentenery - and for new supporters among those who have not helped before.
Online Donations
You can donate any amount online using our secure PayPal payments page. Choose Online Donations from the menu on the left or click here.
Standing Order
You can set up a standing order for any amount. Please fill in our standing order form, click here and post it to us. The standing order form is in Adobe Pdf format.
Donations By Cheque
Please send your donation by cheque made payable to 'The Sheriffs' And Recorder's Fund' including your name and address to:
The Sheriffs' And Recorder's Fund
Central Criminal Courts,
Old Bailey,
London EC4M 7BS
Gift Aid
Any UK tax payer wishing to make a donation to a recognised UK charity, large or small, regular or one-off, can use Gift Aid to increase their donation.
If you give £1 in the normal way, the charity will receive precisely £1. But if you fill in a form to say you would like to Gift Aid your £1 during your donation, the charity will receive £1.28 - in other words increasing the value of your gift by 28%.
You just need to give a simple Gift Aid declaration to the charity and pay enough tax to cover the amount reclaimed. The charity then claims back the basic rate income tax you have already paid. If you are a higher rate taxpayer, you can claim a personal benefit - worth 23 pence for every £1 donated. You can either claim this as a personal benefit or choose to give it to charity.
Anyone who has paid enough income tax or capital gains tax in the current financial year to cover the amount reclaimed by the charity can use Gift Aid. So, if you give £100 you need to have paid at least £28 in income tax or capital gains tax. You need to complete a simple declaration, giving the charity your name, full address and an acknowledgement that you are aware of the requirement to have paid enough tax. This can be done by giving a simple declaration in writing, over the phone or online. If you are a higher rate taxpayer, you can reclaim 18% personal tax relief (the higher rate, 40% minus the basic rate, 22%) on your donation. This works out at 23 pence for every pound you donate. Since April 2003, higher rate taxpayers have been able to claim this in their tax return for the previous year, rather than wait until they complete the return for the year the gift was made.
To learn more about Gift Aid go to: http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/charities/gift-aid.htm
Please download our Gift Aid form here, print it out, fill it in and post it to us at the address above.