Donations

Even small donations help to build a house, just as bricks do.

Ways to donate

Choose what works for you

Online with PayPal

Make a one-off or regular gift securely online using your PayPal account or a debit or credit card.

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Bank transfer

Donations may be made by bank transfer, or by regular payments monthly, quarterly or annually by standing order.

Account nameCommonwealth Housing Trust
Sort code23-05-80
Account number33641011

Please add your surname to the transfer as a reference.

Donation form

Download and print our donation form (including the Gift Aid declaration) and return it to:

Commonwealth Housing Trust
8 Hungershall Park
Tunbridge Wells
TN4 8NE
Download the form (PDF)
Make your gift go further

Gift Aid

By providing your name and address, CHT is able to reclaim Gift Aid if you pay income or capital gains tax at least equal to your charitable donation during the tax year.

Complete the Gift Aid section of the donation form to let us claim it on your behalf.

Gift Aid declaration

I am a UK taxpayer. I wish all donations that I have made in the past four years and all future donations, until I notify otherwise, to be made under the Gift Aid Scheme.
Minimal overheads: donations go straight to the projects
Transparent, carefully monitored use of funds
Questions

Donation questions

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We carefully monitor all of our operations to make sure that the highest proportion possible of every donation goes straight to our projects and their beneficiaries. We have minimal overheads and administration costs, depend entirely on donations, grants and sponsorship, and we do not spend your money on merchandising.

The overall cost of building each house has been around £10,000, although Kenya, like the rest of the world, faces growing inflation. Even small donations help to build a house, just as bricks do: funds buy hard core, cement, stone building blocks and much more.

Yes, if you are a UK taxpayer. By providing your name and address CHT is able to reclaim Gift Aid if you pay income or capital gains tax at least equal to your charitable donation during the tax year. Complete the Gift Aid section of our donation form to let us claim it.

You can give online through PayPal, make a bank transfer, set up a monthly, quarterly or annual standing order, or download, print and post our donation form. Full details, including our bank details, are on the Donations page.

Yes. The Commonwealth Housing Trust is a UK Registered Charity, number 1102126, registered with the Charity Commission since 2002.

Yes. Regular payments monthly, quarterly or annually can be arranged by standing order. Use the bank details on this page, adding your surname as the reference, or download the donation form.

PayPal (including debit and credit cards through PayPal), UK bank transfer or standing order, and cheques or forms returned by post to our Tunbridge Wells address.