Donating to Headway Oxfordshire
Please make a donation to Headway Oxfordshire and help us to
develop our services to those affected by brain injury, and to
their families and carers:
- £10 could help
provide initial vital information for someone who has acquired a
brain injury and for their family and/or carer
- £25 could provide
arts and crafts materials for 1 month
- £50 could
provide a therapy session for 1 day for 5 people
- £100 could help provide a
neuro-gym for 10 people for a week
- £500 could help provide
initial support to families of people effected by Traumatic Brain
Injury through liaison with the local hospitals
- £750 could
help run Headway Oxfordshire for one day
- £1,000
- could provide a Community Support
Worker for one month
Make a single donation
Visit the Headway Oxford
Charity Profile on the JustGiving website, click on the 'Make a
donation' link on the left hand side of the page and follow the
simple instructions, OR forward your cheque to the address at the
bottom of the page.
Set up a regular montly donation
Visit the Headway Oxford
Charity Profile on the JustGiving website, click on the 'Make a
donation' link on the left hand side of the page and follow the
simple instructions OR complete a Standing Order form,
together with a Gift Aid form if this is applicable, and forward
both to us at the address below. We will forward to your
bank, and action the Gift Aid form. Download a Standing Order
Form here.
JustGiving
Click here to
visit the Headway Oxfordshire JustGiving website.
JustGiving was started in early 2000 by two women, Zarine Kharas
and Anne-Marie Huby, with a simple, but big, vision. They wanted to
help break down the barriers to fundraising, and to use the
internet to allow people to raise more for the charities they care
about. With the help of some visionary investors, they
created JustGiving, the UK's first online fundraising website. They
made sure it was quick and easy to use, and 100% secure to donate
through
You can help Headway Oxfordshire through the JustGiving website.
There are three simple ways to do this:
- Make a single donation
- Set up a regular monthly donation
- Start your own JustGiving page fundraising for Headway
Oxfordshire
Donations made via the JustGiving website automatically includes
GiftAid, which in turn helps Headway Oxfordshire even
further.
Start your own JustGiving page fundraising for Headway
Oxfordshire
If you would like to raise funds for Headway Oxfordshire, please
consider setting up your own personal Fundraising page on the
JustGiving website. Visit the Headway Oxford Charity
Profile on the JustGiving website, click on the 'Make your
page' link on the left hand side of the page and follow the simple
instructions. JustGiving can also give you
valuable tips and suggestions regarding
fundraising ideas - how active or create do you want to be?
Take a look at some ideas here.
What is Gift Aid
If you pay tax in the UK, then Gift Aid is a simple way to
increase the value of your donations to Headway
Oxfordshire. Making your donation using Gift
Aid enables Headway Oxfordshire to reclaim the basic rate
tax on your gift. This means that if you donate £10 using
Gift Aid, that gift is worth £12.82 to Headway Oxfordshire.
When you donate via the JustGiving website just follow the simple
instructions. When sending a donation by post, please make
cheques payable to Headway Oxfordshire and please remember to
complete and send your Gift Aid Declaration with your donation if
you are a UK Taxpayer. Download your Gift Aid
Declaration form here.
Legacy Giving
Why leave a legacy to charity?
Leaving a gift to charity in your will is an amazing way for
your generosity to last beyond your own lifetime. If you are
considering leaving a legacy to support our work at Headway
Oxfordshire please accept our sincere thanks. It would help us
enormously to know of your intention and we have made it as simple
as possible for you to advise us - just complete the form below and
return it to us or ask your solicitor to do so. Headway Oxfordshire
would advise anyone making a new Will, or updating their existing
Will, to contact a solicitor to help you to do this properly.
Remembering Headway Oxfordshire in your
Will
If you would like to leave a legacy in your Will to Headway
Oxfordshire, it is essential that certain pieces of information are
properly included in your Will, including the full name of Headway
Oxfordshire and the registered charity number (299377). When
you remember someone in your Will, you are said to leave them a
"bequest" or a "legacy". There are different kinds of legacies
which can be left in a Will. The most common types of legacy
are:
A residuary legacy allocates a set share or percentage of your
whole estate, after payment of all your debts, funeral expenses and
any other legacies. This type of gift in your Will means that
however much your financial circumstances change, the proportion of
your estate, by share or percentage, that each beneficiary receives
will stay the same. This is the best possible way to leave a gift
to Headway Oxfordshire.
A legacy to Headway Oxfordshire of a fixed sum of money is
called a "pecuniary legacy". This is most appropriate where you
wish to leave a definite cash sum, but because of the effects of
inflation a legacy like this may lose its real value over
time.
It is possible to leave a specific item as a legacy in your
Will. This is known as a specific legacy - for example, a piece of
jewellery or a painting. Normally, you would leave this to Headway
Oxfordshire because you know that we would be able to use the item
for our work, or because we would be able to sell the item and use
the sale proceeds towards our work.
A legacy in your Will can sometimes be made subject to a special
condition. The legal term for this is a "contingent legacy". This
type of legacy usually depends upon a future event which may or may
not happen. For example, you might leave your estate to a named
relative but, if they die before you, you could leave your estate
to Headway Oxfordshire instead.
In Memoriam
It is sometimes preferred that mony is donated to a favourite
charity, rather than towards flowers for a funeral. This is a very
personal choice made by the family, but a wonderful way of helping
any charity.
Should you wish to help Headway Oxfordshire by making donations
In Memory of a loved one, we would be most grateful. These gifts
would support Headway Oxfordshire in their work of supporting
people affected by an Acquired Brain Injury throughout the county -
individuals, families and carers.
To acknowledge and recognise these special donations Headway
Oxfordshire would publish, each year in the Annual Review, a list
of those who have had In Memory donations made in their name.
How do you give donations In Memory?
Normally, relatives can use the service of the funeral director
who will look after all cash and cheques given by family and
friends in memory. It is also possible to set up an In Memory
page online at Just Giving, which allows donations online to be
made by credit/debit cards, and would further benefit the charity
through the addition of 25% Gift Aid - at no extra cost to the
donor.
Cheques can also be sent straight to Headway Oxfordshire but please
remember to tell us details of who the donation is in memory of,
and to complete and send a Gift Aid form if applicable.
All cheques should be made payable to "Headway
Oxford". Should you require any further advice or
information please contact us on 01865 326263.