Donate

There are lots of ways you can donate to Friends of the Cancer Centre. Below are a few ideas on how you can make a donation, including becoming a regular donor. If you would like to make a one-off donation, just click the blue ‘Donate Now’ button and you can donate quickly and securely.

Already raised money for the charity?

If you have already raised money for Friends of the Cancer Centre through an event or fundraising activity, we would like to thank you for your support.

You can now lodge your donation directly to the charity’s bank account. Here’s how:

  1. Please click on the button below to tell us how the money was raised.
  2. Once you submit the form, we will email you the charity’s bank details to enable you to lodge it directly into the charity’s account.  If you do not receive this email, please check your junk mail or contact the team on 028 9069 9393.
  3. When we have received and processed your donation, we will send you a thank you letter to recognise your vital support.

Become a regular donor

Friends of the Cancer Centre relies entirely on donations from our wonderful supporters and regular donations play a really important part in enabling us to support people with cancer now, and help the charity plan for the future. Your support could help someone like Gordon (pictured on the left with his wife) who was diagnosed with cancer in 2016.

Your regular gift of £5 per month could pay for a welcoming cup of tea or coffee for 21 people every month when they attend for treatment.

Alternatively:

  • £5 per month could pay for 2 hours of a Friends of the Cancer Centre Clinical Nurse Specialist
  • £10 per month could help support a cancer patient financially through Friends of the Cancer Centre’s Grant Programme
  • £25 per month could support local research, to give patients in Northern Ireland the latest developments in cancer treatment.

Click to make a regular gift via JustGiving, standing order or payroll giving. Or call Amy on 028 9069 9393 for more information.

Meet Gordon

“The support that Friends of the Cancer Centre provides, not only through funding posts like my nurse, Emma’s, but through providing everything from a free cup of tea to funding vital equipment, is invaluable. Each time you make a donation to the charity, you are being a friend and helping to support someone just like me. Thank you.”

Gordon, from Belfast

Celebrate special days in special ways

 

Giving in celebration is a simple, personal and uniquely thoughtful way to mark special days in special ways.

 So, whether you are having a quiet celebration or having , a big bash, perhaps you will consider sharing your special day with Friends of the Cancer Centre?

Here are some ways in which you can get your friends and family involved.

Set up a Facebook event

It is really simple and by asking friends and family to make a donation to Friends of the Cancer Centre, together you can give a really special gift, the gift of care to a local cancer patient.

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Create a Just Giving page

Every donation will make a difference and for example, just £25 could provide one hour of nursing care, from one of the charity’s team of 14 specialist nurses.

Give one of our virtual gifts

If you would like to give one of the charity’s virtual gifts, they range from £5 for an activity pack for a child to £200 to help provide financial support for a family. You can purchase a virtual gift here.

Donations in lieu of flowers

Losing a loved one is an incredibly difficult time and the loss can have a devastating effect on the lives of those left behind.

During this life-changing time, many people find the strength and kindness to use their loss to support other people and other families in similar situations, by making a donation in lieu of flowers.

If you would like to make a donation in lieu of flowers you can donate directly to us, or your funeral director will be able to look after the arrangements on your behalf.

An alternative option, is to give family and friends the opportunity to make their donations remotely, via a JustGiving ‘In Memory’ page. You can find out more here https://www.justgiving.com/fcc/raisemoney

If you are a UK taxpayer, your donation to Friends of the Cancer Centre could be worth an extra 25% at no additional cost to you. Thanks to the Gift Aid scheme, with your permission, Friends of the Cancer Centre can claim 25p for every £1 you donate. 

Last year, we were able to reclaim over £83,000 through Gift Aid donations. This could help us fund 3,320 hours of nursing care or 3,320 complementary therapy treatments.

Simply email [email protected] to receive your Gift Aid Declaration & boost your donation to support local cancer patients.

Payroll Giving

Everybody loves payday, but did you know that your pay has the power to support local cancer patients? Payroll Giving, also known as Give as you Earn, gives you the chance to make a regular donation directly to us through your salary.  It’s a great way to support our work as your donation is made before any tax deductions, which means that you pay less and the taxman makes up the difference.  For example, if you want to give a regular gift of £10, only £8 will be deducted from your salary each month and the government makes up the remaining £2.

Setting up Payroll Giving couldn't be easier,
just follow these three simple steps:

1.

Find out if your employer operates the Payroll Giving/ Give as You Earn scheme by contacting your payroll department.

2.

If they do, simply ask them to set up a regular donation to Friends of the Cancer Centre. The charity is registered with The Charity Commission for Northern Ireland NIC 101345

3.

If your employer doesn’t currently operate the scheme, just give us a call on 028 9069 9393 and we can advise on other ways you can support us through regular giving.

Share your big day with us!

If you’re getting married why not make Friends of the Cancer Centre part of your special day?

Many couples generously choose to make a donation to Friends of the Cancer Centre in lieu of traditional favours or gifts for guests.

If you choose to make a donation to Friends of the Cancer Centre, we have a selection of beautiful place cards which you can set on your tables to let your family and friends know that you’re sharing your special day with us.  If you would like to give your guests a small gift, you can add our pin badges or wristbands.

For further information please email [email protected]

Become a Forever Friend

Every year, gifts in Wills make an enormous difference to the charity’s ability to fund future projects and last year, over £98,000 was received from our Forever Friends.

As a charity, we know that when we receive a gift in a Will, it means that someone has lost a loved one.  We would like to take this opportunity to say a special thank you to those families whose loved ones left a gift in their Will to the charity this year.  We hope it brings some small comfort to know that every gift makes a lasting difference to the lives of local families whose lives have been impacted by a cancer diagnosis.

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