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25 Years of UK Payroll Giving raises over £1.2 billion for charities
Posted on Thursday 5 April 2012
Giving from pay is 25 years old this week. The Association of Payroll Giving Organisations (APGO) marked the anniversary by delivering a giant card to 10 Downing Street, highlighting the £1.2 billion raised and thanking companies and their employees for using the scheme. The Government is backing the scheme and encouraging more companies to take up Payroll Giving [...]
Royal Mail Group workers set charity record
Posted on Sunday 12 February 2012
The workforce of Royal Mail Group this week became Guinness World Record title holders after the UK postal service was awarded the record for the most registered charities supported by a Payroll Giving Scheme. One in four Royal Mail Group employees have supported a total of 975 registered charities and good causes by donating money [...]
Even more companies join the campaign
Posted on Tuesday 10 January 2012
Even though we have more than passed the one million mark, we are thrilled that the number of companies joining the campaign continues to grow every month All of these enlightened employers have committed to implementing and actively promoting their Workplace Giving scheme and we want to encourage more of you to follow their lead [...]
New Platinum Quality Mark launched
Posted on Sunday 20 November 2011
Employers can achieve a new top level of Payroll Giving Quality Mark Award from April 2012. The Platinum Quality Mark Award recognises employers that continually strive to increase donations toUKcharities through Payroll Giving. Employers that are recognised through the Platinum Award will have committed themselves to promoting Payroll Giving in the workplace and increasing charitable [...]
Results from National Payroll Giving Excellence Awards 2011
Posted on Wednesday 19 October 2011
The most successful company Workplace Giving schemes were named last night at an awards ceremony held at Number 11 Downing Street. The National Payroll Giving Excellence Awards, showcased the best examples of UK employers’ raising funds for charities through Payroll Giving schemes. The awards ceremony was presented by Peter Lewis, the Institute of Fundraising’s Chief [...]
More than half of payrollers back Payroll Giving
Posted on Monday 1 August 2011
More than half of payroll administrators say processing payroll giving is not a burden, a Payroll World poll has found. But around two in five disagree and say the administration of charitable giving via payroll is too time-consuming. Almost 100 Payroll World readers responded to the online poll which asked: ‘Is payroll giving an admin [...]
Join the growing number of enlightened Employers!
Posted on Friday 17 June 2011
We are thrilled that the number of employers joining the campaign continues to grow monthly, with all of them committing to effectively promote their Workplace Giving scheme and make it easy for their employees to support their favourite charity should they wish. Being Geared for Giving is a mark of what your organisation stands for. [...]
Geared for Giving response to the Giving White Paper
Posted on Monday 23 May 2011
Whilst the Giving White Paper clearly has excellent intentions, the Geared for Giving campaign hopes that it will learn from our success in the area of giving to charity via pay and not be tempted to reinvent the wheel. To really make giving via pay a success you need to engage with the employers and [...]
The story so far… and what’s next for the campaign?
Posted on Thursday 19 May 2011
We are delighted to be celebrating the third Anniversary of the Geared for Giving campaign tonight with a dinner at the House of Lords sponsored by Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks and hosted by Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws QC. So what’s happened in the last three years? Over 1 million more employees with easy access [...]
Hear why the charities are supporting our campaign
Posted on Thursday 5 May 2011
We are delighted that the number of high profile charity supporters continues to increase as the campaign gains momentum. Here is what a few of them had to say about the campaign; Dr Evelyn Gillan, Chief Executive of Alcohol Focus Scotland says “Alcohol Focus Scotland relies a great deal on the generosity of people like [...]
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