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Our local NHS needs your help!

At Royal Berks Charity, every donation – big or small – helps us go further to support projects and equipment for patients, their families, and the incredible NHS staff at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust.

Thanks to generous people like you, we’re able to fund vital equipment, enhance hospital environments, support staff wellbeing, and go above and beyond what the NHS can provide alone.

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Every donation helps NHS teams at the Royal Berkshire Hospital deliver faster, more personalised care for the people who need it most. Your support helps fund the equipment, spaces and extra resources that make a real difference to patients, families and staff every day.

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Ways to donate

Your support truly changes lives across our hospitals. From helping newborn babies receive specialist care in our intensive care baby unit, to providing comfort, dignity and compassion for elderly patients, every donation makes a meaningful difference.

  • Make a one-off donation
  • Set up a regular gift
  • Give in memory or celebration
  • Leave a gift in your will
Donate online

Click ‘DONATE NOW’ button below.

Donate by card

Contact the team on 0118 322 8860.

Donate by cheque

Please make donations payable to Royal Berks Charity.

Donate by direct debit

Set up a monthly direct debit – click the ‘DONATE NOW’ button below.

Please send cheques to Royal Berks Charity, Royal Berkshire Hospital, London Road, Reading, RG1 5AN

Donate foreign currency

Have spare coins or notes from your holidays? Now you can turn them into vital support for patients at Royal Berkshire Hospital — at no cost to you.

We’ve partnered with a specialist provider to offer a FREEPOST foreign currency donation service. It’s quick, easy, and completely free.

How it works

  • Click the button below to visit our partner’s secure page
  • Download your FREEPOST label and send your leftover currency
  • They count and sort the currency, then transfer the funds directly to Royal Berks Charity
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Your gift can help

Fund vital equipment

Fund cutting-edge medical equipment to improve diagnosis and treatment.

Improve hospital spaces

Create more welcoming and comforting spaces for patients.

Support staff

Support research, training, and staff wellbeing initiatives.

Support families

Bring hope and comfort to families during difficult times.

Thinking of donating over £500?

Thank you so much for your generosity. To make a donation of £500 or more, please get in touch with us directly for our bank details.

By choosing to donate via bank transfer, we’ll receive 100% of your gift – helping your support go even further.

Please call 0118 322 8860 or email [email protected]

Gift Aid

If you are a UK tax payer, Gift Aid allows us to claim the tax back on your donation – 25% to be precise. If you are happy to Gift Aid your donation please complete this form and send it to us. If you are donating online there are also options to do this.

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Gift Aid explained

Gift Aid is a great scheme which benefits registered charities. If you are a higher rate taxpayer, donating can also benefit you. The Gift Aid scheme is run by HMRC and is a great way for both charities and the people that donate to benefit.

Gift Aid is good for charities!

If a donation is made by a donor who is part of the Gift Aid Scheme then the charity can claim an extra 25p for every £1.00 donated from the government.

  1. You donate £100.00
  2. Charity claims 25% Gift Aid – total donation is now worth £125.00

Gift Aid if you are a higher rate taxpayer:

If you are a higher or additional rate taxpayer, then you can claim the difference between your tax rate (40% or 45%) and the basic rate of tax (20%) on your total charitable donation.

  1. You pay higher rate tax at 40%
  2. You donate £100.00
  3. Charity claims Gift Aid – total donation now worth £125.00
  4. You claim back – £25.00 (20% of £125.00)

Gift Aid and what you have to do:

  • Register for Gift Aid – this is called a ‘Gift Aid Declaration’ and authorises the charity to claim its Gift Aid amount on your donation (they cannot claim without it).
  • Donate no more than four times your total income or capital gains tax payment for that tax year.
  • Check the charity or CASC is recognised.
  • Keep a record of all your Gift Aid donations.

How to claim your higher rate Gift Aid tax rebate:

You can either ask HMRC to change your tax code to account for your Gift Aid tax relief. Or, you simply fill in the net amount you donated in the relevant section of your Self Assessment tax return. Your accountant should ask for your Gift Aid information before completing your tax return each year.

If you completed your own tax returns and haven’t included your donations you can go back and amend your previous tax returns.

If you are not already in Self Assessment you don’t need to register just because you want to claim tax relief on your Gift Aid payments.

Payroll giving and limited company donations are not part of the Gift Aid scheme and tax relief cannot be reclaimed on these amounts.