{"id":2283,"date":"2020-05-19T08:56:25","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T08:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stjamesyeovil.org.uk\/?page_id=2283"},"modified":"2026-03-24T13:50:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T13:50:17","slug":"supporting-st-james","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.stjamesyeovil.org.uk\/?page_id=2283","title":{"rendered":"Supporting St James&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Why give?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">We get no additional funds from the Church of England, or anywhere else. All our income comes from church members, or our own fundraising activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Our income is used to pay our parish share &#8211; which funds clergy and training, plus other support from from the Diocese, to pay wages, maintain the building, for outreach to the community and to support other charities including our four <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stjamesyeovil.org.uk\/?page_id=3150\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"3150\">Mission Partners.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">For more information about this please see the leaflet below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"http:\/\/www.stjamesyeovil.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Giving-leaflet-St-J-2026.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Giving leaflet St J 2026.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-f2cc3d61-5dc2-4971-802f-9f87feb5ff03\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stjamesyeovil.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Giving-leaflet-St-J-2026.pdf\">Giving leaflet St J 2026<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stjamesyeovil.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Giving-leaflet-St-J-2026.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-f2cc3d61-5dc2-4971-802f-9f87feb5ff03\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to Give<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">We are now charged by the bank for processing cash and cheques. Please can we encourage regular givers to use standing orders or bank transfers where possible.  This also helps with our financial planning.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Regular and one-off Donations<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">To set up a<strong> <\/strong>standing order, please <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stjamesyeovil.org.uk\/?page_id=1752\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1752\">contact the Parish Office<\/a> or download a standing order form here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-06fe5c35-437a-4ca1-bf46-a6a30c841ec6\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stjamesyeovil.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Standing-Order-Form.docx\">Standing Order Form<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stjamesyeovil.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Standing-Order-Form.docx\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-06fe5c35-437a-4ca1-bf46-a6a30c841ec6\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"http:\/\/www.stjamesyeovil.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Standing-Order-Form.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Standing Order Form.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-c12a1331-3fea-41e9-a839-cbf3fba83df1\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stjamesyeovil.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Standing-Order-Form.pdf\">Standing Order Form<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stjamesyeovil.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Standing-Order-Form.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-c12a1331-3fea-41e9-a839-cbf3fba83df1\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Gift Aid<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">If you are a UK taxpayer, it is easy to gift aid your donations.  This means we can claim an extra 25% on top of your giving.  Please <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stjamesyeovil.org.uk\/?page_id=1752\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1752\">contact the Parish Office <\/a>for a gift aid declaration form or download one here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-15d03bb3-b724-4e7b-ba6c-a0ad1b2de33c\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stjamesyeovil.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gift-Aid-Form.docx\">Gift Aid Form<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stjamesyeovil.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gift-Aid-Form.docx\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-15d03bb3-b724-4e7b-ba6c-a0ad1b2de33c\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"http:\/\/www.stjamesyeovil.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gift-Aid-Form.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Gift Aid Form.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-1b4c1be7-4181-49e6-ade9-98c53b70a99a\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stjamesyeovil.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gift-Aid-Form.pdf\">Gift Aid Form<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stjamesyeovil.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gift-Aid-Form.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-1b4c1be7-4181-49e6-ade9-98c53b70a99a\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>JustGiving<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Donations can also be made via <a href=\"https:\/\/checkout.justgiving.com\/c\/528441\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">JustGiving<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Give As You Shop&#8230; without it costing a penny more!<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">We\u2019ve also registered St James\u2019 Church, Yeovil with <strong>#easyfundraising<\/strong>, which means over 4,000 shops and sites (including Amazon, EBay, John Lewis and many others) will now donate to us for FREE every time you use #easyfundraising to shop with them.&nbsp; These donations will help SO MUCH, so please sign up to support us \u2013 it\u2019s completely FREE and doesn\u2019t take long.&nbsp; Go to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easyfundraising.org.uk\/causes\/stjamesyeovil\/?invite=t7eeq0&amp;referral-campaign=s2s\" target=\"_blank\">www.easyfundraising.org.uk<\/a>.  <strong>We also get \u00a35 for everyone who signs up!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why give? We get no additional funds from the Church of England, or anywhere else. All our income comes from church members, or our own fundraising activities. Our income is used to pay our parish share &#8211; which funds clergy and training, plus other support from from the Diocese, to pay wages, maintain the building, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2283","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stjamesyeovil.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stjamesyeovil.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stjamesyeovil.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stjamesyeovil.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stjamesyeovil.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2283"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"http:\/\/www.stjamesyeovil.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5633,"href":"http:\/\/www.stjamesyeovil.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2283\/revisions\/5633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stjamesyeovil.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}