The Foundation is a very flexible instrument for local charitable giving. People give for a wide range of personal reasons and the Foundation is geared to meeting whatever a donor's wishes are.

The donation can be a single payment, a legacy, or spread over several years and it can also be a Gift of Shares or Property. Whatever the donation is, it can be geared to address a particular issue, such as older people or people with a disability, for a particular geographical locality or left to the Community Foundation to utilise in addressing the priority needs it has identified in its Community Needs Survey.  The Foundation can help donors make their decisions and to set up a Named Fund to address the issues they stipulate, with whatever degree of control they wish.

All donations however have the common theme of tackling the considerable need throughout Berkshire.

Payroll Giving is another form of tax-effective giving enabling employees to donate to local charities. Read about the new initiative in Reading which is being piloted by the Foundation.

www.ract.org.uk

For more information please contact us

For further details on Named Funds click here.

Click here for more information on Professional Advisors.

Testimonials:
"The Berkshire Community Foundation enables us to focus on local charitable organisations which really need our help, as well as giving our staff the opportunity to help in the local community."
Ernst & Young

"The Community Foundation can effectively reach out and put its arms around the county on our behalf."
Bayer plc

"Our 2000 employees like to see us giving to local charities and by using the Foundation’s expertise and local knowledge we can be sure that our funds are focussed effectively in meeting local needs."
Foster Wheeler

Make a Donation
If you are a UK taxpayer, or your company pays tax, it is simple to make a tax efficient donation to help your local community.

Decide what you would like to give and then chose the tax efficient method to suit.

If you’d like to make a secure donation NOW – please go to this link on Justgiving

One of the easiest tax effective ways to donate is with a Gift Aid Declaration.

Just print off a form and send it to us with your cheque. At no cost to you, every £1 donation is worth more to Berkshire Community Foundation, which as a registered charity can reclaim the standard rate of tax.

Higher rate tax payers can also reclaim the difference between the lower and higher rate tax on their charitable donations via their tax return.

If you wish to support your local community for a number of years, you can add a Bankers Standing Order, which you can download with the Gift Aid Declaration. For more information please contact us.

You may also arrange to give through your payroll via your employer.

This can also have tax benefits for the employer if they make a contribution, as well as yourself.

You could also make a Gift of Shares or leave some property

Or include a Legacy to the Foundation to benefit your local Community

Remember it’s all about Local Giving for Local Need

Paying Too Much Tax?
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has schemes giving donors opportunities to reduce their annual personal and corporate tax bills .The provisions to encourage tax-effective giving to charity cover a range of opportunities. The benefits to charities are considerable, and there are mutual advantages which make these schemes well worth considering.

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