How can I give to St Columba?
St Columba church members contribute to the life and work of the church in many different ways. While the information below relates to financial giving, other pages on this site explain the variety of ways you can also get involved and contribute to St Columba’s ministry to our parish.
What is Gift Aid?
If you are a UK taxpayer, St Columba Church is able to reclaim a further 25% of the value of your gift. So £100 given results in £125 to church funds!
Parish Giving Scheme
This is a simple and safe option for those who want their giving to be regular and consistent. It also reduces our admin costs and helps with budgeting. If applicable, the scheme reclaims gift aid automatically relieving the treasurer of having to make a separate claim to HMRC to reclaim basic rate tax for your donation.
St Columba is a member of the Parish Giving Scheme (PGS) and this is the preferred way to give regularly to St Columba church.
More information about how the scheme works and the safeguards in place is available at Parish Giving Scheme.
If you are able to give in this way please sign up online at St Columba Parish Giving Scheme. You can also sign up by completing a paper form available from our treasurer.
If you would like to discuss the how the PGS works and can benefit St Columba then please contact our treasurer Elizabeth Tomlinson in church on most Sundays at 10:00 or by email at Elizabeth Tomlinson
Giving in the church building
Gifts can be placed on the plate available at each of our Sunday services. Cheques should be made payable to ‘St Columba PCC Collingtree’. We also have a contactless giving unit allowing you to give one off gifts using a credit or debit card.
Standing Order
To give regularly in this way please complete a Standing Order mandate which you can obtain from the church welcome desk or you can download a copy here . Please return to the completed form to our treasurer. If you are a UK tax payer please aslo complete a gift aid declaration form which you can also obtain from the church welcome desk or download here to enable us to claim back basic rate tax from your giving. Pleae note that using the PGS outlined above is a simpler method with a much reduced adminstration overhead for the church.
Need more information?
If you’re not sure about how to give or want more information about what happens to your gifts then please email our treasurer Elizabeth Tomlinson