“My mother had nowhere to go so we stayed in Edel House… I couldn’t understand why I was there. I was five, six. My brother was younger. We had Christmas day there… the three of us” – ‘Susan’.
Your donation will help us to help homeless families like Susan’s.
The Christmas Gift That Keeps on Giving
This Christmas we are asking you to think about giving a gift that will benefit children and families who are homeless not just this year but for many more Christmases to come. Click here to select from a list of 6 support activities and programmes that we provide and the cost of each, starting at €10. We would be very grateful if you would consider gifting our service-users such supports to ensure that they not only enjoy this Christmas but will enjoy many more to come.
A single donation goes a long way!
A thoughtful gift of whatever you can afford will help us to support vulnerable women and children in Cork.
To make a single donation, please click on the below ‘paypal’ donation button.
A regular monthly gift …
Enables us to plan ahead and to provide long term, sustainable solutions for homeless women and children in Cork.
If you would like to set up a regular payment by standing order you can do so by making an instruction to your bank. You can download and fill in this form: Standing order Download Form (pdf) and send it directly to your bank, or to Fundraising, Good Shepherd Cork, Bruac, Redemption Road, Cork.
Our bank details are:
Allied Irish Bank
BIC: AIBKIE2D
IBAN: IE78AIBK93426714920225
If you would like to tell us that you have set up a regular monthly payment and receive updates about our work and progress email: fundraising@goodshepherdcork.ie
You can cancel a standing order at any time by providing a simple written instruction to your bank.
Donate directly to Bank Account or by Cheque
If you wish you can of course donate as well directly into our bank account or send a cheque by post …
Allied Irish Bank
BIC: AIBKIE2D
IBAN: IE78AIBK93426714920225
If you prefer to donate by Cheque – please send a cheque payable to Good Shepherd Cork to:
GOOD SHEPHERD CORK
Fundraising Department
Bruac
Redemption Road
Cork
* Please note that if you make a donation directly into the Good Shepherd Cork bank account, you will not receive a receipt from Good Shepherd Cork as we do not receive any details from the bank along with your donation.
If you are unsure of anything and would like to discuss it in confidence & with no further obligation, please contact us under 021 439 1188 or email fundraising@goodshepherdcork.ie for further information.
Would you like to increase the value your donation at no cost to you?
If you are a tax payer have donated €250 or more in a year (January to December) then Good Shepherd Cork can claim tax back from the Revenue Commissioners.
Please note: As and from 1st January 2013 self-assessed tax payers will no longer be able to claim tax back themselves on their charitable donations. Instead the charity can claim this.
Tax forms are automatically sent out in March of each year to Donors who have given €250 or more during the previous year where we have your details. Each completed form Good Shepherd Cork form receives back is worth at least an additional €112 if you are a tax payer, increasing your donation by 45%.
It only takes a minute…. Just follow our 3 simple steps:
1. Fill in your PPS number
2. Sign the Form
3. Return the form to:
GOOD SHEPHERD CORK
Fundraising Department
Bruac
Redemption Road
Cork
If you mislaid your form you can download it here:
CHY3 (five year enduring tax form)
CHY4 (annual tax form)
If you are unsure of anything and would like to discuss it in confidence & with no further obligation, please contact us under 021 439 1188 or email fundraising@goodshepherdcork.ie for further information.
Your gift will have a lasting impact for generations to come
Leaving a gift in your will can transform the lives of women and children who are homeless in Cork.
A bequest of any size, great or small, is of value to Good Shepherd Cork.
Types of Bequest
There are four different ways of leaving a donation to a charity in your will:
1. Pecuniary Bequest:
This is simply a gift of a specific sum of money.
2. Specific Gift:
This is a gift of a specific item.
3. Residuary Bequest:
This is a gift of part or all that remains in your estate once the executors have discharged all of their other obligations under the terms of your will.
4. Codicil:
This is a new clause inserted into a will that you have already made. It may be witnessed and signed in the same way as the original will.
Making a will is a relatively simple procedure, but we recommend you take the professional advice of your solicitor when doing so.
If you are unsure of anything and would like to discuss it in confidence & with no further obligation, please contact us under 021 439 1188 or email fundraising@goodshepherdcork.ie for further information.