Could our club reduce its membership fees dramatically (e.g. to £1) and ask for donations instead, in order to be able to claim Gift Aid?

Yes in theory, but your club can't demand donations...

...they have to be voluntary in order to qualify for Gift Aid so your club would have to take great care in how it communicated this to members.

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