Support
Why your support matters
The Dorstone Settlement Timeline is a community heritage project with no permanent funding. Everything you see, from the research and the interpretation panels through the app, the walking tours, the touchscreen in the church and this website, has been produced through voluntary effort, community fundraising and grant applications. Your support funds the next piece of work.
Specifically: commissioning audio for the walking tours, photographing and cataloguing heritage features, transcribing the census and parish registers, producing physical interpretation panels. Every surface remains free to every visitor.
Donate
Every contribution makes a difference.
In person
A donation point is inside St Faith's Church, by the north wall. The card reader accepts any amount by card or contactless. Cash donations are welcome in the box. Every walking tour on the Bloomberg Connects app ends with an invitation to give if you enjoyed it.
Online
Donate securely online through Give a Little. Every penny goes directly to the work.
- Button: "Donate online" → https://givealittle.co/c/AeAUEPoJD7rG8qDvZmDH4
UK taxpayer? Tick the Gift Aid box on the donation page to add 25p to every £1 at no cost to you. See below.
Gift Aid? Tick the box on the donation page to add 25p to every £1 at no cost to you.
Gift Aid
Gift Aid lets the project claim an extra 25p for every £1 you give, at no cost to you. The extra comes from your income tax or capital gains tax already paid to HMRC.
- Online: tick the Gift Aid box on the Give a Little donation page when you donate.
- In person: ask the volunteer steward for a Gift Aid declaration form. Once signed, the declaration covers every future donation you make to the project and back-claims four years.
You need to pay at least as much income tax or capital gains tax in the current year as the total the project claims. It is your responsibility to pay any difference.
Other ways to help
Share your stories
Memories, anecdotes, passed-down stories. Every personal account adds texture. We can record or write them down.
Lend us your photographs
Old photographs of the village, its people and its buildings. We can scan and return originals.
Share documents
Deeds, letters, maps, newspaper cuttings. If it mentions Dorstone, we would love to see it.
Volunteer
Research, transcription, photography, events, social. Training and support provided.
Follow and share
Follow on Facebook and Instagram and share our posts. Helps us find people with Dorstone connections.
Tell us what we are missing
Spot a gap, a wrong date, a name we've not recorded. Please get in touch. The project is better when more people contribute.