Category: News

As SMXI’s nominated Movember moustache grower for 2016 – Mo Bro Andrea has been busy not shaving!  He has done a fabulous job and has not only grown a moustache but a full on beard.  It’s not too late to sponsor Mo Bro Andrea and his facial hair and support the Movember campaign. You can still sponsor Andrea …

Stop men dying too young. Join the movement for men’s health November is hairy mouth month, where thousands of men get involved by growing and grooming moustache for 30 days, while also raising vital funds by getting sponsorship of their hairy lip. Andrea is SMXI’s moustache grower this year, and we are expecting great things. …

HMRC has routinely been refusing to pay Gift Aid if somebody says their donation is from more than one person…. HMRC has routinely been refusing to pay Gift Aid if somebody says their donation is from more than one person e.g. from Mum and Dad. This is something definitely to watch out for and is …

The Syeda Amina Trust joined our GiftAider client list last month. The charities main focus is supporting helpless poor orphans who need someone to care for them. The Syeda Amina Trust joined our GiftAider family last month. Their main focus is supporting helpless poor orphans who need someone to care for them. The charity is …

We now offer four very different versions of GiftAider – Manual, Pro, Enterprise & Agent GiftAider™ is now available in 4 varieties Small, Pro, Enterprise and Agent.  GiftAider™ is small is for charities with no current system in place allowing manual entry, GiftAider™ Pro works alongside your current system, GiftAider™ Enterprise is if you require …

The Times newspaper has published an open letter from Information Commissioner, Christopher Graham addressing what charities can and can’t do when it comes to direct marketing. The paper carried a story suggesting an exemption for charities when it comes to marketing their organisations and contacting the public to ask for donations. Our letter states that …

Nurse-led cancer telephone support dramatically reduces anxiety for cancer patients undergoing treatment One of our GiftAider clients Tenovus Cancer Care, has found that its nurse-led telephone follow-up service, significantly reduced anxiety in patients undergoing cancer treatment. The service, which was the first of its kind in the UK, was funded by the Burdett Trust for …

This event is taking place on Tuesday, 10 March 2015 from 18:30 to 21:30.   Every few weeks they meetup to discover and learn from other people who share their passion. The meetup on March 10th they will be going deep on organisational culture in the Charity sector. If this is something you’re working on …

A new version of GiftAider will be released this month which will support the new submission format that will be needed from April 6th this year. There are also some new features …. * Printable (saveable) official IRmark receipt from HMRC (automatically shown after submission). The Donation list (schedule) for submission is still printable (saveable) but …

GiftAider celebrated its first birthday.  The software was created due to the HMRC requirement for Gift Aid claims to be submitted online.  Over the past year several clients have started using the software and save hours each month by letting GiftAider manage the whole submission process for them. If you would like to try GiftAider, …