What is Gift Aid and why does it matter?

Gift Aid is a simple and easy way to make your donations worth more!

When you donate items such as pre loved clothes, books, games, toys or no longer-needed furniture, we can claim an extra 25% on top of what we sell your items for when we sell them, providing you’re eligible to Gift Aid.

If you've not given consent yet, just ask a member of staff or volunteer the next time you drop off your donations and they will be able to sign you up. They will give you an orange Gift Aid card.

Pop this in your wallet and every donation you drop off, remember to show it so we can claim those extra pennies. Those extra 5 minutes whilst dropping off your donations gives us so much value.

Help us maximise your donation

If St Helena Hospice received more donations that were eligible for Gift Aid, we could help even more local people facing incurable illness and bereavement by supporting them and their families, friends and carers across North East Essex.

Every year we care for more than 4,100 local people facing incurable illness and bereavement. Last year, if all eligible donors had given consent to Gift Aid, we would have raised an extra £102,000. That amount could provide 3,400 hours of nursing care to seriously ill patients, and it doesn’t cost you a penny.

27% of funding for St Helena is from the NHS, with 73% of funds needed through donations just like yours, and by supporting us a little further if they are eligible for Gift Aid, makes a huge difference for St Helena’s future.

THANK YOU! Your orange card can make your donated goods worth an extra 25%, it really is as simple as that! Thank you for supporting St Helena Hospice with your donations. For more information about Gift Aid, and to find out whether you're eligible, visit the Government website.