CHRISTMAS APPEAL

Donation form

The Times Christmas Charity Appeal 2008 £
(All donations will be split equally between the three causes unless specified in the boxes below)

Action for Children £

Pump Aid £

Thrive £

 

 

If you pay UK income or capital gains tax, you can increase your donation by 28%. When going through the donation process tick the Gift Aid declaration which will ensure your donation is increased by 28%.

Action for Children is committed to helping the most vulnerable children and young people in the UK break through injustice, deprivation and inequality, so they can achieve their full potential.

Many of the children we support are on the edge of, in, or leaving the care system. Over 80,000 children a year spend time in care, and this can affect their whole future: children in care are more likely to have a mental health problem, to leave school with poor qualifications or to become homeless.

Action for Children believes they all children have unique potential and that they should have the support and opportunities they need to reach it. Your donation can help make this possible, by helping us to find more people to care for vulnerable children who need a loving home, and to give young people leaving care the support they need to overcome the odds stacked against them.

For every pound you donate, Barclays will match your donation up to a maximum of £50,000, so your support will have double the impact. This money won’t just help a child now, it will give them the chance of a better future.

Pump Aid is an International water and sanitation charity, working with rural communities in southern Africa to provide lasting solutions to clean water provision and safer sanitation. The long-term effects of their work ensure improved health, increased attendance of children at schools and the benefits of agricultural production.

Thrive a small national charity which uses gardening to help a wide range of disabled people which includes those with learning difficulties, dementia and who are blind and partially sighted through to those who are rehabilitating after an accident or a stroke or heart attack. Thrive researches and promotes the benefits of gardening but its main focus on teaching people techniques and the practical application of gardening so they can change their lives or overcome some of the obstacles they face.