Helping Genesis

We help about 2500 people per annum with furniture, food, lifeskills, training, work placements, support and advice and we can only do this because of all the help we receive so if you can help us that would be fantastic.

If you are a church click here or a school or youth group click here or a business click here or a Grant or Trust click here. As an individual there are several ways to help:

BY GIVING A DONATION

If you want to make a significant difference to the lives of people battling with poverty in Bath, then we would be really grateful of your donation however small. Click for a gift aid formor click to donate through CAF

GIVE AN  ALTERNATIVE PRESENT

you can buy a selection of presents with the proceeds directly benefiting clients of the Genesis Trust. There are four presents available: Life skills sessions, Access to Rehab, Lifeline Centre and Wood Works Training click below for further details

 

PAYROLL GIVING

This  is one of the most direct and convenient ways to donate regularly to the Genesis Trust.  Providing your employer offers a payroll giving scheme you can give a regular amount straight from your monthly or weekly income. If you are in the UK, because the pledged amount is deducted before PAYE tax, the donation is tax-free for you and the tax you would have paid goes to the charity instead.

What this means is if you pledge to give £10 a month and pay tax at 22% what it actually costs you is £7.80. The benefit is even greater if you pay tax at 40%.

HOW TO SET UP PAYROLL GIVING

Your employer should have payroll giving set up as an option from the payroll department.  If not it is easy for them to set up.They will need to get in touch with a payolll giving organisation to set it up properly. We have already set it up at Genesis and it was very straightforward.

Once it is set up you will need to let your payrill department know

how much you want to give and the frequency, Most importantly, you will need to let them know the name of the charity you wish to donate to The Genesis Trust and the charity number

BECOMING A VOLUNTEER

Our  projects always need volunteers whether helping in the Wood Works at our charity shops, listening at Lifeline or cooking at Lunch box please click here to see what volunteers we currently need

 

HAVE A CLEAR OUT !

14 Brookside House, Weston, BA1 4BY   open between 9.00am and 5.00pm with parking outside. 

PRAY FOR GENESIS

we have a monthly prayer diary for further details please ring Lynne or Paul on 01225 463549

BUY GENESIS VOUCHERS which can be bought by the general public and given to those begging in the street as an alternative to money. The vouchers can then be used to buy food at our projects (Lunch Box, Sunday Centre etc) or towards the Julian House Night Shelter. Vouchers are available from Genesis Trust Charity Shop, Genesis Furniture project, The Wood Works, Ethos Sandwich Bar, Open House Coffee Shop, Manvers Street, Bath Abbey Bookshop and Wesley Owen Bookshop.

FUNDRAISING EVENTSTake part in one of our events or run your own event. click here for ideas. we can provide collecting tins, balloons, display material and contact the media for  you. You can also click here to set up an online fundraising page with just giving. For further ideas on maximising sponsorship see

Join the fund raising committee and be creative in raising funds. We meet once a month ring Lynne Hardy 01225 465439 for more info.

Share giving, which means that if you donate listed shares to us you can get income tax relief. On top of that you will not be liable for tax on any capital gains.

Remembering the Genesis Trust in your will. If you would like a copy of our legacy leaflet then please ring Lynne on 01225 463549. Alternatively if you want to set up a memorium page for a loved one see http://www.justgiving.com/genesistrust/remember

 

Cookery Book Have you a favorite recipe?

With the increase in convenience foods we realise a lot of our clients need some inspiration in making cheap, nutritious meals. So we are putting together an economy recipe book to give out to clients and to sell to raise funds. If you have a tried and tested recipe, which is good value, we would love to include it in our book. Please send all contributions, together with a contact phone number to: Lynne Hardy, 1-3 James Street West, Bath, BA1 2BX or email Lynne@genesistrust.org.uk.

 

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To obtain further information please get in touch via one of the methods on our Contact Us page

A Prayer...

Please pray that we are doing the kind of work that God will bless, that the following words of St Paul will permeate all our endeavors:

"Finally, brethren whatever is true, whatever is honorable,whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me do, and the God of peace will be with you."

Philippians 4 v 8 - 9

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