Echoes have transmitted finances to missionaries for over 100 years. Staff and well trained, efficient and have significant expertise in this task.

What types of gift can be given?
Gifts for Individuals. A large proportion of gifts sent through the office are designated by the donors for specific individuals, usually a missionary known to them. These gifts are passed on in full to that person’s account and sent to them during the third week of every month. No deduction whatsoever is made by Echoes for administration unless instructed by the donor.

Unallocated Gifts
These gifts are received by Echoes for Trustees to use at their discretion. These gifts are invaluable and enable trustees to make additional allocation of funds to missionaries on the Daily Prayer Guide or to specific project needs at any given time. Through these gifts we are able to respond to situations and individual needs that may not be widely known and many of our missionaries testify that they could not survive financially without the allocation which make from the Unallocated Gifts received from Individuals, Churches and Legacies. In the last year we were able to distribute £2.3M from this source. Unallocated Gifts can be made regularly, by Standing Order, or occasionally by any of the methods set out below. Gifts sent in this way are also passed on in their entirety with no deductions.

Gifts for Specific Work
We also operate a number of special funds and are always glad to receive gifts in this way. These can be for Disaster and Relief, Medical work, Literature, printing of Bibles, those in poverty, theological education and national workers.

Disaster Fund
As Trustees we seek to have an ongoing balance of funds available for disaster relief so that when emergencies arise or when there is a global crisis situation we can respond immediately. In the past few years we have responded by forwarding funds at the time of Cyclone Nagris, Burma, the earthquake in Sichuan, China and the flooding in India.

Acknowledgement and notification
Each gift received will be acknowledged by the office. Beneficiaries are notified each month (by e-mail if possible) and given the name, address and e-mail of the donor, so they can acknowledge the gifts directly.