Donate Online Now

Online donations to Unlock are now processed through Give as you Live Donate*.

Online donations can be made using either of the buttons above. If anyone prefers to set up a standing order for their regular giving please contact Jenny at the Unlock Office (Tuesdays and Fridays) to make the arrangements. office@unlock-urban.org.uk

*Some security settings on some phones or mobile networks may block access to Give as You Live, saying that it is not secure. It is perfectly secure. If you encounter this problem by all means contact the Unlock Office by e-mail: office@unlock-urban.org.uk or call us on: 01709 380 318 (Tuesdays and Fridays, or leave a message) and we may be able to help you resolve the issue.

There's a poster and sponsor form that you use for this on the right, but it doesn't have to be sponsored, you can sell items or services or just collect donations.

Unlock runs on about £62k a year. Core staff work hard on modest (but fair) slaries and minimal hours (a total of 36 hours per week). Overall Unlock punches way above it's weight given its size and resources. We've made lasting impacts from Hastings to Glasgow and from Hull to Cardiff.

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What Unlock has to offer will be needed more then ever in these tough economic, post pandemic, times. Please help!

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Standing Order form >>
Gift Aid form (single donation) >>
Gift Aid form (regular donation) >>

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Unlock's work is funded entirely by voluntary donations and our annual sponsored walk in London. We really welcome all financial donations.

Other ways to provide Unlock with financial support include:-

If you are shopping on Amazon you can support Unlock at no extra cost by using this link:

https://smile.amazon.co.uk/ch/313454-0

Give as You Live - For On-line Shoppers

Would you like to support Unlock every time you shop online at no cost to you and no cost to us? With Give as You Live, thousands of major brands including Play.com, John Lewis and Expedia have signed up to donate a percentage of every purchase you make online to Unlock. The average shopper will raise £2.10 per month through what they already buy online. Give as You Live is easy to set -up and use. Simply visit Give as You Live at
www.giveasyoulive.com/join/unlock
for full details, try it today and help raise valuable funds for Unlock.

Where the money comes from and where it goes to:-
Unlock delivers a range of work on a very limited budget. This is only possible because we employ very few staff (all of whom are part-time).

At the present time it costs about £62,000 a year to run Unlock. This includes staff salaries, travel, rent, office expenses, and so on. As a national organisation producing materials for the church to use and as a hub for a network of local people our office is a key part of the work being done. Because we have local people working in different cities supporting them involves our Executive Officer in a lot of travel. The money to fund this comes from donations and gifts, grants from Charitable trusts, and fund raising, especially the London Walk .

If you would like to support the work of Unlock, either with an occasional gift or a regular one, please contact the National Office on 01709 380 318 or alternatively by post at Unlock, 15 Station Rd, Rotherham S60 1HN or through email office@unlock-urban.org.uk

Gift aid

What is Gift Aid?

Simply, for those of you who have not yet heard of 'Gift Aid', it is a system that enables charities to claim an extra 25p from the Inland Revenue for every £1 donated to them by a UK taxpayer.

Many of the donations received by Unlock are NOT made under Gift Aid but could be.

If you pay tax then please consider whether you can tick the Gift Aid box on the registration form when you make your donation.

Gift Aid will not cost YOU anything!

All it means is that we can apply to the Inland Revenue for an extra 25p for every £1 that you give towards our work.

To qualify for Gift Aid, you must pay enough tax to cover the amount that will be claimed back by the charity/charities that you give to - so if you give £10 you must have paid £2.50 in tax!