Thanks to Padmadaka from The Karuna Trust for bringing this to our attention. In brief, if your Centre or group (if a registered charity) claims Gift Aid regularly (in at least 2 of the last 4 tax years), you can claim 25% on cash or contactless card payments which are donations at a religious/spiritual gathering of at least 10 people but not in exchange for some benefit (like a cup of tea). Each donation can be up to £30.
Here’s a follow-up post with more detail on some of what was previously discussed around recent changes to The Buddhist Centre Online, and introducing a few more tweaks and features…
Changes:
General design We’ve sharpened up areas of the visual design for higher contrast and reorganized and re-emphasized some of the elements (eg. removing backgrounds, moving sharing buttons). This is a work in progress and we’ve more to do, but the site should look and...