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We offer an extremely flexible service to both companies and individuals who wish to give something back to their local community - Birmingham and the Black Country.

Its up to you how much you donate and up to you how you donate!

Outlined below are a wide variety of ways you can get involved; as you will see its not always a straight forward cash donation that we require...

...many of our corporate partnerships work with us via event hosting; producing marketing materials for us at reduced costs or sometimes even no cost - all of these ways of donating help our end cause and also help us to keep our target of 90% of the funds raised going directly back into the community - that's over 90p for every £1 donated!

...and many of our individuals increase their donation by completing a gift aid form which enables us to claim an additional 28p per £1 donated at no extra cost to them!

By supporting the Birmingham Community Foundation we can make an impact on your local community; raise the profile of your brand or product/service; encourage teamwork within your employees e.g. by arranging fundraising days etc, so why not find out more and follow the links of interest below:

• Making a Donation

• Auction / Raffle Prizes

• Charity of the Year

• Christmas Card Donation

• Endowment Fund

• Event Hosting

• Gift Aid

• Legacies

• Named / Donor Advised Funds

• Payroll Giving (Five of Hearts) and Give As You Earn (GAYE)

• Shares

• Sponsorship

• Volunteer Events

For further information on any aspect of fundraising or supporting the Birmingham Commuity Foundation please contact us via email: team@bhamfoundation.co.uk or via post / tel (please see contact us page for full cotnact details) - we look forward to hearing from you.

• Making a Donation

We welcome donations of any size which can be allocated in a variety of ways e.g. into one of our many grant-making programmes (see our How to Receive page) or you can choose to allocate the whole amount in any one particular year, place all or some of it into the to our growing endowment fund, from which interest / dividends are used to support our local community, way into the future - the gift that keeps on giving, or even commit to a 5 year pledge - whatever is best for you!

You can also now make secure online donations via the Charities Aid Foundation website

www.everyclick.com - is a new search engine where every time you search or shop online you can raise money for charity.

Simply go to www.everyclick.com and search under the charities listing for the Birmingham Foundation (Registered charity number 1048162), and select this charity. You can then make www.everyclick.com your permanent search engine, the more you use it the more money you will help generate for the Foundation - simple!

Why not help spread the word by adding a PS to the bottom of your emails, thank you

• Donating Auction/Raffle Prizes

To further increase funds raised at an event, we are always in need of auction or raffle prizes e.g. Meal for two, Overnight stay, Activity Days, vouchers, theatre tickets etc.

If you would like to help in this way then please call us to find out when our next will be, thank you.

• Naming us as your Charity of the Year

If your company organises fundraising events on a regular basis; holds employee team building events; has dress down days to raise cash for charities then why not think of the Foundation as your charity to benefit.

As you can see throughout our website we support and work with a wide variety of small disadvantaged community groups, benefiting all members of the community - so, if you hold regular employee events and raise cash for local charities, remember the Foundation is just a phone call / email away...

• Christmas Card Donations

Over the last couple of years we have received over £2000 in donations from companies who have decided not to send Corporate Christmas cards but to donate the money they would have spent on Christmas cards to the Foundation.

This is a great way to donate money to the charity of your choice...

• Event Hosting

Many companies hold corporate events, that as well as promoting their service or product also act as fundraising opportunities for a chosen charity.

Over the last few years we have been delighted to receive excellent support from:

Hyder Consulting (UK) Ltd - who have been the principle organiser for two Summer Proms (2004 and 2005), last years Autumn Prom (2006) and this years forthcoming Xmas Prom 2007;

Brindleyplace Estate Management - who organise on an annual basis a Dragon Boat Race on the canal in Brindleyplace. This normally links in with the farmers market and is a fabulous day out for the family. With a wide variety of companies competing against each other, it is great fun for all involved and each year funds raised are given to a charity and in 2005 the Birmingham Foundation were the chosen charity;

C3 Consulting - Over the last few years one of our trustees has organised a number of Ladies Nights with funds raised from the evenings going to support a variety of women and child projects;

Teamworks Karting (Birmingham) who organised our Karting Championship for 2006. And where monies raised have come directly to the Foundation meaning that we can fund a wide variety of projects!

These are all fantastic ways of your company and employees working together to raise money for charity. So, if you are organising an event why not choose the Birmingham Foundation as your charity to benefit!

• Gift Aid

• As an individual:
Using Gift Aid means that for every pound you give to the Birmingham Community Foundation, we can claim an extra 28 pence, e.g. so for every £10 you donate, we can claim £2.80 from the government, helping your donation go further at no extra cost to you..

...all you need to do is complete and return a Gift Aid Declaration form when posting your cheque to the Birmingham Community Foundation (cheques are made payable to: Birmingham Community Foundation), thank you

On top of that, if you are a higher rate taxpayer you can claim further tax relief on the donation in your annual tax return.

• As a company:
Simply gross up the amount of your donation to the Birmingham Foundation, and claim a full tax rebate on that amount through your corporation tax return.

• Sponsorship

Sponsorship and partnerships are key elements in delivering an effective fundraising programme.

In order to both raise the profile of the Birmingham Community Foundation and create fundraising opportunities, we are always looking for event venues; auction prizes; items to raffle and elements of PR and marketing materials.

Please email us via: team@bhamfoundation.co.uk for a list of sponsorship items

• Volunteer Events

Are you an individual who would like to give to charity but doesn't necessarily have money readily available to donate to charity? Then have you thought about raising money through sponsorship events for the Birmingham Community Foundation?

Of if you work for an organisation who holds dress down days - why not suggest that the funds raised from this come to the Birmingham Community Foundation?

Please call us on 0121 322 5560 to discuss your ideas, thank you!