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 Steve Coleman Article  May 2013                                                              
Dear Branch Officer
A new addition to the Gift Aid scheme has just become law. It is called GASDS – which stands for Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme – and it can result in significant extra funds for your Branch if used properly.
In Short.
Essentially, small anonymous donations will count as being made under Gift Aid as long as a few basic procedures are followed. You can use GASDS in two basic ways.
1. You can put a collecting pot in the middle of the ringing room at each Branch practice and invite members to toss coins in. Most members will happily put in a pound or two – or tip in their small change.
2. At Branch teas, if the hosts are happy to provide a free tea – as they often are – you can announce that they are generously doing that, and that they hope members will contribute generously to the collection you’re about to come round with. Your members will know that the ultimate destination of the money will be BRF grants to Branch towers.
The Procedures:
Naturally there are a few rules to follow.
1. As with all Gift Aid, the givers must get nothing back. The tea referred to above must be a genuinely free tea from the host tower. The donation they make will go to the Branch not the tower. The Branch must not pay the tower for the tea.
2. The maximum individual donation should not exceed £20. If someone wants to give more – or give with a cheque – it should be recorded under their personal declaration.
3. Each collection should be counted and recorded separately – which, of course, you’d do anyway.
4. You need to record how much of each denomination of coins and notes you received in each collection – which you’ll need to do for the banking anyway.
5. You need to bank each collection separately.
6. You need to record where each collection is taken. 

Telling Philip:
Philip will claim the Gift Aid back from HMRC for you and add it to your Branch funds. The schedule you’ll need is attached, and it’s really very simple if you complete it just after each collection. 

Please give Philip or me a ring if you’d like to talk about this. 

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