Your donations keep us going

You can make a donation to the Parish by using one or more of the following methods listed

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Donate to the Parish

To make donations at Mass (also see additional notes). As well as Cash in the offertory collection our church in Chard is able to offer Contactless Giving. We can accept cashless donations for the Parish by debit or credit cards from all major cards. You will find our contactless handsets at the back of the church (English Martyrs Chard). Just use your contactless debit or credit card or you can insert your card into the keypad where you can authorise your donation using your card’s PIN.

You can also register for Gift-Aid and you will only have to do this the first time you donate. NB. You will need register even if you are already registered as a Gift-Aider with the parish.

To make a regular donation by Standing Order Giving If you would like to give regularly by standing order, direct to the Parish Bank Account (preferred option when making regular donations) Please contact the Parish Administrator who can send you the appropriate form to complete.

To make a One off Donations direct to the Parish Bank Account. CLIFTON DIOCESE re Parish of English Martyrs Chard Acc: 66286751; Sort Code:  52-10-03; Ref General Donation

By cheque please take or send cheques to the Parish office. Cheques should be made out to English Martyrs Chard

For any questions or further information around regular giving please contact the Parish Treasurer Email: Treasurer.chard.englishmartyrs@cliftondiocese.com

Please remember if you are a taxpayer you can gift aid any donation.

please contact our Gift Aid Coordinator by E Mail GA.chard.englishmartyrs@cliftondiocese.com

Donating through Gift Aid

We are very grateful o all Parishioners for their generous financial support to our parish. However, in common with all charities, we are facing increasing costs related mainly to energy, repairs and other day to day expenditure and we need to meet these from regular income of which the offertory is the most significant part.

Donating to the Church via Gift Aid is the best and most efficient way to increase the amount you give. Provided you have paid sufficient UK income tax or capital gains tax to meet all your gift aided donations to all charities in the year you make your donations, we can claim 25p from HMRC for every £1 you donate at no extra cost to yourself. That means your donation becomes worth £1.25 to us. Clearly, this can be scaled up so, for example, if you donate £5 the Church receives £6.25 and so on. A bonus is that, if you are a higher rate taxpayer, you can also claim back some tax yourself!

As a parish we don’t incur any costs if you give in this way and it also helps us to budget with some degree of certainty.

The simplest way to set up giving in this way is to complete a Standing Order form and a Gift Aid form which are available from Roz Hawkes, our Gift Aid Treasurer. Please contact her via email at: GA.chard.englishmartyrs@cliftondiocese.com and she will be happy to provide you with the necessary forms together with any additional information you would like. She will also try to answer any questions you may have regarding the Gift Aid Scheme. Once set up, you need to do nothing more, and we will take care of all the necessary paperwork including making the Gift Aid claim.

Giving through Gift Aid has no impact on your personal tax affairs whatsoever. The only thing that you, as the Donor, are required to do is to tell us if you no longer pay enough income tax to cover the amount we will reclaim in any tax year.

No matter how small (or large) your regular donation, Gift Aid is a great way to boost the Church’s income with no cost to anyone else.

Finally, taking into account your own financial situation and needs and when you last reviewed your donation, please could you consider increasing what you give either by way of Standing

Additional Notes

Dona – This platform has replaced PayPal

Plate Collection - Some years ago the Government introduced the Small Donations Gift Aid Scheme. This means that any cash donation of £30 and under in the plate at Mass attracts Gift Aid Tax Relief as previously stated. Each Church (Chard Crewkerne & Ilminster is allowed to utilise collections of up to £8,000 per tax year giving a maximum Gift Aid Tax Relief payment of £2,000 for each location.Donations of under £30 made using Dona ( this replace PAYPAL) will also count towards the Parish totals as mentioned above you will not be required to complete the Gift Aid Section

If you are a UK Tax payer and wish the Parish to claim Gift Aid Tax Relief you will be required to complete a Gift Aid Declaration to enable the Diocese to collect the tax relief on behalf of the Parish. This is with the exception of Dona for donations in excess of £30 if you complete the Gift Aid Section on the screen correctly this is all that is required.

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