As a church we are called to be generous in our gifts of both time and money which will be used to share the Gospel within our community and to help those in need.
Ways of Giving
At Somersham our preferred method of giving is via the Parish Giving Scheme. This offers churches a regular, tax efficient source of giving which has the capacity to increase with the cost of living. The Parish Giving Scheme also claims the eligible Gift Aid directly from HMRC and passes it on to Parishes.
You can contact our Treasurer Jean Draper (via email to treasurer@somershamparishes.org or by phone on 01487 741531) to obtain the form which needs to be completed and returned directly to the Parish Giving Scheme. Alternatively, you can now enrol by telephone – this is a new service which has been launched in reponse to the Covid-19 pandemic. Before calling the Parish Giving Scheme you will need to contact our Treasurer for our unique 9 digit Parish Code. When you call the Parish Giving Scheme you will be asked for the following information, which you should have to hand:
- Personal bank account details
- The name of our Parish – SOMERSHAM
- The 9 digit Parish code, as described above
- You will be asked if you want to increase your gift in line with inflation each year
- Confirm if you are a taxpayer and Gift Aid can be claimed on your Gift.
The Parish Giving Scheme telephone number is: 0333 002 1271
Whichever method you choose to enrol on the scheme you will then receive written confirmation from the Parish Giving Scheme of your Direct Debit including the date of the first payment and contact information for the scheme.
Donations by Standing Order
We also welcome donations via Standing Order and a standing order form can be downloaded from the links below in both Ms-Word and PDF format:
Please complete and return the form to our Treasurer. contact details are contained in the form.
if you do online banking you can set up the Standing Order yourself using the details provided below. Please let our Treasurer know that you have done this (contact details above).
If you are a tax payer please also complete the Gift Aid Declaration which can be downloaded from one of the links below and send it on to our Treasurer. A signed declaration is needed in order for the Church to claim Gift Aid.
Electronic Payments can be made directly to our bank account
- Account Name: Somersham PCC
- Sort Code: 20-43-63
- Account Number: 30796220
Giving Envelopes
The Church can also supply Giving Envelopes – please contact our Treasurer to be supplied with these.