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Gift Aid consultation
The Government's Gift Aid consultation will examine and identify measures to drive up charitable giving through Gift Aid. HM Treasury will consult with a wide range of charitable organisations through online consultation and a series of regional consultation events.
The consultation was launched on 19 June 2007 at a round table discussion between The Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Stephen Timms MP, and the Minister for the Third Sector, Ed Milliband MP and representatives from the charity sector.
19/06/07 Pn67 Government launches consultation on increasing uptake of Gift Aid
05/07/07 PDF file of Summary of Gift Aid consultation launch discussion (16KB)
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Participation of private companies in consultation events
As you may be aware, the Gift Aid consultation team has recently taken the decision to limit attendance to our future events to only charities. This decision was taken after we received several complaints from participating charities at the recent London consultation event that representatives of private companies had approached them before or after the event advertising their fee-paying services, and during the event pushed discussions towards certain areas in which they had an interest. This behaviour limits the effectiveness of our consultation, and risks reducing potential gains for charities claiming Gift Aid.
We felt it was necessary to respond to these complaints in order to protect the integrity of the consultation and respond to the views of charities attending events . We understand that many of you will be disappointed by our decision and accept that only a minority of private companies would have been involved in the activities that caused concern.
We firmly believe that private consultancies have a great deal of experience to offer to the consultation so to ensure we benefit from this experience we urge you to submit your views on Gift Aid in writing. We are also happy to organise a separate event for both private companies and charities to attend if there is a demand for it - please could you email the consultation team on the address below if you would be interested in attending such an event - whether representing a charity or a private company.
Consultation pack
The consultation pack is available below in full or by individual chapter in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF). If you do not have Adobe Acrobat installed on your computer you can download the software free of charge from the Adobe website. For alternative ways to read PDF documents and further information on website accessibility visit the HM Treasury accessibility page. Hard copies of the consultation pack are available if you cannot access the electronic versions. Please email the consultation team at the address below to obtain your copy.
PDF file of Consultation pack (full document) (453KB)
PDF file of Invitation to participate: from the Paymaster General (32KB)
PDF file of Index and how to use the pack (34KB)
PDF file of About you (33KB)
PDF file of How can I get involved? (42KB)
PDF file of Gift Aid explained (43KB)
PDF file of Terms of reference (35KB)
PDF file of Key consultation questions (48KB)
PDF file of Consultation process and timing (35KB)
PDF file of Further information (39KB)
Consultation events
PDF file of Gift Aid consultation events (52KB)
PDF file of Summary of London Gift Aid consultation event (28KB)
PDF file of Summary of Edinburgh Gift Aid consultation event (28KB)
PDF file of Summary of Bristol Gift Aid consultation event (21KB)
If you wish to attend any of our consultation events please email us at giftaid-consultation@hm-treasury.gsi.gov.uk.
If you would like to help shape the agenda of the consultation events, please use our online survey (external link). You can also use the online survey to register your interest in attending a national or regional event.