Diocese of Manchester Giving, Generosity, and Thankfulness

16/06/2026

We had a great day at The Diocese of Manchester Clergy Conference. Lots of lovely conversations about giving, generosity, and thankfulness. Topics included Gift Aid Lite, Parish Giving Scheme, grants and fundraising, digital giving, and upcoming free training sessions. Our table was next to Carolyn McGloughlin, Parish Support Officer, who also had some excellent conversations about My Fund Accounting Online, Parish Share, and Association of Church Accountants and Treasurers (ACAT) membership.

29/05/2026

Entering your church's Give A Little account into this Give A Little draw is really easy. Your church may win a donation from the £2,000 prize pot - 1 x £1,000, 1 x £500, and 5 x £100. Just log in to your Give A Little account and follow the instructions at the top of the homepage.

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The countdown to £100M is on, and the Give A Little Community have just passed £95 million!!

Since 2019, thousands of organisations have used Give A Little to embrace cashless giving, helping to fund vital services, support local communities, and power fundraising campaigns across the UK and beyond.

Now, together, the Give A Little Community has raised an incredible £95M, and when they reach £100M, to celebrate the milestone, we’re giving away £2,000 in donations.

Read more and find out how to enter https://givealittle.co/news/were-giving-away-gbp2-000-in-donations-as-the-give-a-little-community-nears-gbp100m-raised

28/05/2026

The HMRC Charities Online system used for submitting Gift Aid and GASDS claims is now working. If it has a 'moment' during the claiming process, please phone HMRC on 0300 123 1073. If a claim you submitted after Wednesday 20th May hasn't been repaid by HMRC within the next couple of weeks, or if you didn't receive a Gateway Response email after claiming, please call HMRC.

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27/05/2026

Almost £100k has just been given to churches across the UK using easyfundraising over the last 3 months alone. All courtesy of retailers giving donations when kind supporters shop online. Your church can be part of the next funding payout in August by setting up a free easyfundraising page.
Register your church as a good cause with easyfundraising and ask your church community to choose you as the cause they want to support. Then, each time they shop online with over 8,000 well-known retailers like Tesco, trainline, M&S, Sainsbury’s, booking.com, eBay, and many more, they’ll activate a cashback donation for your church courtesy of the retailer they shopped with – at no extra cost to anyone.
Find out more about easyfundraising here: https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/diocese-of-manchester

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22/05/2026

Attention all Diocese of Manchester churches - the HMRC Charities Online System (used to claim Gift Aid and GASDS) went offline on Wednesday afternoon and is still down.
This means the diocese's Gift Aid Lite scheme will not be able to send any claims to HMRC for repayment until next Tuesday at the earliest. If your church claims directly via HMRC, please try again next week.
Your church's Treasurer or Gift Aid Secretary may have submitted a claim after Wednesday afternoon and may not have received a 'Gateway Response' email from HMRC confirming receipt of the claim. If this is the case, their advice is to contact them again next week.
A further update will be provided next Tuesday, but for now, enjoy your bank holiday weekend.

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