Donations Policy

Friends of Boston Music Centre | Registered Charity No. 1207228

Haven High Academy, Marian Road, Boston, PE21 9HB, United Kingdom

This Donations Policy explains how Friends of Boston Music Centre handles donations made through the website or in person.

1. Purpose of donations

Friends of Boston Music Centre is a registered charity, charity number 1207228. Donations support activities, equipment, operations and other functions relating to the running of Boston Music Centre and the charitable purposes of Friends of Boston Music Centre.

2. Holding and use of donations

Donations are held in a Friends of Boston Music Centre bank account and are released for activities, equipment, operations or any other function pertaining to the running of Boston Music Centre.

Unless a specific appeal states otherwise, donations are treated as unrestricted donations to support Friends of Boston Music Centre's charitable purposes.

3. Receipts

Donors will receive a receipt detailing their donation. Receipts may be issued by email or through the payment/donation system.

4. Refunds of donations

Donations are generally non-refundable unless made in error or where the donor has a legal right to a refund.

Donation refund requests should be sent to vanessa.hobart@lincolnshire.gov.uk as soon as possible and should include the donor name, donation amount, date and reason for the request.

5. Gift Aid

Friends of Boston Music Centre plans to claim Gift Aid in the future, but Gift Aid is not currently set up.

If Gift Aid is introduced, donors will be asked to make a valid Gift Aid declaration before Gift Aid is claimed. The website and donation process will be updated with relevant information at that time.

6. Refusing or returning donations

Friends of Boston Music Centre may refuse or return a donation where it is legally required, where accepting it would be inconsistent with the charity's purposes or values, where there are serious concerns about the source of funds, or where trustees consider that accepting the donation would not be in the charity's best interests.

7. Constitution and governance

Friends of Boston Music Centre has adopted a constitution which is available at www.bostonmusiccentre.co.uk/documents/constitution-friends-of-boston-music-centre-amended-23-02-24.

8. Records and privacy

Donation records are kept for accounting, charity governance, audit and legal purposes. Personal information connected with donations is handled under the Privacy Policy.