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Donations
The West Shropshire talking Newspaper is an independent charity. We depend on donations from individuals and organisations to continue providing blind and partially sighted people with access to newspapers and magazines.
£10 purchases 10 postal pouches - used as envelopes to safely carry the talking newspapers through the post, between studio and listener - 500 required each year.
£23 purchases a specialist USB player/loudspeaker unit for use by an individual blind listener to ‘play’ the talking newspaper – we serve 350 listeners.
£35 purchases 10 USB memory sticks – we purchased 1000 last year.
£400 equips a reporter’s digital studio with audio editing software for making local area contributions to the weekly newspaper.
£600 will provide a digital cloning unit to ‘fast copy’ USB memory sticks for sending out to each listener. 
If you would like to send a cheque, please make the cheque payable to 'West Shropshire Talking Newspaper' and send to:
W S T N, Fletcher Centre, Cross Hill, Shrewsbury SY1 1JE
A donation form is available below. Using this form will ensure we receive all the correct information and provides the facility to 'Gift Aid' your donation, enabling the charity to reclaim tax relating to your donation (equivalent to 28p in the £).
Other Ways to Give
If you would like more information about leaving a legacy, or if you would like to raise money for the W S T N through a special event of sponsored activity, please call 01743 364 726 (answerphone).
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Gift Aid declaration
(Please copy, paste and print this form for completion and forward to the W S T N)
.Tax claimed by the charity
• The charity will reclaim 28p of tax on every £1 you gave up to 5 April 2008.
• The charity will reclaim 25p of tax on every £1 you give on or after 6 April 2008.
• The Government will pay to the charity an additional 3p on every £1 you give
between 6 April 2008 and 5 April 2011. This transitional relief for the charity
does not affect your personal tax position.
If you pay income tax at the higher rate, you must include all your Gift Aid donations on your Self Assessment tax return if you want to receive the additional tax relief due to you.
Please notify the West Shropshire Talking Newspaper (the charity) if you:
1. Want to cancel this declaration.
2. Change your name or home address.
3. No longer pay sufficient tax on your income and/or capital gains
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Donor’s details: (Please complete the following)
Title ___________
Initial(s) ___________
Surname ___________
Home address _____
Postcode ___________
Date ___________
Name of charity: West Shropshire Talking Newspaper, Fletcher Centre, Cross Hill, Shrewsbury SY1 1JE.
Please treat: (Please insert/delete as appropriate}
The enclosed gift of £ _______ as a Gift Aid donation;
OR
All gifts of money that I make today and in the future as Gift Aid donations;
OR
All gifts of money that I have made in the past 6 years and all future gifts of money that I make from the date of this declaration as Gift Aid donations.
You must pay an amount of income tax and/or capital gains tax in each tax year at least equal to the tax that the charity will claim from HM Revenue &Customs on your Gift Aid donation(s).
Signature of Donor: ___________________________________________
Thank you for your interest. All communications will be gratefully acknowledged.