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Different Ways To Send Your Donations

Thank you for donating to the Longford Trust. Your donation will make a real difference.

(1) Online via JustGiving: Click on the button below. Gift Aid is automatically collected on all Just Giving donations.

JustGiving donate button

(2) By Bank Transfer: contact Chris Walters, our fundraising manager.

(3) By Cheque: made payable to The Frank Longford Charitable Trust and sent to PO Box 72887, London N2 2FG.

(4) By a Gift in Your Will: read more 


Boost your Donation with Gift Aid

If you qualify for Gift Aid, you can increase your donation by 25% at no extra cost. Simply complete Gift Aid form and send it to us at fundraising@longfordtrust.org or Longford Trust, PO Box 72887, London N2 2FG. To qualify for Gift Aid, you must:

  • Be a UK taxpayer
  • Have paid (or expect to pay) enough income or capital gains tax in the tax year to cover all the Gift Aid donations you’ve made to charities
  • Make a Gift Aid declaration

If donating through JustGiving, you can enter your Gift Aid details directly there. There is no need to send us a separate form.


Help Us As You Recycle

You can now also support the Longford Trust from the comfort of your own home by recycling jewellery, watches, old banknotes through our new partnership with Recycling for Good Causes. It’s simple and free. You can donate unwanted or broken jewellery, including gold, silver, costume jewellery and watches, and foreign and UK banknotes, from any country, and of any age.

Make your donation by: (1) Placing your items in your own envelope (no larger than A5); (2) Printing and attaching this Freepost label which identifies you as a Longford Trust donor; (3) Putting it in any UK postbox. There is no cost to you, and 75 per cent of the proceeds will come directly to the Longford Trust to support our scholars. Recycling for Good Causes will reuse or recycle your donated items responsibly. This helps us raise vital funds while reducing waste.


What Your Donation Can Do

  • £25 covers the cost of a specialist text book for a Longford Scholar.
  • £100 supports our Scholarship Manager’s visit to a prison education department.
  • £250 covers the cost of initial training for one mentor.
  • £500 provides a laptop for a Longford Scholar.
  • £2,000 funds a Longford Scholarship for one academic year.

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