Gift Aid Manager was first
launched in August 2000 for recording gift aid donations and making repayment claims. In
2002, an additional membership module was added at the request of several users, which
extended the functionality of the program to become a membership database.
Version 3.3 was launched in 2007 which upgraded the program
to run in Microsoft Access® 2007
and reflected the changes made by HM Revenue & Customs to Gift Aid claim
periods and forms.
Version 3.4
was released in June 2008 following the introduction of Transitional Relief.
There are
currently several hundred users of the
software ranging from small organisations to national charities. Users include churches,
cathedrals, scout and guide groups, health organisations, animal welfare charities,
museums, educational establishments, counselling centres, housing associations etc.
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Microsoft Access®:
Microsoft Access®
is the database program that Gift Aid Manager runs in. Microsoft Access® is part of the
Microsoft Office® suite of programs and therefore data can be easily
integrated with Microsoft Word® and
Excel®.
You do not have to purchase or already have
Microsoft Access® installed on your PC as a
free runtime edition of the program can be downloaded from Microsoft's
website.
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To run with Microsoft Access® 2007:
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PC with a
500 MHz or faster processor |
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Microsoft
Windows® XP Service Pack 2,
or Windows Vista |
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256
MB of RAM or greater |
To run with
Microsoft Access® 2003:
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PC
with a 233 MHz or faster processor |
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Microsoft
Windows® 2000 Service Pack 3, Windows XP, or later |
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128
MB of RAM or greater |
To run with Microsoft Access® 2000: |
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PC with
a Pentium 75 MHz or higher processor |
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Microsoft Windows 95 or later operating system |
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16
megabytes of RAM |
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Customer comments: |
"I am so
pleased with this product and have recommended it to other charities I have
been involved in and was so pleased about how easy it was to claim Gift Aid
back on our subscriptions. My trustees are thrilled."
Lucy Tetlow,
Save-A-Child
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"...I have found it really easy to use and has so far been immensely helpful
for our group...the software calculated our gift aid entitlement in less
than a few seconds compared to what took me 2 Sunday afternoons to go
through. Wonderful !!!"
Paul Thompson,
Footlight Youth Theatre
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"I was impressed as it's so user friendly"
Pradeep Verma, St Saviour Church
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"...great bit of kit!!"
David Crawshaw, Friends of Long Sutton Church
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"Thank
you again for your terrific customer service!"
Leslie Grant, Chobham Scout Group
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"The programme did a good job for us last year and I am sure will continue
to serve us well."
Don Axcell, Christian Police
Association (UK)
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"The service
I have received from you has been absolutely brilliant and I would certainly
have no hesitation in recommending your service to others."
Gill Rosser,
Afirm-India
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"Gift Aid
Manager really does help when it comes to preparing the tax reclaims - it
saves me hours of work."
Rob Nightingale,
Harvest Christian
Fellowship
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