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Check if your child can get free school meals - and find out how to apply on your local authority’s website.

Find out about the type of healthy food all maintained schools and academies in England have to provide under the school food standards.

Tax relief on donations, Gift Aid, payroll giving, leaving a gift in your will, keeping tax records; find a charity; donating land, property or shares

• Overview

  Donations by individuals to charity or to community amateur sports clubs…

• Gift Aid

  Donating through Gift Aid means charities and community amateur sports…

• Donating straight from your wages or pension

  If your employer, company or personal pension provider runs a Payroll…

• Donating land, property or shares

  You do not have to pay tax on land, property or shares you donate to…

• Leaving gifts to charity in your will

  Your will says what will happen to your money, property and possessions…

• Keeping records

  You need to keep records of donations if you want to claim tax back on…

Tax and reporting rules for employers providing meals for employees and directors

Tax and reporting rules for employers providing social functions, including annual parties, for employees

Find out when and at what rate you need to charge VAT if you supply food and drink for catering or takeaway.

• Updated: 5 August 2022

This series brings together all documents relating to Senior staff: hospitality received

• Updated: 11 December 2012

Website of Bridgend County Borough Council

• Updated: 26 June 2025

Apply for meals at home from your council or other local organisation

Get help to classify textiles and which headings and codes to use.

• Updated: 7 April 2017