As an individual donor, you can give to many mission organisations and projects directly through their websites. Alternatively, you can use one of the online charity giving services below to support any organisation which is a registered charity:
- cafonline.org - CAF's online donations service: Charities only, free to set up, 5% admin charge to donor, gift aid is automatically added to each donation (if the donor indicates that they're a UK tax payer). CAF's CharityCard service: Charities only, free to set up, 4% admin charge to donor, gift aid is added to the donors CharityCard account (not the recipient charity). Can take several weeks before the donation or information about the donation is passed on to the charity.
- charitychoice.co.uk - Service offered in association with the Cooperative Bank plc. Charities only. No setup fees. There is an admin charge for credit card donations (2.35%) and debit card transactions (27.5p). Full gift aid amount (28%) added to the donation.
- charitygiving.co.uk - Service provided by The Dove Trust. Charities only, free to set up, 3% admin charge, gift aid is automatically added to the donation and passed on to the charity. Payment and notification takes just a few days. The Dove Trust can offer many other ways of giving to charity too.
- charityportal.org.uk - Information & donation website. Uses the securegiving.co.uk donation service. Charities only. No gift aid reclaim facility, free to register your charity, 6% admin charge to donor.
- securegiving.co.uk - Online charity donation service. Charities only, No gift aid reclaim facility, tiered setup costs for own branded donation web page, 6% admin charge to donor.
- smartgive.com - Charities only. Free to set up. 5% admin charge to donor. Gift aid is automatically added to each donation (if the donor indicates that they're a UK tax payer).
- paypal.co.uk - Online payment service. Anyone can receive payments or donations. No gift aid reclaim facility. Debit/credit card payments are charged at 1.9% to 3.4% + €0.35 EUR (in reality that works out at between 5-6% on small donations up to £20).
- justgiving.com - Service offering branded online donation web page. Charities only. £150 setup plus £25 monthly, 5% admin charge on gross value of the gift, gift aid is automatically added to each donation (if the donor indicates that they're a UK tax payer).
- bmycharity.com - Service offering branded online donation web page. Charities only. £150 setup, no monthly charge but 5.85% on gross, gift aid is automatically added to each donation (if the donor indicates that they're a UK tax payer).
If you run an organisation or project and want to receive gifts online, these services can also allow you to set up a simple, cost-effective way for supporters to give to your cause online:
- www.cafonline.org (registered charities only)
- www.charitychoice.co.uk (registered charities only)
- www.charitygiving.co.uk (registered charities only)
- www.paypal.co.uk
- www.smartgive.com (registered charities only)
- For others, see www.volresource.org.uk/services/inconline.htm