Ringing members (and friends) are warmly invited to make an annual donation to the Bell Repair Fund. This can be in cash, by cheque or (best) through a standing order on a bank or building society.
For taxpayers, the Gift Aid scheme is an extremely tax-efficient way of boosting regular donations. It is also very good for one-off donations. By making a Gift Aid declaration, the Fund (being a registered charity) benefits not only from the original gift but can obtain tax refunds from the Inland Revenue. At a standard rate of tax in 2005-2006 of 22%, each 78p of the original donation can be increased to £1 at no expense to the donor; thus £10.00 donated can be increased to £12.82, and proportionally for any other amount - or in other words, by about 28p in the pound.
For further details of the scheme, (given in confidence, if so requested) please contact the BRF Treasurer