HISTORIC PRESS RELEASE : Millennium Gift Aid Extended to Charities Working with Kosovan Refugees [April 1999]

The press release issued by HM Treasury on 6 April 1999.

All charities helping refugees from Kosovo are to benefit from an extension to the Millennium Gift Aid scheme, announced Chancellor Gordon Brown today.

The extension means that donations to charities helping Kosovan refugees will from today come within the scheme, regardless of where the refugees are situated.

Chancellor Gordon Brown said:

“Everyone has been moved by the plight of the people of Kosovo. Many charities in the UK are already swinging into action in response to the crisis. This change to the Millennium Gift Aid scheme will enable taxpayers in the UK to do their bit to help and ensure that Government money backs up their donations.”