Donations & support
One-off financial donations to the Museum can be made in several ways:
Whichever method you choose, do please Gift Aid your donation if you pay UK income tax or capital gains tax (or have tax deducted from earnings or a pension): this enables us to claim from the government an extra 25p on every £1 of your donation. For cash gifts, where possible please use one of the special Gift Aid envelopes from beside the donations box. When donating by other means, Gift Aid declaration forms are available from the Museum reception desk.
Becoming a Friend, or an Ordinary Voting Member
Membership of the Museum charity carries the right to vote at all General Meetings of the charity (irrespective of the member’s place of residence) – electing charity trustees, considering the annual accounts and so on. There are two categories of member:
- Friends (Personal or Business), and
- Ordinary Voting Members (Individual or Corporate).
Becoming a Friend will mean that (in addition to voting at General Meetings) you receive regular newsletters, and invitations to a variety of special events at the Museum. It will also give you the satisfaction of knowing that you are helping to care for Leominster’s long heritage in a very practical way.
Forms to apply for membership in either category are available at the Museum reception desk. Either leave the completed form(s) at the Museum or post them to us, marked in either case for the Treasurer.
Or – simply do some online shopping!
Yes – at no cost to you or the Museum, you can get retailers to make donations to the Museum simply by going to your chosen shopping site via our EasyFundraising page (you will need to register with the site specifying that you want to support Leominster Museum). Over 2,700 retailers – all the big names and many smaller ones – have signed up to the scheme, and they pay a small percentage of any order placed when their site is accessed via EasyFundraising. See how it works. You can even download a mobile app, or a Donation Reminder, to make sure you get a donation for the Museum even if you forget to go to the EasyFundraising page on the way to the retailer’s site!
