Campaigning Tips

This may be your first time to take part in a campaign. Our web site provides some useful tools to help you to assist with our campaign. However there are other effective ways you can help. We have included some tips and advice below on how you can further add your support to our campaign. We hope you find these useful. If you have any suggestions or questions, then please send us your feedback.

1. Link To Us
2. Write a letter to your local Representative
3. Make a phone Call to your local Representative

Link to us

The success of our campaign depends on spreading the word. You can help spread the word about our campaign by a placing a banner on your site and linking to us. Below you can view a .Gif version of our banner. We also have Flash version for download complete with a detection script for the Flash Plug in. To download your banners please follow the instructions below.

120 x 60 pixels

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468x60 pixels

Install Gif Banners:

1. Click and hold (Win95/98 users right click) anywhere on the image.
   
2. Select 'Save Image As', 'Save Picture As' or 'Download Image to Disk'.
   
3. Choose where you'd like to save the image; then click 'Save'.
   
4. Insert the banner into your web page using your preferred method and link it to http://www.vatcampaign.com

Please contact us if you have any problems installing our banners.

Capture your VAT

Capture Your VAT. To convince the government, political parties, the media and the general public of the need to ‘Abolish VAT on Giving’ the ICTRG nationally and each individual charity needs to spell out this human cost in specific terms.

Download and Display our Campaign Poster

Display the Poster! And forward it to your contacts and friends.

Write a Letter to your local Representative

Every year Charities pay out €18 million in VAT. This is money which would be much better spent on those who need it most. And its money which, unlike most businesses, charities can't claim back. If you think this is unfair, you can help with the stroke of your pen.

A hand written letter to your local Representative is the strongest form of action you can take to support our VAT Campaign. Your Representatives are more likely to respond because you have taken the time and effort to sit down and write it.

What to include in your letter.

1. Be sure to mention that you live in your Representative's constituency.
2. Quote some facts from our campaign details web page
3. Ask your Representative to write to the ICTRG to confirm their support
4. Ask them send a copy of the letter to you.
5. Be sure and thank your Representative for their support in a follow up letter.

Make a phone call to your local Representative

Why not make a follow up call to your local Representative to request their support for our campaign. It will take a few minutes and the potential benefits to those in need amount to an estimated €18 million.

What to say in a phone call

It's important that you express yourself in your own words, however we have included some pointers for you below.

1. Give your full name mention that you live in your Representative's constituency.
2. Say that you are calling because you support the Irish Charities Tax Reform Groups VAT campaign.
3. Ask your Representative if they will support a call to the next Government to legislate for a fairer VAT refund mechanism for charities.
4. Ask your Representative to communicate their support to the ICTRG.
5. Be sure and thank them for their time support

We appreciate you taking the time and effort to support our Campaign. Please keep us informed if you contact any of your local Representatives or receive any responses from them.