If you are a UK taxpayer, using Gift Aid means your donation gets a 'top up' from the Inland Revenue increasing its value to the charity by over a quarter.
A donation of £10 can be worth £12.82 to the charity or relief agency so it's very important that if you are a UK taxpayer you tick the Gift Aid box on the form, tell the phone operator when you make your donation that you want Gift Aid to apply to your donation, or if donating on-line tick the box on the website.
In addition Gift Aid can be claimed retrospectively so if you have donated already but didn't use Gift Aid, your charity needn't lose out. You should contact your chosen charity to find out how they would wish you to provide a Gift Aid authorisation.
Anybody who has donated to the Disasters Emergency Committee for the Tsunami Earthquake Appeal and believes they may have omitted to use Gift Aid, please write requesting a Gift Aid declaration, to the following address stating your name, full postal address including postcode. Also please state how you donated (i.e. over the telephone, by post, through a newspaper etc.)
Disasters Emergency Committee
PO Box 2710
London
W1A 5AD
But please remember to ask for Gift Aid to apply at the time you donate.
