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We are grateful for all your donations; any amount can make a difference:

£50 pays for forty pairs of special DRT filters which helps children and adults with visual difficulties.
£500 pays for the running costs of our clinics for a day.
£5000 covers the cost of running a school study for a month.

There are many ways you can help the Dyslexia Research Trust.

By Post

Complete our Donation Form and send it with your cheque or credit card authorisation to the address below. No stamp is needed but using one will help to save us money. Please don’t forget to tick the gift aid box if your donations are covered under the gift aid scheme.

FREEPOST RLSK-LZEC-CKYS
Dyslexia Research Trust
University of Oxford
Laboratory of Physiology
Oxford OX1 3PT

01865 272116

Online by Credit or Debit Card

If you wish to donate online we can accept one off or monthly credit or debit card donations – www.justgiving.com/dyslexiart/donate. You can also use this link to set up a free online sponsorship page for any running, challenge or social events. Gift Aid, where appropriate, will be collected automatically.

Regular Giving (Standing Order and Give As You Earn)

Two of the easiest ways to give a regular donation to the Dyslexia Research Trust are

• 1. Instruct your bank to make a regular payment (Standing Order) on your behalf.

Instructing your bank to make a regular payment involves you filling in a standing order form and returning this to us to forward to your bank. It is important to return the form to us so that we can, where appropriate, have your Gift Aid permission to claim tax relief on your donation. For further information, don't hesitate to contact us. You can download a Standing Order form here.

• 2. Donate through Give as You Earn (also known as Payroll Giving), through your employer.

Give as You Earn (GAYE) is a scheme which enables employees to donate to charity straight through their salary before tax is deducted and to receive immediate tax relief. This means that if an employee gives £10 a month, it will cost only £7.80 if you pay tax at 22%, or only £6 if you pay tax at 40%.

GAYE provides us with a regular, reliable income stream and provides you with immediate tax relief. It is a simple, hassle free way to give and donors can support many charities from just one form.

Gift Aid

Gift Aid allows a charity to claim tax back from the Government on all donations received as a UK tax payer.

As a basic rate tax payer this means we will receive an extra 28 pence from the Inland Revenue for every £1 you donate. A £100 donation with gift aid is therefore worth £128.

If you pay tax at a higher rate of income tax (40%) you can also claim relief for yourself at 18% of your gross donation, or 23p for every £1 you give through gift aid.

For further information about Gift Aid tax relief, please ask your local tax office for leaflet IR65 Gift Aid or visit www.hmrc.gov.uk

In order for us to reclaim the tax from the Inland Revenue you must pay an amount of income tax and/or capital gains tax at least equal to the tax that the Dyslexia Research Trust reclaims on your donation in the tax year. You will need to complete a gift aid declaration - simply download the gift aid form and return with your donation. Please notify the charity if your circumstances change and you no longer pay any amount of tax, or if you change your name or address. For your gift to qualify for Gift Aid, you must not receive excessive benefits in return for your gift. Shares Donation

Giving your shares to charity is a way of donating assets which offers tax relief to you in addition to the capital gains tax relief.

A gift of shares worth £1,000 could reduce a basic rate donor's income tax bill by £220, or by £400 if a higher rate taxpayer. This effectively means that as a basic rate tax payer the donation has cost you only £780 and as a higher rate tax payer the donation has cost you £600. Since 1st April 2000 Companies can get corporation tax relief for gifts to charity of listed shares, unit trusts and investment trusts.

For further information please contact Dyslexia Research Trust by e-mail at info@dyslexic.org.uk

Please note: Dyslexia Research Trust cannot give you financial advice about your personal circumstances or tax position – you may wish to discuss the tax consequences of any donation of shares with your financial adviser.

Legacies

Leaving bequests to the Dyslexia Research Trust both large and small can make a significant difference to our work.

Changing a Will is not difficult. However, it must be legally valid and we would strongly recommend you seek professional advice from a solicitor. If you only want to make a small change to a will a document called a codicil can supplement your existing will.