One of the benefits of Ultimate being a recognised sport is that Ultimate clubs (at least some of them) are able to apply to become a CASC (Community Amateur Sports Club). In reality the benefits used to be pretty limited for most Ultimate clubs because the really major feature of the scheme was only relevant to sports clubs with premises.
Well, NOT ANY MORE! A new scheme from JustGiving, Sport England and CCPR means JustGiving will handle the gift aid aspect for CASCs. And they've even waived their annual subscription fee - i.e. the service is free. (Apparently it was always possible to claim gift aid back, but the paperwork was very onerous, and so that feature has never been very visible.) Since it was never looked that useful to our clubs, I've never looked in detail at the CASC requirements, and I suspect not all clubs will be eligible - but some will, and the gift aid feature perhaps makes it worthwhile. I'd recommend most clubs take a look at this. If anyone looks into it and has any success (or if anyone has already done so) please let me know so that we can share information with everyone. If there are obstacles that require help from the National Governing Body (i.e. UKU) please let me know and we'll work to get them sorted of course. Best wishes Si Simon Hill, UK Ultimate Email: [email protected] Postal address: UK Ultimate, 27 Old Gloucester Road, LONDON WC1N 3AX Tel: +44 (0) 844 8045949 __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed
