As was reported in the recent news story, after a lot of effort and persistence the club is now a registered charity. But what does this mean? Well, significantly, it means that we are now in a position to be able to boost club funds via the UK government's Gift Aid scheme, which allows 25p to be claimed for every £1 received. As the news story mentioned, it may or may not be possible to claim Gift Aid for membership subscriptions. But we can definitely claim it for amounts