We’re in a pretty fortunate position. Whilst we’ll notice the loss of a month’s salary, we won’t starve, or end up homeless, or in arrears on anything. We are very conscious that many people are not in that situation.
The charities to which we are choosing to give our salary matter to us personally. But there is nothing particularly significant about them – you will have your own charities that you would like to support. The important thing from the point of view of our Deny Tax, Donate protest is that they are charities who can reclaim tax through Gift Aid – the charities will recover the income tax that the government would have received through our PAYE; the government will not have the freedom to decide how to spend our income tax. If you would be willing to give away a month of your salary – or a large chunk of your salary – to charities in protest at the government policies, let us know. We would love to hear about it, and would be happy to put your story on this website.
If you can’t give up a large proportion of your salary for a month, but would like to nonetheless make a charity donation in support of the protest, we would still love to know. There is no Deny Tax, Donate organisation – no money goes via us. Even the cost of this website (which in any case is a few pounds) is being met separately.
If you aren’t in a position to give money to charity as part of this protest, we would really appreciate it if you would be willing to share news about it on social media or by word of mouth. We believe that a protest which challenges the wealth-focused values of the world with generosity is noteworthy – but that depends on people getting to hear about it.
If you would like to use this website to express your own views, please get in touch. We would love to hear from you.
