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Tax efficient giving

Gift Aid allows charities like CAFOD to claim the basic rate of tax on donations received from UK taxpayers. The basic rate of income tax is currently set at 20%.

Our Standards and Commitments

We are committed to ensuring accountability to our stakeholders and to delivering quality programmes guided by agreed codes and standards.

Press release: Xstrata mine protests: CAFOD demands release of Peruvian partners held by police

Two CAFOD partners have been detained by police whilst investigating human rights abuses near Anglo-Swiss mining company Xstrata’s new Tintaya site in Peru. Their arrest on unsubstantiated charges comes following complaints of intimidation by local security forces.

Aid in an austere climate: Should we still spend overseas?

To reduce the UK’s deficit, The coalition government is warning wholsesale cuts need to happen. As most of us prepare to tighten our belts, many are questioning the effectiveness of international aid, which the government has promised to ring-fence. So does aid really work?

Afghan “code of conduct” threatens women’s rights

Afghanistan’s president, Hamid Karzai, has endorsed a "code of conduct" which presents a set of guidelines religious women should obey in Afghanistan.