We know you’ll have questions about Corporate Partnerships and Fundraising for Newlife. We’ve answered those we get asked the most below.
Supporting Newlife as an organisation can drive real business value. It can offer brand visibility for your company, building customer trust and loyalty. It’s also great for employee engagement, boosting team morale and collaboration around a common cause. It also offers your business the opportunity to tangibly demonstrate community impact and meet ESG targets.
Yes in the UK, limited companies do not pay Corporation Tax on charitable donations. Cash donations are typically treated as allowable business expenses, which effectively reduce your corporate tax bill.
While direct cash donations are always appreciated, we also welcome volunteer support’, in kind’ support of skills and services, and other kinds of donations such as products or prizes. Please get in touch with our team to discuss this [email protected]
Our team are here to support you with your fundraising but first, download our fundraising pack here.
You can contact us on [email protected] if you have any questions.
If your company has already raised money or Newlife, here are some ways you can pay it in:
- Online: visit our donate page and do it instantly online – be sure to email [email protected] to tell us who to send the Thank you to.
- JustGiving: if you set up a JustGiving page everything happens automatically. The money is sent to us, Gift Aid collected, job done!
- Facebook: if you set up your own Facebook Fundraising page, select us as your charity and it will automatically send the money directly to us.
- Post a cheque: If you would like to send us a cheque or CAF voucher our address is Newlife Centre, Hemlock Way, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS11 7GF. Please remember to include your details (name, address, phone number and any details about the gift).
- By phone: Contact the fundraising team on 01543 462 777 Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm.
- Cash: we’d advise against sending cash by post. If you receive cash, we’d recommend depositing it into your bank account and either donating online (link to donate page) or sending us a cheque in the post. Make sure to include a note with your name and contact details so that we can thank you!
By opting into Gift Aid, you’ll be helping us to claim 25% on top of your donation at no extra cost to you or the people who participate in your events or sponsor you. A Gift Aid declaration is simply a statement that the donor is an individual, who is a UK taxpayer and gives the charity permission to claim back the tax on the donation. Please note, you can only add Gift Aid to personal donations.
We can only claim Gift Aid on funds if we have the name, address and the amount donated by each donor.
If you are raising funds offline (cash), you must use a paper sponsorship form. Please don’t forget to send your completed sponsorship forms to us so we can claim the Gift Aid.
If you’re doing a sponsored activity, your sponsors need to:
- Tick the Gift Aid box on your sponsorship form when they sponsor you.
- Write their full name and title (minimum of initial and surname).
- Include their home address (house number/name and postcode is the minimum requirement we need to be able to claim Gift Aid).
- Avoid ditto marks. If a number of sponsors live at the same address, they must each complete the address and postcode fields.
- The name, amount, address and postcode fields must be filled out in the sponsor’s own handwriting.
- Donate individually. You cannot make joint donations, for example from Mr and Mrs XX, as the HMRC needs to know who the taxpayer is.
- To ensure that we can claim Gift Aid on your donations, please let us know that you give us your permission.