Give money and other items

There are lots of different ways of donating money and other gifts to the Children's Heart Federation. These include:

Payroll giving

Payroll giving enables employees to donate from their salary to Children`s Heart Federation in a tax efficient way.

Donating before you are taxed means that money that would normally go to the Inland Revenue is given to Children`s Heart Federation instead! For example, if you want to give £10, you will only need to donate £7.80 - the Inland Revenue gives Campaign the extra £2.20.

How to start up a Payroll Giving donation
Setting up a payroll giving donation is simple. All you have to do is find out if your payroll department has a Payroll Giving scheme. If so, they will set-up your donations for you. If not, you can ask them to set one up by phoning the Charities Aid Foundation on 01732 520 000.

For more information, please contact us

Giving shares

Do you have some unwanted shares from a windfall? Or perhaps you inherited a small parcel of shares that are gathering dust and are making little difference to you? You could turn these shares into something of real value by giving them to the Children`s Heart Federation, and make a difference to the lives of children affected by congenital heart disease.

What is share giving?
Giving shares to charity is not a new idea, but there is now an extra tax incentive to ensure share giving is an effective way of giving to charity. If you give shares to the Children`s Heart Federation, you can claim back full tax relief against the value of the shares.

For example, a £1,000 gift of shares will cost higher taxpayers £600 and standard rate taxpayers £720 because you can claim tax back on your giving. Giving shares to charity is also exempt from capital gains tax.

For more information about giving shares to charity, please visit HM Customs and Revenue website.

How to give shares?
You can make a gift of shares and name The Childrens Heart Federation as the charity you wish to benefit from the proceeds. Further information and advice is available at the Charities Aid Foundation or at ShareGift. Both organisations will be able to handle the gift of shares for you.

Charities Aid Foundation 
Kings Hill 
West Malling
Kent 
ME19 4TA 
01732 520000
www.cafonline.org
 
ShareGift 
46 Grosvenor
Street
London W1K 3HN
020 7337 0501
www.sharegift.org

Leaving a legacy

How can a legacy help?
Leaving a gift to the Children's Heart Federation will help us to improve the lives of children born with heart conditions. Your generosity will ensure that heart children of future generations have the information and support that they need to lead a happy life.

What would happen to your money?
At Children's Heart Federation, we are fully aware of the responsibility that is involved in receiving a legacy donation. We would be honoured to be mentioned in your Will and would make it our mission to put your money to good use. You can be certain that through supporting us, every penny would go towards our aim of improving heart children's lives.

Types of Legacy:

  • You may choose to leave whatever is left over once all your other costs have been met (Residual)
  • You may choose to leave a specific item such as a painting, or jewellery (Specific)
  • You may choose to leave a specific sum of money to a person, organisation or charity (Pecuniary)

How to leave a legacy
If you do decide to leave a gift for us in your Will then you need give the following information to your solicitor:

Our Name: Children's Heart Federation
Our Tel: 020 7422 0630
Our Address: Level One, 2-4 Great Eastern Street, London, EC2A 3NW 
Registered Charity Number: 800525

Celebratory gift

Why not use your special occasion to help raise funds for children with heart conditions, by offering your guests the chance to donate to the Children`s Heart Federation instead of buying gifts.

Whether you are celebrating a wedding, birthday, anniversary or are just having a gathering with friends, you can help to make a difference to the lives of heart children. We are happy to supply you with sample invitations, donation forms, thank you notes and balloons to help get the party started.

For more information on how to support us through celebratory gifts, please contact us or email fundraising@chfed.org.uk

Donations in memory

Remember a loved one by making a donation in their name

How to donate in memory 

  • Send a cheque and a letter detailing your name and address. Also the name of the person who it is in memory of, and the name and contact details of their next of kin
    OR
  • Phone us on 020 7422 0630

(All cheques should be made payable to Children's Heart Federation)

What happens next?
Upon receiving your donation, we will write to the next of kin, making them aware of your special gift.

For more information, please contact us on 020 7422 0630 or email fundraising@chfed.org.uk.