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Other ways to give
The Child Growth Foundation relies on the generosity of our members, the child growth community and the public to continue delivering our services. We do not receive statutory support and actively raise funds to ensure we can continue to support all of those affected by growth conditions.
You can help ensure that we can continue to deliver those services by supporting us in a number of ways. You might like to make a one-off donation by using our online DONATE system, or you could consider the options below.
How else can I help?
Regular giving
Making a monthly donation makes a lasting impact on our charity’s work.
You set the payment up once and you donation will be received by us each month.
A £2 monthly donation to the CGF could provide a family with a specialist information booklet each month about their child’s growth condition following a diagnosis.
A £10 monthly donation to our charity could fund a 30 minute Support Line call with our nursing team each month for families concerned about their child’s growth.
You can set up a regular giving payment by by downloading, completing and sending us this Regular Giving Form
Or you can set an online regular donation here.
Brands donate while you shop
With easyfundraising it couldn’t be easier to donate than simply shopping online!
The CGF are registered with easyfundraising, which means you can raise FREE donations for us every time you shop online.
Over 7,000 brands will donate to us when you use easyfundraising to shop with them – at no extra cost to yourself!
These donations really mount up and make a BIG difference to us, so we’d really appreciate it if you could take a moment to sign up and support us.
Recycle your ink cartridges and support the CGF
Did you know that you can help us raise funds simply by recycling your ink cartridges via our Recycle4Charity programme?
For each inkjet cartridge recycled via the programme we will receive a £1 donation, meaning you can help the environment whilst raising money for charity!
To start, sign up for your free account here.
Leave a legacy through a gift in your will
Leaving a donation in your will to the Child Growth Foundation will leave a lasting legacy allowing us to help more children, young people, adults and families wherever growth is a concern.
We strongly recommend getting a solicitor to draw up your will and you can find one in your area by visiting the Law Society.
If you have decided to leave a gift to the CGF, or you would like to discuss this further, please contact our friendly team on 020 8798 2139 or by email below.
Get in touch
If you have any queries on the above, would like to discuss any ideas you have, activities you are interested in taking part in, or plans you have for organising raising funds, please get in touch with our friendly team at [email protected] or on 020 8798 2139.
Regular Giving
Other ways to support the CGF on a regular basis
Lottery
Our weekly lottery offers our supporters the chance to win £25,000 while supporting our work to improve the lives of children, young people adults and their families affected by growth conditions and growth concerns.
Costing £1 per entry per week, the draw is run every Friday, with each entry having the chance to win one of four amazing prizes – including the top £25,000 jackpot! All while enabling us to raise much needed funds to help support our charity.
Prizes on offer every week
Play now
Click here or click on the ‘Play now’ button below.
You will be directed to a page managed by Unity Lottery, who we have partnered with to run the CGF Weekly Lottery.
Choose how you’d like to play, by debit card or direct debit, and fill in your details, including how many entries you’d like each week.
You’ll receive confirmation of when you’ll be entered into the weekly draws and your unique numbers.
Players must be aged 18 or over.
If you need help with joining our lottery please call Unity on 0370 050 9240.
Other ways to play
You download a PDF form to print out and complete at home, to post with your cheque payment to Unity Lottery’s Freepost address:
Freepost RLZP-GSYJ-KSZA
The Unity Lottery
Furness Gate
Peter Green Way
Furness Business Park
Barrow-in-Furness
LA14 2PE
You can also use the PDF form to join by Direct Debit or debit card payment.
For every £1 you play each week you’ll be given a unique six-digit lottery number. Every Friday a winning number is drawn at random by our lottery provider, Unity.
This lottery is a number match game so, if three or more of your digits are in the same position as the winning number, you get a prize! Every player has a 1 in 63 chance of winning ANY prize.
At least 50p from every £1 you play goes to the Child Growth Foundation.
How your lottery entry supports the child growth community
With money raised from activities like our weekly lottery we can continue to:
- Support children, adults and families affected by rare growth conditions
- Raise awareness and understanding of growth conditions, to improve their detection and support their earlier diagnosis
- Support health professionals in the optimal diagnosis and management of these conditions
- Enable research into greater understanding and management of these conditions
Please ensure you read Unity’s game rules before you play
Winning numbers are announced every week here
Further information
A minimum of 50% of the total lottery proceeds go to supporting the work carried out by the Child Growth Foundation, 18.4% on prizes and 31.6% on expenses and administration of the lottery.
The promoter of this Unity Lottery is Child Growth Foundation, c/o Kinnair Associates Limited, Aston House, Redburn Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE5 1NB.
Child Growth Foundation is licensed and regulated in Great Britain by Newcastle City Council under account number LOTT1018.
Unity is a common brand lottery jointly promoted by Sterling Management Centre Limited and individual society lotteries. Each Lottery operated under Unity is a separate licensed lottery, operated by and supporting that particular good cause. Unity is administered by Sterling Management Centre Limited, licensed and regulated in Great Britain by The Gambling Commission under account number 3137.
Gambling Commission: www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk
Gamble Aware: www.gambleaware.org
Free Will writing service
With the freewills.co.uk award winning online service, you can make a free, legally-binding Will, checked, vetted and approved by a solicitor and which can be updated quickly and easily for free, forever.
As a supporter of the CGF you’re eligible for a free Will with freewills.co.uk. When using this service there is no obligation to leave a gift to the CGF but you may choose to, to make a lasting and positive contribution to our charity’s work.
We are registered with freewills.co.uk and there is a dedicated CGF page on their website at freewills.co.uk/charity/childgrowthfoundation with further information.
Leaving a lasting legacy
By making a Will you can ensure that your wishes, and the people and causes you care about, are provided for.
After providing for your family and friends, remembering the CGF helps ensure we are are always here for the child growth community.
Every single gift is vital to the CGF and we appreciate any gift you may choose to leave us. It will not cost you a penny during your lifetime. It is simple to do and is free from inheritance tax.
All gifts, whatever their size make a real difference – it truly is a gift of a lifetime.
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