Charity Raffle at Lincoln (1 Viewer)

Jim

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This year at Lincoln we'll be having a charity raffle. We normally donate to national charities but I thought we'd be selfish this years and choose a smaller charity close to our hearts. So 100% of the raffle ticket sales with go toward research for Myasthenia Gravis*, some of you may know that our daughter Katie suffers with this, as yet, incurable disease.

We'll be doing our best to get some great prizes for the raffle, and if you have anything that you'd like to offer as a prize that would be great. The raffle will be drawn on Sunday after the bacon roll breakfast. http://www.myaware.org/

Myasthenia gravis (my-us-THEE-nee-uh GRAVis) is characterised by weakness and rapid fatigue of any of the muscles under your voluntary control. This is caused by a breakdown in the normal communication between nerves and muscles.
There is no cure for myasthenia gravis, but treatment can help relieve signs and symptoms, such as weakness of arm or leg muscles, double vision, drooping eyelids, and difficulties with speech, chewing, swallowing and breathing.
Though Myasthenia Gravis can affect people of any age, it's more common in women younger than 40 and in men older than 60.
http://www.myaware.org/
 
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jim i believe i speak for the majority of you,r follower,s when i say i,ll always support a worthwhile course,
 

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JIM the funsters at PEMBREYi think would also like to be part of your fun raising I will ask at the rally if they do not donate in the pot with them come on WALES lol still lol ray

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Just had a message from @FJmike donating a prize to this raffle.

I would like to offer a Standard Valet( value £55.00) from www.motorhomevalet.co.uk. This would not include mileage and could be upgraded with additional cost being paid by winner. So that the prize can be used at the winners convenience can you say to be used within twelve months.

What a great prize. Thanks Mike, really appreciate it. (y)
 

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that was a lovely gesture FJMike (y)

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Jim.

I have a Brand New unused rucksack (photo attached) worth about £30 retail which you can use for the raffle if want. We are staying in the general section but hope to join you as much as possible. Will drop it over on Thursday.
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I have packed a carton with several small things which you are very welcome to!

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Great result (y)

@Jim I am intrigued if not a little confused about the Gift Aid bit of your last donation

You may recall I collected a much lesser sum at the B + B for things sold on behalf of Lesley (Steles) which was donated to Ashgate Hospice, local to us both. I went in with £52 collected and explained it was for things sold, but they said I could not gift aid it as it was not technically my money I was handing back in and the tax status was unclear

So I decided to round it up to £60 out of my own pocket to more or less cover the tax bit, Bev then appears with a few things we 'needed' from the shop, only costing a few pounds which she paid for separately, the shop manager then said, do you mind if I put your £60 down as paid for these items, then we can gift aid it o_O:)

BTW, I do hope yours is allowed of course, disappointingly confusing, I would imagine that most of us on here pay some tax, so gift aid should be allowed really, maybe the charity shop in my case were being over cautious

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I'm not sure how the gift aid works, I have told them that it is the proceeds of a charity raffle. Wether Myaware actually get the gift aid remains to be seen.
 
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I'm not sure how the gift aid works, I have told them that it is the proceeds of a charity raffle. Wether Myaware actually get the gift aid remains to be seen.

They can claim gift aid on a donation if the person making the donation pays income tax. The assumption is that the donation you make is with money you have earned and therefore paid tax on. The charity can claim the tax back on your behalf.

The Just Giving page shows the donation as being from you so as long as you've paid, or will pay, some of your hard earned to Her Majesty this year they can claim back what you've paid on the amount of the donation.

What you can't then do is put it as a charitable donation on your personal tax return and claim it back again. Well I suppose you could but HMRC would take a dim view if they found out (y)

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