Why become a member?

Membership Benefits

The NTF depends on donations, sponsorship and contributions in order to carry out its work.

The membership fee is a contribution to the NTF to allow us to continue providing a range of resources aimed at people with tremor, their families and carers, and health professionals.

These include:

• A regular e newsletter
• Free access to support groups
• Free promotion to support groups via NTF website and NTF News
• Free promotional adverts, posters and banners via NTF website
• Access to professional advice from the NTF advisory panel

Annual membership fees for 2011

To Join via Post:

Fill in the ‘Membership Form’ by clicking here and printing it out and posting it to us with your cheque/postal order, or Contact us with your address and we shall be pleased to post out to you a new member application pack.

GIFT AID – AN OVERVIEW

Gift aid is tax relief on money donated to UK charities.

HM Revenue & Customs treat donations as if the donor had already deducted basic rate tax from them. Therefore, the National Tremor Foundation can reclaim this tax to increase the value of a donation.

Gift aid rules

Donors must:

pay enough UK income tax and/or capital gains tax themselves to cover the amount of tax the charity will reclaim

give the charity a gift aid declaration, which should include

• their name
• their home address
• the charity’s name
• details of the donation – saying that it is a gift aid donation
• confirmation that they have paid UK tax – to cover the tax the charity will reclaim.

A declaration can be made to cover:

• individual donations
• a series of donations
• donations made during a specified period
• future donations.

They can also be backdated for up to 6 years prior to the date of the declaration provided the donation was made after 6 April 2000.

Please download the form using the link below. Once completed and returned to us we can ensure that the value of your donation is increased.

Thank You.

Download Gift Aid Form

Fundraising for NTF via Virgin Money Giving

We are aware at the NTF, that some of our members or their friends would like to raise funds for our charity through sponsorship.  Whether it’s running a marathon or sitting in a bath of baked beans, we know all fundraisers give their all to raise money for the cause close to their hearts.  However, the monitoring and collection of such sponsorship funds can be difficult and can deter some people.

In an attempt to possibly raise much needed funds, the NTF have now set up a fundraising facility for all our members and friends who want to raise money for the NTF.  Fundraisers simply have to create their own fundraising page linked to the NTF and any potential sponsors can simply donate online.  As an added incentive to donate through this method, if they are a taxpayer Virgin Money will reclaim the Gift Aid on our behalf.  Therefore a donation of £10 through this website will generate funds of £12.50.

For the ardent fundraisers the Virgin Money Giving website gives fundraisers the following facilities free of charge.

• A fundraising page for life and keep the same web address for every event you take part in
• You can create a basic page in 10 minutes then customise it and add your own content, photos and links
• Sign up and pay your entry fee for organised charity events registered on Virgin Money Giving
• Email friends, family and colleagues with a link to your page – they’ll be able to sponsor you securely online in a couple of clicks
• Create personalised thank you messages from your sponsors
• Fundraise with friends or colleagues as a team

If anyone has any fundraising ideas in mind, please feel free to contact us here at the NTF and we will gladly advertise your activity on our website and facebook page, so that if anyone wants to donate nationally they can simply donate online.

Please visit www.virginmoneygiving.com and our dedicated page for more information on how to set up your own fundraising page or make a donation.