Give a major gift
By giving a major gift to Age UK, you can help us to provide a lifeline to tens of thousands of older people, as well as their families, friends and carers.
Philanthropy
Thank you for considering making a donation to Age UK. Our Philanthropy team are here to help guide you to make a lasting impact and achieve your philanthropic goals.
Whether you wish to support our national services, like the Age UK Advice Line or Telephone Friendship Service, or explore new opportunities for funded programmes, our dedicated team will guide you every step of the way.
How your support can make a difference
By giving a major gift to Age UK, you can help us to provide crucial support for older people like Sheila when they have no one else to turn to. Watch her explain the difference we've made to her life.
What your donation could achieve
£5,000
could help Age UK answer more than 412 calls from older people to our Silver Line Helpline
providing them with immediate comfort and companionship.
£10,000
could fund the Age UK Advice Line for a day
giving expert advice on everything from benefits to home adaptations, community care to bereavement.
£25,000
could help Age UK make over 1,600 telephone friendship calls to older people through our Telephone Friendship Service
ensuring that no older person spends their days in silence.
£50,000
could fund over 400 benefit entitlement checks
on average, identifying £4,000 in additional income each year for older people who are struggling to make ends meet.
£500 per month
over the course of a year, could fund weekly friendship calls to 12 older people
from a volunteer befriender through our Telephone Friendship Service.
Ways to support Age UK
Donate online today
Give to Age UK quickly, easily and securely.
Donor Advised Funds
It’s easy to make a donation to Age UK through a Donor Advised Fund, such as CAF, NPT, Prism or your bank’s own Donor Advised Fund. To do this, request a grant distribution from the fund administrator, and quote Age UK either by name, or our registered charity number, ‘1128267’.
Pledges and multi-year gifts
Did you know that you can pledge a gift to Age UK to be paid at a later stage? You can also commit to supporting Age UK over multiple years, lending invaluable support to an area of our work. This doesn’t need to be an annual donation - it could be monthly, quarterly or even bi-annually.
Make your gift go further
When you opt in to Gift Aid your donation, Age UK can claim an extra 25% on top of the amount you donate through the Government Gift Aid Scheme, at no extra cost to you.
This means, for example, a donation of £10,000 from you could potentially be worth as much as £12,500 to Age UK.
To qualify for gift aid, you must be a UK taxpayer and need to have paid enough UK income/capital gains tax in the tax year your gift was received to cover all the Gift Aid donations you made to charity that year.
Age UK can only claim Gift Aid up to the basic rate of tax (20%). However, if you're a higher rate taxpayer, you can increase the value of your donation to Age UK even further by reclaiming the difference between the basic rate of tax and the highest rate of tax you’ve paid directly from HMRC.
Read more about the Gift Aid scheme and complete an online declaration. If you have donated to Age UK in the past, completing a declaration now could mean we can claim Gift Aid on your previous donations. Please contact us for more information.
Contact us
For more information or to discuss giving a major gift:
Please get in touch with us
- Jessica Searle, Philanthropy Manager
- Email: jessica.searle@ageuk.org.uk
- Phone: 020 3003 0573