Fundraising

You can donate to FareShare Midlands through various channels:

• Online: Visit our website and make a secure donation.
• Cheque or Charity Voucher: Make payable to FareShare Midlands and use our charity number 1146847 – send to Fundraising @ FareShare Midlands, Unit 10, Wilson Road, South Wigston, Leicestershire LE18 4TP
• BACS: Contact us via fundraising@faresharemidlands.org.uk for our bank details
• Just Giving: go to these wonderful people and they will handle the donation for us – if you want to host and event or run for us (perhaps climb a large mountain or swim a vast ocean – or even sit in a bath of surplus baked beans (which would be a shame as we could use them to feed some of our many beneficiaries) – you can run the fundraising through Just Giving
• Cash donations at one of our warehouses: why not visit us, volunteer and make a donation. Contact our Volunteer Team for more information – or just let us know you have a donation and we will arrange to see you at the warehouse.

Your donation will help us feed hungry families across the Midlands – every £1 will help us distribute 4 meals.

When you raise £1 you provide 4 meals for people in the Midlands who are struggling to find the food they need to feed themselves and their families. EVERY £1 MAKES A DIFFERENCE! We are also looking for support through donations of food and donations of other goods and services that will help us fulfil our Mission, but we are also looking at how we fund other things like our electricity, gas and water bills, our vehicles and our warehouses. We pay our staff too, so if you were to find a way to fund a particular member of staff that would be great too because every £1 we spend on these things which form part of our operations is 4 meals we are not providing.

Are you a business looking to use our logo? Please get in touch with our corporate fundraising team to discuss this further.

We are very fortunate to have lots of incredible people and events supporting us at FareShare Midlands, and we of course would love to shout about absolutely everyone. To do you the justice you deserve by getting the most out of our social media, please contact our Comms Team and they can work out how best to make the most of your amazing efforts.

Gift Aid is a government scheme that allows us to claim 25p for every £1 you give at no extra cost. For your donation to be eligible for Gift Aid, you must be a UK taxpayer and complete a Gift Aid declaration. You can do this by:

• Ticking the Gift Aid box when you donate online.
• Filling out our Gift Aid Declaration Form if you’re planning to donate via bank transfer or cheque.

Once you complete your declaration, FareShare Midlands can claim Gift Aid on donations in the future, and those made by you within the past 4 years. Please make sure to let us know if there are any changes to your taxpayer status, address or name, as this may impact your declaration. If you are running an event and want to know more about Gift Aid – or have any Gift Aid queries - please contact the Fundraising Team.

Wow, how exciting! There are a few rules around this that we’d both need to adhere to, which may depend on the size of your business and how much you’re hoping to raise, so the best thing to do is get in touch with our corporate fundraising team.

Thank you for wanting to join us in nourishing the Midlands and fighting hunger. Your support matters, so we’d love to get to know each other better and discuss a range of options. Please get in touch with our corporate fundraising team.

Our partnerships span across fundraising and awareness. Whether it’s educational materials for your office, volunteering opportunities for you and your staff for your CSR or ESG commitments (if you have to ask you possibly don’t have one but we can help), food donations / collections, fundraising ideas, or a heap of collection tins, we’ve got you covered. Check out our Corporate Partnerships page for more information.

Yes, we’d love this! Please get in touch with your employer to find out how you can direct funds our way. Our Charity Number is 1146847.

No. At the current time, we’re unable to accept donations through NFTs or Crypto. We sort of haven’t gone to the seminar yet so if you want to teach us how to do this then we are all ears. However, for the moment, please convert any funds raised through digital currencies into cash (ideally GBP) and make your donation via our website or any of the above options.

No, we don’t hold stock of raffle prizes, but we can create a Letter of Authority for you to encourage businesses to support your fundraising efforts with some prizes. Please get in touch with our fundraising team, and share the key details of your fundraising plans.