Support Birkbeck

Post: we accept cheques, charity vouchers and postal orders. Simply send your gift to the Development Office, and we will write back to confirm the receipt. Remember to make all cheques payable to ‘Birkbeck College’.

Phone: to discuss your gift, or to make a gift over the phone, please contact us.

Alternatively, download a gift form (PDF) and return it to the Development Office.

Payroll giving enables you to make a gift to Birkbeck straight from your gross salary before tax has been deducted.

For a basic rate taxpayer (paying 20% tax) to give a £10.00 gift, it will only cost £8 or just £6 for higher-rate taxpayers (paying 40% tax).

In addition, many employers will match their employees' gifts. Ask your employer whether they have a payroll giving scheme.

If you have any questions relating to payroll giving please contact us.

Remembering Birkbeck with a gift in your will has a deep, lasting impact and benefits future generations of students. Find out more about gifts in wills at Birkbeck.

Birkbeck is registered with the British Schools and Universities Foundation (BSUF), a US-based education foundation with 501(c)(3) tax exempt status. This means alumni and friends of Birkbeck living in the United States are able to benefit from the same tax deductions on their charitable gifts as they would if they gave to a United States-based university or charity.

You can make a gift online by simply indicating the preference for ‘Birkbeck, University of London’ in the required field. Please note: online gifts will be processed by Network for Good, an independent foundation that manages BSUF's online credit card giving. Your tax receipt will come from directly Network for Good.

You can make a gift by cheque, made payable to 'British Schools and Universities Foundation'.

You can also download and complete a Donor Transmittal form (PDF).

Send the Donor Transmittal form and your cheque to:

• The British Schools and Universities Foundation
• 641 Lexington Avenue, 15th floor
• New York, NY, 10022-4503

BSUF will provide you with a receipt that you can use for your tax return.

If you are a UK taxpayer we can claim back income tax on your gift. All you need to do is tick the online Gift Aid Declaration box.

To understand more about how we use and store data, please see our alumni privacy policy (PDF). We are registered with the Fundraising Regulator.

At Birkbeck, we work hard to ensure that all of our interactions with current and potential donors are of the highest quality. We are registered with the Fundraising Regulator, and have signed up to the Fundraising Promise, demonstrating our commitment to best practice.

Despite our best efforts, we recognise that there may be occasions when you wish to register a complaint. We take complaints seriously and seek to address them appropriately.

If you believe that we have not complied with the Code of Fundraising Practice, please clearly state which part of the Code your complaint relates to.

Complaints should be emailed to the Development and Alumni team. We aim to acknowledge all complaints within five working days, and to resolve them within 20 working days.

Your complaint will be fully investigated, and the outcome of our investigation will be communicated to you within 20 working days of the receipt of your complaint. If it is not possible to give a response within that timescale, we will contact you to explain why and to provide an indication of when a full response can be expected.

If you are not satisfied with our response, please let us know and your complaint will be looked into by a senior manager. The senior manager will write to you setting out the outcome of their review and the rationale for their decision.