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Sponsorship/Friends Scheme

Oriental White-backed Vulture

For many years the mission of The Hawk Conservancy has been the conservation of Birds of Prey both in the UK and internationally. As a charitable Trust we run conservation projects, participate in captive breeding programmes for endangered species, care for birds confiscated by Customs and Excise, conduct research projects, rehabilitate injured birds, educate the public on raptors (especially schoolchildren) and provide specialist training courses for outside organisations.

Your Sponsorship and Friends subscription goes directly towards the day-to-day costs of care of your chosen bird, including feeding, maintenance and veterinary costs, thereby releasing valuable resources to fund our above projects.

Becoming a Sponsor or Friend not only helps the work of the Trust, but also provides an unusual gift for both adults and children for any occasion. They can be purchased by an individual, family, group or company and are all valid for one year from date of purchase.

Don't forget, if you are a UK taxpayer and agree to Gift Aid your subscription fees, the Hawk Conservancy Trust can reclaim the tax back from the Inland Revenue, currently 28p in every £1.

What do you get as a Sponsor or Friend?

Sponsorship

Young Tawny Owl Sponsor Scheme

Tawny Owl chick

Click here for more details, or email me, or write to the Sponsorship Secretary at the Andover address.

Friends

Juvenile Striated Caracara

Our sponsorship scheme has proved so successful that we often do not have enough birds or animals available for people that are interested, with every bird of prey and most other stock sponsored. We have waiting lists for birds and have had people putting their names forward for eggs when they hatch. Obviously, this causes a lot of disappointment to people who wish to support both the birds and the work we do here.

With this in mind, we have introduced a “Friends” scheme. Visitors can become a Friend of any bird or animal on the park, and there is no limit to the number of Friends a bird/animal can have. Friends receive a photo/certificate, bird biography, a copy of Hawktalk and their name is displayed at the Trust to show your support of the scheme. Cost is £35 per bird or animal and your friends scheme membership is renewable yearly.

If you are interested in becoming a friend to one of our birds, please print and complete the application form below, and post, with your payment, to Tracey Smith, The Hawk Conservancy Trust, Andover SP11 8DY. Alternatively you can fax it to the office on 01264 773772, and click here to pay through our online shop.

If you are a UK taxpayer and sign the request for Gift Aid at the base of the form, the Inland Revenue will refund to us the tax you have paid (standard rate) in relation to the amount of the donation.

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APPLICATION TO BECOME A "FRIEND"

I would like to be a "friend" of (name if known and species) : _________________________________________________________ Name_______________________________________________________________ Membership Number (if applicable)__________ Address____________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ Postcode/ZIP________________
Country (if not UK)_______________________________________
Email address________________________________________
I enclose cheque for £_______(£35 per bird) made payable to The Hawk Conservancy Trust Ltd / I have paid online (delete as applicable)
I am a UK taxpayer, and I claim Gift Aid on this donation (please sign if appropriate)______________________________________
Special comments, gift recipient etc____________________________________________________________________________

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Gift Aid

I wish the Hawk Conservancy Trust (charity no.1092349) to treat
*The enclosed donation of £_______________
* The donation(s) of £______________which I made on _________________________
*All donations I made from the date of this declaration until I notify you otherwise.
(see notes below)
Gift Aid Declaration agreed by phone ( ) or

Signature……………………………………………………………………..

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For your record purposes only

( ) Paid in Gift Shop
( ) I enclose a cheque for £100 made payable to “The Hawk Conservancy Trust”
( ) I wish to pay by credit/debit card – Card Type………………………………

Card Number…………………………………………………………………………Security Code…………

Start date………………….Expiry date…………………..Issue No. (Maestro/Switch)…………………..

Gift Aid Notes:
1. You must pay an amount of income tax and/or capital gains tax at least equal to the tax that the charity reclaims on your donations in the tax year (currently 28p in each £1 you give)

2. You can cancel this declaration at any time by notifying the charity.

3. If in the future your circumstances change and you no longer pay tax on your income and capital gains equal to the tax that the charity reclaims, you can cancel your declaration. (see note 1)

4. If you pay tax at the higher rate you can reclaim further tax relief in your Self Assessment tax return.

5. If you are unsure whether your donations qualify for Gift Aid tax relief, ask the charity, or ask your local tax office for leaflet IR65.

6. Please notify the charity if you change you name or address.

Thank you for your support

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