My Profile Page

Setting Up Your Account

Setting up a fundraising page is simple. It only takes a few minutes. Follow these steps.

  • On the www.globalangels.org home page, click Fundraising from the top navigation bar. Click start fundraising this takes you directly to the signup page.
  • Provide your email address. Your email address and last name won’t appear in your profile page.
  • Create a unique password using six or more characters.
  • Enter your username. This will make up the end of your personal URL e.g. if your username was ‘lisa’ your personal fundraising page would be www.globalangels.org/fundraiser/lisa. This will allow your friends, family and colleagues or even complete strangers to easily find your page when they donate online.
  • For security enter the characters displayed next to the security code box.
  • Agree to comply with the terms of the site and check the appropriate check box regarding sharing or receiving information from Global Angels.
  • Click on continue.
  • The next step is to invite your friends to join Global Angels as a fundraiser. You have to enter their email addresses separated by commas. If you want to include a personal message in your invitations enter in the box provided. Or you can choose to skip this step until later by selecting Skip This Step at the bottom of the page.
  • If successful you will see the screen message “Congratulations! You have successfully created your account”. An email will be sent to the email address you provided above. When you receive this email follow the link in the email to verify your email address. If successful, congratulations you have successfully verified your email address. Click the button below to login. Your account is now active!

Uploading Your Photo

The next step is to login and upload a photo to your profile page. This photo is your personal icon and will be displayed on your profile page.
You can upload a photo this way.

  • Click on edit on the user navigation bar.
  • Click on the Photo tab. Click Browse to navigate to the folder on your computer’s hard drive where you store pictures.
  • Double-click the photo you want to use.
  • Click Upload. Images must be less than 4 MB in size with one of the following extensions: jpg, jpeg, gif, png

Editing Your Profile Page

You can edit your profile page at any time by clicking on edit on the top user navigation bar, where you can change your profile, status, photo and privacy settings.

My Event

By selecting ‘my events’ on the top user navigation bar, you will be able to set up your event. You can explain in your own words what you are attempting, when your event takes place and even explain why you have chosen to raise money for Global Angels. You will also be able to write a personal message to people visiting your page. Once you have completed an event you can select it as completed and set up another event. Your ‘completed events’ will be listed on your profile page.

Media

By selecting ‘media’ on the top user navigation bar, you can upload pictures and videos of your fundraising event, training or even photos related to your charities cause. Your friends will be able to view these on your profile page. Select ‘media’ and ‘create new album’. You can upload pictures and videos to your saved albums once you’ve named your album and selected the privacy settings you’d like.

Blog

Your blog will allow you to keep your friends updated with your ongoing attempt, your training or any other fundraising activities. Your blog page even allows you to upload pictures and videos! When you’re logged in select ‘blog’ from the top user navigation bar and compose an entry.

Friends

You can add friends to your page. Once you have added a friend you will be able to send your friends personal messages.

Groups

Once you have set up your profile page you can create or join groups. By joining a group you will able to interact with other users that have something in common e.g. a group for people all taking part in the same event. Select ‘groups’ from the top user navigation and you can search for new groups to join or create a new group. Additionally the group page will show the total donations the group has raised to date.

Messages

You can send messages to other fundraisers. Select ‘messages’ from the top user navigation bar.  Select the ‘new message’ tab, enter the username, then write and send your message.

Receiving Donations

When a user logs onto your fundraising page they can select ‘donate now’
They will then be taken to a donation payment page.  If your donor is a UK tax payer and selects the gift aid box as well as providing their full name and address, Global Angels will reclaim the Gift Aid tax. No commission, administration or transaction charges will be deducted.

Gift Aid

Gift Aid allows charities to claim back 25% on every donation from individuals who are eligible to claim gift aid, in accordance with the requirements of the Gift Aid Scheme as they apply from time to time. In addition a transitional relief of 3.2% will be repaid to charities (for donations from 6th April 2007 to 5th April 2011). Therefore Gift Aid allows charities to reclaim effectively a total of 28.2%.

All donors, who are UK taxpayers, can make a declaration that makes them eligible for Gift Aid reclaims. To apply for Gift Aid you must pay an amount of Income Tax and/or Capital Gains Tax at least equal to the tax that the charity reclaims on your donation in the appropriate tax year. You can only make a Gift Aid declaration on your own money. You cannot make a declaration on behalf of someone else or on behalf of a company.

When you donate you enter your full name, home address including postcode and confirm you wish for Gift Aid to be reclaimed on your donation. We will pass this information onto HMRC for the purposes of reclaiming tax.

You can make a donation and remain anonymous, but if you remain anonymous you can’t apply for gift aid on your donation, as full details (as detailed above) are required by us to reclaim gift aid.

Any information from which it is possible to personally identify people which is captured (including: donor's full name,  address and email address) will be captured in a secure manner, processed and stored at all times in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.

Global Angels will comply with any instructions of all donors in respect of their personal data and Global Angels will not pass any such personal data to any third party.

Example: Mr J Smith donates £100 to his friends fundraising. Mr J Smith confirms that he is a UK Tax payer and provides his home address. Mr J Smith’s £100 donation is treated as being made after deduction of basic rate tax at 20%. The gross value of the donation before tax is £125.00 (£100.00 × 100/80), - this is the amount of money you would need to earn to receive £100.00 after tax. Global Angels claim the £25.00 of basic rate tax (£100.00 × 20/80) that the taxpayer is treated as having paid on the gift, effectively an extra 25% on top of the value of the £100.00 donation.

HMRC will pay a further 3.2% transitional relief to Global Angels, i.e. £3.20.

In summary Global Angels will receive £100 from Mr J Smith plus a £28.20 refund from HMRC.


Where a fundraising event has been part or fully funded by Global Angels, donations to these events are eligible for the Gift Aid scheme, subject to the normal requirements of the scheme being satisfied, and that includes the benefit rules. However, as the fundraiser has benefited from the Charity’s funding, donors can’t claim gift aid if they are:

  • the wife or husband of the fundraiser
  • a relative (brother, sister, ancestor (e.g. mother) or lineal descendant (e.g. grandson) of the fundraiser
  • the wife or husband of a relative of the fundraiser
  • or a company under the control of the donor or under control of the connected persons.

Frequently these are overseas treks and bike rides to raise funds, however the same principles apply to similar events in the UK.

Full details about the Gift Aid Scheme can be found on HMRC website:
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/charities/
or call our helpline: 0845 3020203.

Adding Offline Donations

You may raise money that isn’t donated online directly to your fundraisers page. You can add these donations as “offline donations” so they can be added to your overall fundraising total on your profile page.  Select my events and select offline donations then enter the donation amount and confirm whether you have sent a gift aid declaration form to Global Angels.