News October 9, 2025

It's Gift Aid Awareness Day!

Find out what the Charity Retail Association and Charity Retail Learning can do to help you with retail Gift Aid.

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Train your whole team. Maximise your Gift Aid. Increase your profit.

CRL's Gift Aid Bundle gives your staff and volunteers the knowledge and confidence to unlock the full potential of Gift Aid across your retail operation.

What's included in your subscription?

✅ 2 On-Demand Courses – tailored training for shop staff and retail volunteers, available anytime.
✅ Exclusive Leadership Webinar – a specialist programme for retail leaders (director/head level) and charity finance leads, delivered live online over two half days.

Outstanding value

💫 Training staff and volunteers individually would normally cost over £400 per shop.
💫 Our subscription bundles start at just £80 per shop – covering all your people: shop teams, e-commerce, warehouse staff, drivers, and more

Benefits at a glance

⭐ Proven impact: Hundreds of reviews, averaging 90%+ learner satisfaction
👥 Unlimited access: All current staff & volunteers included – plus new joiners during your subscription at no extra cost
🏬 Flexible growth: Open a new shop? Simply pay a pro-rata one-off fee at your existing annual rate
🎓 Leadership support: New retail or finance leads join the Gift Aid webinar free (normally £90 + VAT)
🔒 Price protection: Your rate is fixed for the entire subscription period
📅 Multi-year savings: Secure longer-term value with annual upfront payments.
🤝 Extra discount: CRA members get an additional 10% off.

Quote is valid for 3 months

Please don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions or need any amendments. Phone 07985 574904 or email hello@thecharityretailacademy.co.uk

25% off for anyone who takes the Bundles on Gift Aid Awareness Day Thursday 9 October, and Friday 10 October.

This can't be used in conjunction with any other offers (i.e. the CRA 10% off).

Events, guidance and resources

All you need to know about retail Gift Aid

Retail Gift Aid posters and assets

Use these to educate new staff, volunteers and customers via social media, in store, or create revision flash cards so your people can talk about Gift Aid to customers with confidence. For alternative branding and formats - email Susan.

Retail Gift Aid policy guidance

Everything you need to know to run a best practice retail Gift Aid scheme in your shops, including a training manual and lots of templates, can be found on our website.

Retail Gift Aid online forum

Want to ask your fellow charity retailers questions about how they deal with aspects of retail Gift Aid? We have a forum stream dedicated to this subject.

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