About Giving to Cornerstone

The majority of Cornerstone’s income comes from the work we do for our Local Authority partners in providing fostering services for their most vulnerable children.  It is important that this money be spent on caring for these children and we are contractually bound to do this. Typically, an additional 2-3% of our income comes through the donations we receive from the generous churches, organisations and individuals who support us.

​Now, though, as we expand, we need to raise start-up funds to enable us to give as much to these branches as we do to our English fostering work, without taking away resources from our existing English fostering work. Namely, we are seeking £100,000 to initially set up the work of Foundations Matter in Scotland, and our Voluntary Adoption Agency (VAA) in England.

Foundations Matter
We have recently been registered as a fostering agency in Scotland, and will be operating there under a different name, 'Foundations Matter'. We are seeking start-up money so that we can develop an infrastructure and employ staff in advance of approving new families so that we are not taking money away from our existing fostering work in England. To read more about Foundations Matter, please visit this link.

Adoption in England
Similarly to the Foundations Matter endeavour, Cornerstone has very recently been approved as a Voluntary Adoption Agency in England. We are also seeking start-up funds for this part of our work so that we can employ staff, develop our infrastructure and recruit adoptive families without draining the resources of our existing fostering work.

How to Give

​If it is on your heart to give to our work, we are so grateful to you! This can be done in one of the following ways: 
​Directly
You can give straight into our Charity Account by setting up a standing order or making a one-off payment. If you want the money to go to a specific fund, such as to Foundations Matter or to the VAA, please state this clearly on the description. If you are a tax payer, please ask us for a Gift Aid form, then we can claim an additional 25p for every £1 you give! 

​Our Bank Details are as follows:
Bank Name:                     CAF Bank
Sort Code:                        40-52-40
Account Number:          00036611
Account Name:              Cornerstone North East Adoption and Fostering Service

​Advantages:

• The money goes straight into our account without delay
• No fees are paid by you or by us
• Easy to follow on your bank statements

Disadvantages:

• If you give to a few organisations, separate Gift Aid paperwork is needed for each one
• Anonymous giving is very difficult

Via Stewardship
Stewardship is a Christian organisation which helps people to give efficiently to a wide range of ministries, projects, churches and Christian charities.  Click on the link above to give to us through this platform.

Advantages:

• Once you are registered with Stewardship, it is very quick and simple, also you can support a range of organisations from one place.
• You can specify which fund you would like to donate to and can add messages as you wish.
• Giving can be regular or one-off.
• You can leave your name or be anonymous.
• You can Gift Aid through Stewardship without having to fill forms in for different organisations.

Disadvantages:

• Stewardship take a fee of around 3% on non-regular giving.

Via the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) Bank
We have a CAF Bank account.  You can set up a giving account with them and give straight into our account through this method. Click on the link and search for 'Cornerstone UK' to give to us through this platform.

Advantages:

• There are no fees
• Easy to give regularly or one-off
• Gifts can be Gift Aided

Disadvantages:

• Slightly harder to set up than with Stewardship
• Fewer Christian Organisations have CAF Bank accounts, so if you want to give to a number of causes, the scope is narrower