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#TickTheBoxToday, 3rd October, is Gift Aid Awareness Day. A day to encourage donors to ‘tick the box’ and explain why this tax relief is vital to charities.
Donations to DISH make a huge difference, enabling us to support individuals in accessing the support and entitlements they need to live an independent life.
Charity Finance Group (CFG) launched the first Gift Aid Awareness Day in 2018. The campaign captured the imagination and today the #TickTheBox hashtag has become synonymous with Gift Aid in the minds of many.
The campaign is widely recognised by charities and the public, and helps to strengthen the message that Gift Aid is a vital source of income for charities. Gift Aid is worth around £1.6bn a year to UK charities. It’s a huge amount, but it could – and should – be even more!
Every year, around £560m goes unclaimed. CFG want to see that amount reduced by a) encouraging every eligible donor to #TickTheBox and b) supporting charities to not miss out on a single potential claim.
Donating to DISH
You can donate to DISH online here and tick the gift aid box.
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If you donated to DISH in the last four years and would like us to claim Gift Aid, you can complete this simple online form here. [...]October 3, 2024View
Vote for DISH with your Tesco Blue TokenDisability Huntingdonshire (DISH) is bidding for a cash boost from the Tesco Stronger Starts scheme.
Stronger Starts provides grants of up to £1,500 to local community projects.
Three groups in every community have been shortlisted to receive grant awards and Tesco customers can vote for the group they think should take away the top award in their local Tesco store.
Disability Huntingdonshire is one of the groups on the Ramsey, Somersham and Chatteris shortlists.
Disability Huntingdonshire supports people living with disabilities and older people receive advice and claim the benefits that they are entitled to. Disability Huntingdonshire operates across Huntingdonshire, Fenland, Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire.
“We are thrilled to be one of the chosen charities for Tesco Stronger Starts Scheme in Ramsey, Somersham and Chatteris stores. DISH services are free to people who use them, but it costs DISH £50 to support an initial disability benefit application appointment so if we win £1500, we can support another 30 people making their application for support. Your votes would help us keep supporting members of your community.”
Tracy Hyland, Chief Executive
Stores where you can cast your votes are:
Tesco Superstore, Neil Way, Ramsey, PE26 2SB
Tesco Express, High Street, Somersham, PE28 3EE
Tesco Superstore, Fenland Way, Chatteris, PE16 6RT
Voting is open in all Tesco stores from 1st October to the end of December. Customers will cast their vote by using a blue token given to them at the check-out each time they shop. [...]September 26, 2024View
Help us win £1000 with your nominationDisability Huntingdonshire is calling for nominations to win a £1,000 Movement for Good Award from Benefact Group.
Disability Huntingdonshire (DISH) is encouraging people to nominate them for a chance to win £1,000 as part of Benefact Group’s annual Movement for Good Awards, which is giving over £1million away to charities and good causes.
It’s quick and easy to nominate DISH online at www.movementforgood.com here.
Winners will be drawn at random and the more times is nominated the more chance it has of being selected.
Tracy Hyland, Chief Executive, said:
“Last year, DISH supported nearly 700 people making their applications for disability benefits. We raise all our own funds to enable us to carry on supporting our community. £1000 can help us support initial appointments for up to 30 clients. Please nominate us, it only takes 2 minutes and we would be so grateful if you could share with your friends/family”
DISH is encouraging everyone to use their social media channels to ask people to nominate them to give the charity the best possible chance of winning.
Mark Hews, Group Chief Executive of Benefact Group, says: “Benefact Group is a family of award-winning specialist financial services companies and the third largest corporate donor to charity in the UK. Owned by a charity ourselves, charitable giving is at the heart of what we do. All of our available profits go to good causes and the more the Group grows, the more the Group can give.
“We are delighted to be able to donate over £1million to good causes each year through our Movement for Good Awards and are grateful to all our supporters, including the customers of the trusted insurer, Ecclesiastical, and the responsible and sustainable asset manager, EdenTree. Our Movement for Good Awards help charities change lives for the better and we know that for many charities, £1,000 can make a real difference.”
Movement for Good is funded by EIO plc, part of the Benefact Group. [...]September 9, 2024View
Pension CreditFrom December 2024 the Winter Fuel Payments will only go to pensioners who get pension credit or other means-tested benefits. This applies in England and Wales.
Figures released by the DWP show that 850,000 households who are eligible to receive pension credit do not claim.
DISH encourages anyone of state pension age to check if they are eligible for Pension Credit.
You could be eligible if you are above state pension age and have an income of less than £218.15 a week or less than £332.95 as a joint weekly income with your partner. Savings are also taken into account. The first £10,000 of your savings and capital are ignored.
If you claim any of the following disability benefits you could get an extra £81.50 per week:
Attendance Allowance.
The middle or high rate from the care component of DLA (Adult Disability Living Allowance).
The daily living component of Personal Independence Payment.
Armed Forces Independence Payment.
The daily living component of Adult Disability Payment (standard or enhanced).
How to claim Pension Credit
If you live in England, Wales or Scotland, you can call the Pension Credit claim line on 0800 99 1234 from 8am – 6pm, Monday to Friday (text phone number 0800 169 0133).
DISH is unable to help with the application, however, the Pension Service staff can help you make an application over the phone.
Claims can also be made online by visiting:gov.uk/pension-credit/how-to-claim
To claim Pension Credit you will need to provide the following information about yourself (and your partner if you have one):
your National Insurance number.
information about your pensions and other income.
details of your capital, savings and investments.
Pension Credit
Please do not make a referral to DISH for support with Pension Credit. [...]August 1, 2024View
DISH celebrates after receiving National Lottery funding to support local community with disabilitiesDisability Huntingdonshire, also known as DISH, is today celebrating after being awarded funding from the National Lottery to support its work in supporting people living with a disability in Huntingdonshire, Fenland and South Cambridgeshire. Based in Huntingdon, DISH will use the money to provide local support through central points in the community to access support with their benefits and wellbeing.
DISH has been supporting the community in Huntingdonshire since 1991 and operates to enable individuals living with a disability to achieve independence.
The new funding from The National Lottery Community Fund, which distributes money raised by National Lottery players for good causes and is the largest community funder in the UK, will see an increased presence in Fenland, South Cambridgeshire and Cambridge City with dedicated teams who can support more locally.
“We are delighted that The National Lottery Community Fund has recognised our work in this way. Now, thanks to National Lottery players we will be able to support more clients in the community. This is important to ensure they get the support they require. This matters because disproportionately, people with disabilities or life limiting/chronic illness have been affected not only with the pandemic, but with the cost-of-living crisis. Older people using our services can get support with claiming benefits and we also support families where children have disabilities. We could not be more thrilled. More information to follow about our new services.“
Tracy Hyland, Chief Executive
The National Lottery Community Fund recently launched its new strategy, ‘It starts with community’, which will underpin its efforts to distribute at least £4 billion of National Lottery funding by 2030.
As part of this, the funder has four key missions, which are to support communities to come together, be environmentally sustainable, help children and young people thrive and enable people to live healthier lives.
National Lottery players raise over £30 million a week for good causes across the UK. Thanks to them, last year The National Lottery Community Fund was able to distribute over half a billion pounds (£615.4 million) of life-changing funding to communities.
To find out more visit www.TNLCommunityFund.org.uk [...]July 9, 2024View
Disability Huntingdonshire calls out for votes to get a share of Tesco’s Stronger Starts fundDisability Huntingdonshire (DISH) is bidding for a cash boost from the Tesco Stronger Starts scheme.
Stronger Starts provides grants of up to £1,500 to local community projects, particularly focusing on children and young people.
Three groups in every community have been shortlisted to receive grant awards and Tesco customers can vote for the group they think should take away the top award in their local Tesco store.
Disability Huntingdonshire is one of the groups on the March and St Neots shortlists.
Disability Huntingdonshire supports people living with disabilities and older people receive advice and claim the benefits that they are entitled to. Disability Huntingdonshire operates across Huntingdonshire, Fenland, Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire.
“We are thrilled to be one of the chosen charities for Tesco Stronger Starts Scheme in March and St Neots stores. DISH services are free to people who use them, but it costs DISH £50 to support an initial disability benefit application appointment so if we win £1500, we can support another 30 people making their application for support. Your votes would help us keep supporting members of your community.”
Tracy Hyland, Chief Executive
Stores where you can cast your votes are:
Tesco Express, Eaton Socon, PE19 8EQ
Tesco Extra, Barford Road, St Neots, PE19 2HD
Tesco Express, Kester Way, St Neots, PE19 6SL
Tesco Express, Broad Street, March, PE15 8TP
Tesco Superstore, Hostmoor Avenue, March, PE15 0AX
Voting is open in all Tesco stores from 1st July to the end of September. Customers will cast their vote by using a blue token given to them at the check-out each time they shop. [...]July 1, 2024View
New Office HoursFrom Monday 3rd June, Disability Huntingdon’s office hours will be changing.
The new office hours are Monday to Thursday, 9.30am to 2.30pm.
Phone calls and emails received outside these hours will be answered on the next working day. [...]June 4, 2024View
Consultancy opportunityDISH has just completed the third and final year of its main organisational grant with the National Lottery, our biggest single source of income during this time. In Years 1 and 2 we commissioned an external consultant to provide an independent review of our performance and to make recommendations for growth and improvement in subsequent years. This was an internal exercise, undertaken in addition to our formal reporting to Lottery, designed to help us make the most of what has been a significant investment in DISH and its services.
We are seeking an organisational development consultant/evaluator who can work with data and reports we supply, along with interviewing a range of external stakeholders, to provide us with a reflective report on Year 3 and proactive suggestions for improvement, consolidation and, where appropriate, growth.
As this will be a much more qualitative than quantitative exercise we seek someone with a strong background in non-profit development, a keen eye for detail and the communication skills to work well with external partners, staff and trustees. The report is expected to cover an assessment of our services, partnerships, data capabilities, impact story, future potential, and areas of learning.
The deadline for the completed report is 1st July 2024. We know this is a competitive deadline, however, based on previous report production, we believe it equates to 3–5 days’ work. Access to previous reports and information will be supplied by DISH.
If you are interested in this piece of consultancy, please email Tracy ceo@dish.org.uk with your resume, quote, and examples of previous work of a similar nature.
The deadline for consideration is Tuesday 28th May 2024, at 5pm. [...]May 10, 2024View
DISH’s chance to win £5,000Disability Huntingdonshire is calling for nominations to win a £5,000 Movement for Good Award from Benefact Group.
We are encouraging people to nominate us for a chance to win £5,000 as part of Benefact Group’s Health and Wellbeing Special Draw, which is awarding a share of £50,000 to 10 charities supporting peoples health and wellbeing.
Benefact Group’s annual Movement for Good Awards gives over £1million away to charities and good causes.
The nomination window for health and wellbeing charities to win £5,000 is open between Monday 22 April to Friday 26 April. It’s quick and easy to nominate DISH online at https://health.movementforgood.com/
Winners will be drawn at random and the more times Disability Huntingdonshire is nominated the more chance we have of being selected.
If we were selected, the funds will enable us to continue to support people in Huntingdon, Fenland and South Cambridgeshire.
We are encouraging everyone to use their social media channels to ask people to nominate us to give DISH the best possible chance of winning.
Mark Hews, Group Chief Executive of Benefact Group, says: “Benefact Group is a family of award-winning specialist financial services companies and the third largest corporate donor to charity in the UK. Owned by a charity ourselves, charitable giving is at the heart of what we do. All of our available profits go to good causes and the more the Group grows, the more the Group can give.
“We are delighted to be able to donate over £1million to good causes each year through our Movement for Good Awards and are grateful to all our supporters, including the customers of the trusted insurer, Ecclesiastical, and the responsible and sustainable asset manager, EdenTree. Our Movement for Good Awards help change lives for the better and we know that for many health and wellbeing charities, £5,000 can make a real difference.”
Movement for Good is funded by EIO plc, part of the Benefact Group. [...]April 25, 2024View
