Change to Online Donations:

In common with many charities, when you click DONATE on this website, your online donation is processed securely by our processing company, Virgin.

Sadly, from 30th November 2021, Virgin are withdrawing this service to all charities (up to 20,000). There are 2 very important points to note:

All monies raised and collected via this route up to 30th November will be securely transferred to the Fund following closure
From 30th November 2021, it will no longer be possible to donate or raise money for the fund using this route.

SDCF have chosen CAF (Charities Aid Foundation) to replace the current provider. We had hoped to do this seamlessly from 1st December but are currently awaiting finalisation of our application. Put simply, they are extremely busy.

We anticipate this process resolving in the next week or so but until then we cannot take online donations via this website. We will of course announce on this site and via other social media when the new system is fully operational.

The new CAF processing system will of course be secure
They are well-respected, as a Charity themselves, and also as a development-based charity bank

Please note, this does not affect in any way those who contribute via Direct Debit to our Sponsor Programme.

We apologise for this slight hiatus and will resolve the matter as soon as the CAF process is finalised.

Thank you for your support as ever.