How can I donate to SCF?
You can contribute to the life and work of the church in many different ways. While the information below relates to financial giving, other pages on this site explain the variety of ways you can get involved and contribute to SCF’s ministries.
You can make a one-time or recurring gift from this site. Clicking on the Donate buttons below will take you to the PayPal site, where you can give using your debit card or credit card, or using your PayPal account, if you have one.
Donate to the SCF Building Fund
You can choose to specifically support The Oak Tree Centre itself. This will help with the financial commitments for our building, which is the home of our church and is used for our events, as well as being a resource to serve the local community.
You can make a one-time or recurring gift to The Oak Tree Centre using the Donate button below.
You can also give via Standing Order or Bank Transfer. Our account details are:
Name: Shenley Christian Fellowship Building Fund
Sort Code: 40-52-40 Account No: 00027323
Donate to the SCF General Fund
You can also choose to support the ongoing activities of SCF in general. This includes administration of the church, outreach in the local community and mission support to various initiatives in the UK and around the world.
You can make a one-time or recurring gift to SCF’s General Fund using the Donate button below.
You can also give via Standing Order or Bank Transfer. Our account details are:
Name: Shenley Christian Fellowship General Fund
Sort Code: 40-52-40 Account No: 00027322
Regular Giving
By giving regularly, you can help SCF manage its finances and plan its outreach and mission activities.
- You can set up a standing order with your bank, and if you would like details on how to set this up, please contact the Church Administrator at info@scf-mk.org.uk.
- You can also enquire whether your employer has a Payroll Giving Scheme. ‘Give As You Earn’ (GAYE), your Human Resources department can provide details on this. For higher rate tax payers then, please also see the section below under ‘tax-efficient giving’.
Other ways to donate
- A regular offering is taken at all our Sunday services.
- If you would like to send us a cheque or a giving voucher, please make it payable to ‘Shenley Christian Fellowship’ and send it to the Church Administrator at: Shenley Christian Fellowship, The Oak Tree Centre, Wallinger Drive, Shenley Brook End, Milton Keynes, MK5 7GZ.
- You can give in the form of quoted shares and other securities (which entitle you to tax relief).
Tax-efficient giving
If you are a UK taxpayer (Income or Capital Gains Tax) and would like us to be able to claim back the basic rate tax through the government’s Gift Aid scheme, you will need to fill in, sign and return to us an ongoing Gift Aid declaration if you have not done so already.
The benefit to SCF is that it can recover the basic rate of income tax, currently 25p for each pound given at no extra cost to you.
If you are a UK higher rate (40 per cent) or additional rate (45 per cent) income tax payer and you give to SCF directly and allow us to reclaim the basic rate tax through Gift Aid, then you may recover, through your tax return, the difference between the basic rate tax that SCF recovers and the higher or additional rate that you have paid.
If your employer has a Give as You Earn scheme and you give via Payroll Giving, then, because you are giving ‘pre-tax’, you can pass on the full benefit of your tax to SCF immediately. Please speak with your employer’s Human Resources Department for more details.
Matched Funding
If your employer runs a matched funding scheme, your donation to SCF could be as much as doubled, at no extra cost to you. Contact your HR team for details.
Give as you Live
Register your details with Give as you Live www.giveasyoulive.com, then select Shenley Christian Fellowship as your chosen charity, and whenever you shop online through the Give as you Live website, you can raise money to support The Oak Tree Centre at absolutely no cost to yourself! In addition to retail stores, you can also raise money with travel/holiday companies, hotels, tickets for theatre, cinema and concerts, insurance companies, broadband, TV, & phone providers, and more.
Give as you Live also offers a Give as you Switch comparison service, where you can compare multiple providers for gas, electricity, broadband, phone, breakdown cover, and insurance options for motor, home, travel, pet, and life insurance. You can make a larger donation to SCF in a single transaction by switching through one of the selected providers. Visit the Give as you Live website for more information, and let your friends and family know about it, too.