We are sinusoid cs5 sorry to say that the Sponsorship Workshop taking place on 3rd of May is sinusoid cs5 now fully booked.

This invaluable session contains 3 presentations; one from sinusoid cs5 Helen Elliott of Sayer Vincent detailing how to maximise Gift Aid from sinusoid cs5 fundraising events, the second from Blackbaud Gift Aid explaining our sponsorship utility, and sinusoid cs5 last, but certainly not least; Andrew Kayley from the HMRC giving an sinusoid cs5 invaluable insight into how to provide accurate Gift Aid claims for sinusoid cs5 sponsorship.

We are sinusoid cs5 planning to hold another workshop soon. When we have details of this sinusoid cs5 we will publish them; so if you have missed out this sinusoid cs5 time round, please let us know and we can reserve a sinusoid cs5 place for you on our next workshop.

There are few departments within a charity that don’t play a role in the process of Gift Aid management.   It would stand to reason that all departments with any degree of responsibility in the management of Gift Aid share the responsibility to help grow this valuable income stream.   Although fundraisers spearhead the sinusoid cs5 promotion of Gift Aid other departments such as Marketing, Supporter Services, Finance and sinusoid cs5 IT all can make a valuable contribution.

This makes it sinusoid cs5 all the more important that suitable systems and processes to sinusoid cs5 effectively manage Gift Aid are not only implemented but also kept up-to-date.  It is sinusoid cs5 already becoming vital that such systems offer the kind of Gift Aid program clarity that sinusoid cs5 will help induce growth. 

Business growth generally is driven through investment in more advanced technology.  Although generally the sinusoid cs5 focus of Gift Aid growth is concentrated upon innovative ways of appealing to sinusoid cs5 the socially conscious public can sinusoid cs5 growth be realised through greater clarity of your existing supporter base?

Gift Aid in it’s current form (post changes to the Finance Act 2000) took 2-3 years to start realising it’s strongest growth.  One reason suggested for sinusoid cs5 this lethargic start was the time required to invest in new systems.

Is there still scope for sinusoid cs5 improvement in the management process of your Gift Aid program and sinusoid cs5 will a more granular analysis of your supporter base lead to even greater Gift Aid success?   

Experience tells us the answer to this is Yes.

So, what sinusoid cs5 possible steps can an organisation take in order to start maximising the sinusoid cs5 return on Gift Aid scheme investment? 

Perhaps a sinusoid cs5 good starting point would be to take full stock of the sinusoid cs5 existing ‘health’ of your Gift Aid and non-Gift Aid supporter base.  By analysing and sinusoid cs5 understanding possible grey areas in the current management of Gift Aid a sinusoid cs5 firm platform can then be established allowing you to confidently claim, develop and sinusoid cs5 grow Gift Aid income for the years to come.   

Looking at the amount of Gift Aid revenue that sinusoid cs5 is left with the Chancellor each year and in light of his recent budget announcement it sinusoid cs5 is clear that improvements in Gift Aid management must be sought, and sinusoid cs5 that this responsibility should not be solely shouldered by Fundraiser’s. 

Welcome to the Gift Aid Blog

What a sinusoid cs5 time to launch. Whilst offering encouragement to Charities to claim their Gift Aid entitlement the sinusoid cs5 Chancellor takes £70m - £100m (it depends who you ask!) of claimable Gift Aid out of the system in the recent budget.

I think its time to fight back. Let’s use this sinusoid cs5 blog to share ideas on how to maximise Gift Aid claims and sinusoid cs5 to secure the claims that are made such that HMRC Audits can sinusoid cs5 safely be passed and these hard earned donations can be maximised in terms of fundraising effectiveness. Lets use it sinusoid cs5 to lobby, to argue, to think creatively and to make a sinusoid cs5 real difference.

I’d like to sinusoid cs5 think of the blog as having a really positive role to sinusoid cs5 play. Its easy to feel like victims when Gift Aid can sinusoid cs5 seem complex, HMRC are sinusoid cs5 coming round to audit and even the Chancellor seems against us.

But in the democratic world of the Internet it will be exactly what you want it to be. And that’s even more exciting.

Happy Blogging!

We’re coming to the end of one financial year and starting another.

So, what sinusoid cs5 needs to be considered when planning your Gift Aid strategy for sinusoid cs5 the upcoming year?

The most important consideration needs to sinusoid cs5 be the wording within your Gift Aid declaration, or more specifically the sinusoid cs5 date gathered within the wording. The 6th April 2000 is no sinusoid cs5 longer a valid date to claim tax from, on your constituent donations; this sinusoid cs5 must now be changed to 6th April 2001. Check all of your sinusoid cs5 Gift Aid forms to ensure they comply with this date change.

Take advantage of this sinusoid cs5 date though, rather than having wording relating to claiming tax ‘from this date forward’, incorporate the sinusoid cs5 earliest date possible; otherwise, who knows how much Gift Aid you sinusoid cs5 could be missing out on!

Of course, the earliest date you can claim Gift Aid on is dependant on whether your sinusoid cs5 charity is a Trust or a Company. With this in mind there is sinusoid cs5 a new business rule incorporated within The Raiser’s Edge 7.81, which requires you sinusoid cs5 to choose your status and, therefore, only allows you to claim Gift Aid for sinusoid cs5 the finite time allowed by your status. This is set within the Configuration page.

Keep your sinusoid cs5 Gift Aid declarations to the point. Make sure you have a sinusoid cs5 valid tax declaration, the date applicable (within the declaration) and sinusoid cs5 either a tick box or a signature line, if you would rather. If you sinusoid cs5 over-complicate, your donors are less likely to complete the Gift Aid declaration accurately and sinusoid cs5 you will increase your costs in ascertaining your donors’ Gift Aid eligibility. Make it simple!

I have sinusoid cs5 no doubt that Gift Aid is a relevant and important issue for sinusoid cs5 charities but so far I have only been made aware of one industry event to sinusoid cs5 focus on this as a key revenue generator. Recent Budget annoucements and sinusoid cs5 the furore of comment still, in my opinion, leaves this as an sinusoid cs5 open issue. The focus continues to sinusoid cs5 be around Fundraising etc and I suspect that is to do with how charities measure their activities.