DONATE
Online donations (+ Gift Aid): Individuals can donate to us online, using Givey. Just click on the adjacent logo to be taken directly to our donations page. Givey enables UK taxpayers to use Gift Aid to increase the value of their donation by 25%.
Cash: Please put into an envelope and give directly to a Trustee. Receipts will be issued as soon as possible after a cash donation is made. UK taxpayers may also increase their donation by 25% using Gift Aid - please print out and complete our Gift Aid form to enable this.
Cheque: Please make cheques payable to: Christmas Care. Cheques may be sent to: Treasurer - Christmas Care, c/o 8 Hadrians Close, Swindon SN3 4BE. UK taxpayers may also increase their donation by 25% using Gift Aid - please print out and complete our Gift Aid form to enable this.
Direct to our account:
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Bank: Barclays Bank, Regent Street, Swindon, SN1 1QB
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Sort code: 20-84-58
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Account number: 00884219
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Account name: Thamesdown Christians Against Homelessness Christmas Care
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Reference: Please use your name
DONATIONS OF MONEY
We are very grateful to accept donations of money at any time of year, but particularly in the run up to Christmas when the expenses of running Christmas Care start to mount.
How to donate money
As a small charity, we have always been immensely grateful for the generous donations from both individuals and local businesses.
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We can only accept donations in kind during the run up to the Christmas period.
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However we are very grateful for donations of money at any time of the year.
DONATIONS IN KIND
What can you donate?
In previous years, we have gladly accepted a wide range of donated goods. Due to continuing Covid-security issues, we had reduced needs and could not accept many items which donors have traditionally brought to us.
We appreciate the following donations:
Long shelf-life food (which must all have “Use by” dates which are after Christmas):
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Tinned food – meat & fish, beans, tomatoes & other vegetables, rice pudding, etc
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Dried food – rice, biscuits, tea, coffee, sugar, drinking chocolate, etc
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Long shelf-life packets – mince pies, Christmas puddings, jams & marmalade, cook-in & table sauces, sandwich fillers, custard
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Soft drinks & long-life fruit juices
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Festive luxuries (eg, chocolate & sweets).
We cannot accept any of the following items:
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NO clothes or shoes
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NO towels
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NO sleeping bags or other bedding
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NO books and board games