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Support the Trust

As well as supporting the Trust by becoming a member, volunteer, or sponsor, or attending one of our experience sessions there are many ways that you can support our work, most of which will not cost you a penny.

Donations/ Gift Aid

Donations are a vital source of funding towards the Trust, and go directly towards the conservation, rehabilitation and research work we carry out with Birds of Prey throughout the world.

As a charity we are able to claim Gift Aid on any donations made to the Trust. If you are a UK taxpayer and complete a Gift Aid declaration form we can claim an additional 28p in every £1 that you donate. Look out for the Gift Aid logo when making a booking at the Trust as this is a vital form of income for the Trust funding much of our conservation work.

Legacies

It is important to have an up to date will, and leaving a Gift to the Trust in your will is a valuable way to help Birds of Prey. Your support helps us to continue our vital work with rare and endangered species around the world, and to continue our work in the research of, and the education about, raptors to the general public.

If you need to make a will the first step is to talk to a solicitor or a reputable professional will writer. This will ensure that your will is legally correct and that all your wishes will be carried out as you requested.  Remember there are several types of legacy:

• Residual – you may choose to leave whatever is left over once all your other legacies have been made and all costs met. This is the residue of your estate.
• Specific – this is when you choose to leave a specific item such as a painting, books, jewellery, an area of land or even your home.
• Pecuniary – this is when you leave a specific sum of money to a person, organisation or charity. Please remember that inflation may impact on the value of this legacy.

If you want to leave a donation in your Will to help the work of the Trust, your solicitor will need to know the following details:

Charity Name	The Hawk Conservancy Trust
Registered Charity Number	1092349
Address	Sarson Lane, Weyhill, Andover,  Hampshire, SP11 8DY
What donation you want to leave	e.g. a share of your estate or a set sum

Corporate Sponsors

The Trust offers a range of opportunities to anyone who wishes to become a corporate sponsor of the Trust, including team building days and activities sessions, a venue for product launches and promotions, and sponsorship schemes allowing a variety of benefits including reduced admission fees for employees. For more information on our range of corporate offers and the facilities available at the Trust please contact our main office number 01264 773850  and ask for the Chief Executive Officer or Curator alternatively contact us by email on info@hawkconservancy.org.

Internet Support

Every Click By using this search engine when using the internet you can help raise money for our charity. Anyone using the site can nominate a charity from its list of registered charities, and at the end of each month 50% of their gross income is distributed amongst the nominated charities. The proportion of the donation will be equivalent to the number of supporters who nominate that particular charity, so the more times the charity is nominated the larger the donation. There is no cost to yourself or the charity, and even if you do not wish to nominate a specific charity, the income earned from your visit will be split between all the existing charities.

Buy At If you buy on line consider using the website www.buy.at. There are over 100 retailers involved with this site, many of which are household names, such as BT, Comet, Teleflorist, Thorntons  and many more. There is no extra cost to you when you help raise funds for the Trust, you pay the same prices as shopping directly with the retailer and there are often discounts exclusive to the webshop. This means shopping online is safe and quick, and a commission is paid to the Trust for any item bought via the Trust link. You can go direct to the webshop from the link from our home page.

Payroll Giving

You can donate to the Trust via the payroll giving scheme straight from your gross pay. Please speak to your employer about signing up to the scheme, further information is available at www.payrollgivngcentre.org.uk. Don’t forget you can also claim tax relief of up to 40% on your donations.

Ink Cartridge Recycling.

The Trust can provide a recycling envelope to recycle your empty ink cartridges from either your home or work computer. By using this envelope the Trust will receive a donation for every envelope used.

Recycle your old mobile phone.

It is believed that there are over 9 million unused mobile phones in this country, and each one of them can be worth £3 to the Trust. Phone recycling has become a popular way for charities to help raise funds for their work, and the Trust is no exception. Collect a phone aid recycling envelope from the Trust put in any unwanted mobile phones and return to the Trust. We will then send them to Phoneaid who will donate £3 per phone, whatever their age or condition, to the work of the Trust. The phones are then re-developed for use in third world countries or recycled safely.

Thank you for your support.

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