Dec 6, 2024 | News
What is gift aid?
What is gift aid, you ask?
Gift Aid is a government scheme that allows us to reclaim the basic rate tax you pay as a UK taxpayer. In plain English – we can claim 25p of tax for every £1 you donate, all at no extra cost to you. This means that if you make a £100 donation and gift aid it, we receive £125.
There is also another type of gift aid called retail gift aid. If you make a donation of goods to one of our charity shops, and they sell (say for £20), we can claim an extra 25% on that £20, meaning we receive £25 in total.
Essentially, your donation of goods is “converted” to a cash donation, and we claim on this in exactly the same way as we would with any other cash donation.
What payments qualify for gift aid?
On the Tia Rescue website, valid gift aid-able payments include;
Essentially, any payment for which you do not receive any goods or services in return (barring low-value “token gifts” like our sponsorship certificates) is a valid gift aid-able donation.
What payments do not qualify for gift aid?
Payments which are not gift aid eligible are;
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- Payments made to enter into the Tia Rescue monthly lottery; this is classed as gambling and is therefore exempt
- Payments made for items sold on our website shop; you receive goods for these, therefore they are exempt
Raffle entries; again, this is classed as gambling
(List not exhaustive)
Do I qualify for gift aid?
To qualify for gift aid, you must;
- Be a UK tax payer
- Have paid at least as much Income Tax and/ or Capital Gains Tax as the amount
of Gift Aid to be claimed on all your donations in that tax year. This includes gift aided donations made to other charities as well, not just Tia Rescue.
How do I sign up?
When making your payment at checkout on our website, the full gift aid T&C will be provided for you to read through; if you qualify all you need to do is tick the box. Any donations made via Facebook (via PayPal Giving) are also valid for gift aid, should you be be eligible and sign up.
For retail gift aid, you will need to fill in a retail gift aid declaration form when you donate goods to one of our shops. You (and your donated goods) will be assigned a unique retail gift aid ID, and in the event your items sell, we will then be able to use this ID to match up the sale with yourself, and claim the extra 25%.
It’s that simple – so why not do it?
Dec 5, 2024 | News
We were recently donated a selection of beautiful oil-on-canvas paintings by artist Jenny Wilson, which we are selling on our website shop here. We have ten pieces currently available, a sample of which is available below. You can also see more of her work on her website.
As always, if you are thinking of purchasing any of these pieces via our shop, we would prefer you to pay via direct bank transfer so we are not charged excessive payment processing fees.
Thank you!
Dec 4, 2024 | News
Fancy treating one of our lovely dogs or horses to a gift? Perhaps a bag of carrots for the horses, or some sausage rolls for the dogs?
You can do this here.
All Tia Gifts are virtual donations, and as such are valid for gift aid; registration along with full T&C will be available at checkout.
Thank you!
Dec 3, 2024 | News
I have been talking to quite a lot of people recently who really want another dog but can’t afford the vets fees.
With the absolute horror of the amount of dogs backing up in trainers kennels I have come up with an idea.
We have 30 dogs on our site that are currently with trainers, we are rehoming them steadily away, but wouldn’t it be really, really good if we could get some of these dogs into foster homes. We do have a few people who foster, thank you. But we need more. All you need to do is provide the food, the love and we’ll sort the vets bills out.
A trainer rang me today from Essex, they have 34 dogs needing homes. It is getting very serious out there.
Please have a think and help me get some of these dogs out for their first Xmas turkey…Deb
Dec 3, 2024 | News
It’s day three of Tia’s advent calendar, and today we’re talking… stamps!
With the festive season now underway, many of you will of course be receiving plenty of cards from friends and family. Please don’t throw away the envelopes – Tia Rescue can raise funds from used stamps!
All you need to do is cut them from the envelope, making sure you leave a good border so the stamp isn’t damaged. These can then be posted to our Pickering Charity shop at;
Tia Charity Shop
1A Market Place
PICKERING
YO18 7AA
If you are local to us in Nairn, you can also drop them off at the farm.
Tia Rescue
Easter Hardmuir Farm
NAIRN
IV12 5QG
Thank you!
Nov 30, 2024 | News, Recently Rehomed
LL
I am very tired. Also, very stiff. This man seems really nice though and it is lovely and warm here, he also has two other dogs . The boy dog is besotted with me, I don’t know why, the state I’m in. Admittedly I am a bit moth eaten at the moment, but I hope my hair grows back soon. A girl has to make an effort after all. I have been missing for months, and I hear a lot of people have been looking for me. Bit of a welfare case, bit of a dust up.
Turns out I wasn’t very far away from my old trainer’s place. Little charmer gave me to his mates, didn’t he. I never knew who was going to feed me next, I’ve had so many homes. That’s another thing, food in this new place is epic.
I was one of the four girls that went missing from the kennel in Doncaster before he was banned.
From a previous news article:
Four dogs have been named as officially missing. Midas Tralee, Ballymac Puddles, Racenight Franco and Ballygur Mia. The trainer admitted that he has no idea where they are. Mia showed up this week, crouching in a driveway in Kent. She was dehydrated, scabby and starving but alive and all credit to all concerned in helping her. A lot of folks went out of their way for her. Hopefully the other three are out there somewhere. Anyone who thinks that twenty-seven is the total, is guilty of self-delusion.
Midas Tralee also turned up down South a few weeks ago and now we have Racenight Franco. Welcome to Tia Frankie.
She was picked up as a stray in Leeds. If anyone knows the whereabouts of Ballymac Puddles could you please let me know…Thanks Deb
Ps Message for the GBGB…. Great new Welfare Strategy guys…..outstanding.
