A letter costs us postage twice: once to reach our office and once to reach its reader. Add envelopes, training, background checks and the occasional cake, and a friendship by post costs more than it looks. Kind Regards is imagined as a small charity funded by people who believe a handwritten letter is worth the trouble. Here is how a real version could invite support, clearly and without pressure.

Every stamp is a small yes.

SUPPORT KIND REGARDS

Stamps

Postage for every letter, there and back.

Training

Safeguarding and reading sessions for every volunteer.

Gatherings

Tea, venues and transport for letter afternoons.

WHAT A GIFT COULD COVER · ILLUSTRATIVE AMOUNTS

Stamps for two pen pals for a month, there and back.

£5

A box of paper and envelopes for a letter afternoon.

£12

Safeguarding training for one new post reader.

£40

A school visit, including transport and tea at a care home.

£150

Regular gifts let a charity plan ahead: more matches, more readers and fewer anxious conversations about the price of stamps.

Become a Regular Correspondent.

GIVE MONTHLY

Regular Correspondent

A suggested monthly gift for a fictional charity. No payment is taken on this template.

£8

/month

Your gift helps with:

Your gift goes first to the cost of stamps, so that no letter waits for funding.

Postage, covered

Twice a year we would send you a handwritten update, with news from the postbag.

A letter from us

Pause, change or stop your gift whenever you like, with no questions asked.

Change it any time

Postage there and back

Paper and envelopes

Reader training

Background checks

Letter afternoons

Large-print stationery

Giving, plainly answered.

The questions a real charity should answer before anyone gives a penny.

No. It is a fictional charity created for a website template, so there is no registration number, bank account or donation service behind these pages.

Is Kind Regards a registered charity?

A real organisation should explain its spending clearly: postage, stationery, training, safeguarding and the staff time that makes careful matching possible.

How would my gift be used?

Many letter-writing projects welcome unused stamps and stationery. A real charity would publish exactly what it can accept and where to send it.

Can I give stamps instead of money?

Partnerships could include volunteering days, card-making sessions or sponsoring a season of postage. Get in touch to start the conversation.

Can my company or school support you?

A real charity should make it simple: one email or one click, at any time, with no awkward questions.

How do I stop a regular gift?

Write to us

Questions about giving, partnerships or the programme itself.

Send stamps

A real charity would explain here how to donate unused stamps and stationery.

Partner with us

Schools, libraries and care homes who would like to host a gathering.

Thank you for every stamp