Donations

DONATIONS TOWARDS THE COST OF A PLACEMENT IN AN INTERNATIONAL PROJECT:

These are made by volunteers or associate volunteers of Christians Abroad as contributions towards air fares, visas, accommodation etc., necessary for participation in the international project. They represent a restricted donation to Christians Abroad to support the work of the international project, enabling you to travel to the project and live in and around the project for the period that you are there. These funds are held by Christians Abroad in a personal account from which the necessary payments are made. You may at any time request a statement of account showing how much money you have donated for this purpose and how much money has been used on your behalf, and on behalf of the project, in your travel and subsistence. If we are unable to fulfil the purpose of the donation then the donation will be returned to you.

Donations that are used for the purposes described above may be GIFT AIDED to Christians Abroad. Christians Abroad uses the GIFT AID to help develop the range of projects that Christians Abroad supports. It will in future also enable Christians Abroad personnel to visit the project and its administration at least once every three years to help monitor the quality of the opportunity provided and also ensure the appropriate use of resources. At the present time, Christians Abroad largely relies upon assessments by returned volunteers or other trusted referees of projects, before accepting them as one of the group of projects supported by Christians Abroad. Christians Abroad will continue to use such referees, but feels it also important to exercise on-going quality assurance on your behalf.

DONATIONS TO THE SUPPORT COSTS OF CHRISTIANS ABROAD:

These are made by volunteers, associate volunteers and Friends of CTBI Christians Abroad to help Christians Abroad provide services to those individuals that are placed through us. Christians Abroad helps individuals with decisions and choices about an international placement. It makes the arrangements for the placement and ensures that the volunteer has had a medical check and received medical advice, is well prepared in thinking through the implications of the placement, has completed a CRB check and ensures that adequate and appropriate insurance is in place. It also ensures that appropriate air tickets are purchased with flexible return dates. During their project, some volunteers wish to extend their time overseas, either to stay working a little longer or to undertake some further adventure or a holiday. A very few may want to return early for a variety of personal reasons. Christians Abroad stays in touch with the volunteer throughout the placement, and after he or she returns to the United Kingdom. We have a lot of experience of managing international placements. Donations to our support costs help cover expenses, which mostly relate to time spent by Christians Abroad consultants.

These donations can be GIFT AIDED and the GIFT AID is set aside to provide some support to those volunteers who would not otherwise be able to afford an international placement. They also help supplement general support costs.

BY PROVIDING A DONATION YOU ARE ENABLING THIS WORK TO CONTINUE

Volunteering is a life changing experience creating value and fellowship

An international placement provides a channel for individuals to make a practical contribution to community development projects

All projects are supported by the Christian community.

Please Fill in this Form for Gift Aid

First Name

Second Name (Surname)

Address
Please include House Number/House name, Street Address, Town/City, County

Post Code

E-mail address

Gift Aid
I am a tax payer and would like Christians Abroad to reclaim tax on all donations that I have made this tax year and all my future donations. (Please note that for your donation to qualify for tax relief, the amount of income tax that will be reclaimed by charities on your behalf in this tax year must at most equal to the amount of tax that you have paid to the Inland Revenue in the same year.)

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Making Donations

The most convenient way for Christians Abroad is to make an online bank payment by BACS and to complete a Gift Aid Certificate

Payment by BACS

You can make a BACS payment if you have an online banking facility with your personal bank.

If you do have a BACS facility then this is the preferred method of payment.

Transfer the donation or payment to our Charity Aid Foundation account;

CTBI Christians Abroad
CAF Bank Ltd
SORT CODE: 405240
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 00020255
REFERENCE: YOUR SURNAME_PURPOSE

Reference example: JONES AIRFARE KENYA

Gift Aid Certificate

All donations that are gifts to Christians Abroad may be Gift Aided. Such gifts and any recovered Gift Aid will be used for

the development of the range and quality of project placements available to volunteers
the provision of some help to volunteers that cannot afford the full cost of their placement
some funding, where appropriate, in the development of projects in a volunteer's placement which can be properly costed and managed, is sustainable and will benefit the community

Please complete the Gift Aid form on the link above.

Payment/Donations by Credit/Debit Card, Standing Orders

The Charity Aid Foundation Bank provides this service for us. The CAF Bank Ltd necessarily makes a 5% administrative charge on all donations in administration of credit card and debit card payments.

Payment by Cheque

Please make out your cheque to 'CTBI Christians Abroad'

Please mark the cheque on the back with the nature of the payment or donation
e.g. DONATION - AIR FARE AND VISA - YOUR NAME
Please post your cheque first class to

Colin South
CTBI Christians Abroad
22 Ebenezer Close,
WITHAM
Essex
CM8 2HX

Thank you.