Guides

Animal giving, explained plainly

Short, honest answers to the questions people ask before giving.

• Sponsor a dog vs adopt an animal gift: what’s the difference?

  Monthly sponsorship, symbolic adoption and one-off costed gifts compared — what each costs, what each funds, and which to choose.

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• What is a virtual animal gift?

  How charity gift shops work, what the recipient receives, and how to tell a costed gift from a symbolic one.

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• Donating to a charity shop near you: what they take, what they don’t

  What every shop accepts, where furniture and electricals go, who collects free, and the Gift Aid trick that adds 25%.

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