Carerstrust

HELP US TO HELP LOCAL UNPAID CARERS

Carers Helensburgh & Lomond

SUPPORTING UNPAID CARERS

3-IN-5 The number of us who will be a carer at some point in our life

Making a positive difference to the lives of carers

Help to secure our financial future...

Dear Helensburgh and Lomond resident, I am writing to ask for your help in supporting the unpaid carers in our communities.

Everybody knows a carer. A parent with an autistic child.

A young person with a parent, brother or sister, who needs support. A son or daughter looking after an ailing parent.

An elderly person looking after a failing partner. And everybody knows that being a carer is demanding, stressful and time-consuming.

In recent years Argyll & Bute Council and NHS Highland have taken on some responsibilities for carers. We carry out work on their behalf and they provide some of our funding. Otherwise we rely on donations, fund-raising events, volunteers, and above all grants from charities for particular activities. In the last 5 years we have secured over £500,000 of these grants, all of which have benefited local carers. Our work with young carers was funded by a grant to set up programmes for them. That grant has now ended and continuation of these programmes presents a funding challenge! To be able to fund this work properly and have the resources to apply for and secure grant funding in future we need to strengthen our funding base.

Please help us to continue carrying out this extremely important work.

Thank you.

Sir William Rae, “It’s important to support and appreciate all those behind the scenes working hard to maintain family lives and their environment.

I designed the Young Carers dedicated room because it is essential we support and give them a space to be themselves”.

John Amabile

Chairperson, Helensburgh & Lomond Carers SCIO

Registered Scottish Charity No SC033382, A Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation

Please join our financial supporters group. We will keep you informed about what we are doing through a twice-yearly newsletter and by inviting you to our annual members’ meeting. All donations from taxpayers are eligible for gift aid, which adds 25% to your gift, and higher rate tax payers can obtain further tax relief on donations. We promise that we will not bombard our financial supporters with further requests for funds!

WHAT WE DO

HOW TO HELP

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e are in regular contact with over 800 local carers. We provide advice, training, short respite breaks, de-stressing therapies, a befriending service and a range of social activities for all our carers and there are also special programmes to help young carers with their developmental and educational needs. We have been supporting carers in our communities since 2000 and cover the whole area, including the Peninsula, Arrochar, and Cardross as well as Helensburgh and its immediate surrounds.

800

The number of local carers we support by giving them the help they need

SUPPORT US

BY FREEPOST

Send cheque and gift aid declaration to:

Freepost HLC

ATTENTION: Please do not write anything other than ‘Freepost HLC’ on the envelope.

ur target for this campaign is £25,000. We do not have the resources of a national charity and must rely on local support. Please help us, either by making a one-off donation, or better, by becoming a supporter and donating regularly by standing order to help to secure our financial future and our ability to provide services for local carers.

£25K

The amount we need to raise in this campaign to keep carrying out our work

ONLINE PAYMENT

Go to www.mydonate.bt.com/ charities/helensburghandlomond carersscio and fill out your details.

STANDING ORDER Fill out the form on the back and take it in to your bank and return gift aid declaration to: Freepost HLC

DON’T FORGET THE GIFT AID Just tick the box, it’s that easy

PLEASE REGULARLY DONATE PLEASE NOTIFY US IF YOU:

GIFT AID DECLARATION I am a UK taxpayer, please claim back the tax I have paid against all charitable gifts made in the last 4 years and any future gifts I make. I understand that if I pay less Income Tax and /or Capital Gains Tax in the current tax year than the amount of Gift Aid claimed on all my donations it is my responsibility to pay any difference. I understand the charity will reclaim 25p of tax on every £1 that I have given.

DONOR’S DETAILS

• Want to cancel this declaration • Change your name or home address; • No longer pay sufficient tax on your income and / or capital gains.

• Want to cancel your standing order donation

FRIDAY

8 JULY

HAND IN OPEN DAY We’re having a donor’s hand in open day (10am-3pm) so pop in with your details and get yourself a cup of tea coffee and a biscuit.

Or if you would like to find out more about the work we do, please feel free to pop in.

GIFT AID (ticking this box won’t cost you a penny more but will make us an extra 25%)

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FREEPOST: Send this section for free via post to:

HAND THIS SECTION INTO: Helensburgh & Lomond Carers SCIO, Lomond House, 29 Lomond Street, Helensburgh, G84 7PW

Freepost HLC

Please do not write anything else on the envelope.

STANDING ORDER

HAND THIS SECTION INTO YOUR BANK

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Continuing payment amount (please tick box): Monthly Quarterly Annually

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PLEASE PAY: Helensburgh & Lomond Carers SCIO, Lomond House, 29 Lomond Street, Helensburgh, G84 7PW Bank Name: Bank of Scotland Bank Account No.: 10984263 Bank Sort Code: 80-22-60 Reference:

YOUR NAME HERE

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