What the charities say...

Stephen Remington

Chief Executive

Action for Blind People

Workplace Giving helps enable Action for Blind People to support over 21,000 blind and partially sighted individuals each year. We are working towards a world in which blind and partially sighted people have the same rights, responsibilities and opportunities as everyone else. An easy and tax efficient way to give, the Geared for Giving campaign is helping us to achieve this vision.

Dr Evelyn Gillan

Chief Executive

Alcohol Focus Scotland

Alcohol Focus Scotland relies a great deal on the generosity of people like you to continue much of our work. Every single person who makes a regular gift through Workplace Giving helps us to make a difference in peoples’ lives. I am confident that with supporters like you behind us, we have every chance of achieving a culture change in Scotland where far fewer lives are affected by alcohol misuse, and moderate, responsible drinking is the norm. Every gift you give to Alcohol Focus Scotland through regular Workplace Giving makes us stronger and our impact greater.

Henry Simmons

Chief Executive

Alzheimer Scotland

Alzheimer Scotland see the importance in relationships: the relationships we have with people with dementia, with people who care for them and with the many, many people who wish to support them. Workplace Giving helps us to build even more relationships – relationships that truly matter.

Kate Allen

Director

Amnesty International UK

Here at Amnesty International we stand for justice, freedom and truth for every man, women and child. Workplace Giving help us to raise the necessary funds we need to continue to plan our vital work protecting human rights.

Dr. Liam O'Toole

CEO

Arthritis Research UK

We are proud to support the ‘Geared for Giving’ campaign encouraging companies and employees to take up Workplace Giving. Regular donations mean Arthritis Research UK can plan ahead and continue funding vital research to find more effective ways to relieve the debilitating and unbearable pain that over 10 million people in the UK have to endure every day.

Bob O'Connor

Fundraising Director

Aspinall Foundation

For The Aspinall Foundation to continue its work protecting rare and endangered animals it relies solely on donations from the public. By making a regular gift through their wages people are helping us sustain and plan our wildlife programmes both at our Wild Animals Parks in Kent and abroad. They are helping us to make a real difference to world conservation and to reintroduce animals to safe areas in the wild. Please support the Geared for Giving campaign.

Anne Marie Carrie

CEO

Barnardo’s

I really believe charities should do more to open up to donors about what they ‘get’ for their money. I want to build relationships that go beyond the actual giving to take in volunteering, for example, so that people can see the reality of what we do at first hand. As a sector we often expect people to give without getting. Workplace Giving is a terrific way to start a more meaningful relationship. It’s a door opener to our world.

Professor Norman Williams

Chair

Bowel & Cancer Research

Every year 35,000 people are diagnosed with bowel cancer and 16,000 die of it. Bowel & Cancer Research carries out vital research into bowel cancer and other bowel conditions. Help reduce the number of people taken by bowel cancer by supporting the Geared for Giving campaign to recruit more Workplace Giving donors. These valuable supporters provide regular income to help us plan our projects and carry out more essential work.

Chris Askew

Chief Executive

Breakthrough Breast Cancer

Giving at work means we can make a clear commitment to this kind of vital research over a sustained period. It’s difficult to overstate the importance of ‘sustained’ here. Long-term support for a study like this guarantees it can meet its objectives in a meaningful way so we can fight breast cancer with everything we’ve got.

Peter Hollins

Chief Executive

British Heart Foundation

Heart Disease touches us all. Every year, thousands die prematurely, and those who survive can find life difficult and frightening. The British Heart Foundation is the nations heart charity, dedicated to saving lives by investing in pioneering research, supporting and caring for heart patients and their families campaigning for change and providing vital information. Workplace Giving plays a vital role in ensuring regular, reliable income through an effective tax free channel.

Sir Nicholas Young

Chief Executive

British Red Cross

This year alone nearly £600,000 will be donated to the British Red Cross by the kind people who give to us, month in month out, directly from their salaries. Every penny and every pound that is donated to the Red Cross through Workplace Giving makes a difference. We can’t do that without companies large and small getting behind the ‘Geared for Giving’ campaign.

Harpal Kumar

Chief Executive

Cancer Research UK

Cancer Research UK supports the Geared for Giving campaign. Workplace Giving is an extremely easy and tax effective way for people to give to charities and makes a real difference to the valuable work that we carry out.

Seyi Obakin

Chief Executive

Centrepoint

Workplace Giving is one of Centrepoint’s most reliable and efficient sources of voluntary income. It enables our supporters to give in a simple and tax effective way that helps us to house and support 800 homeless young people every night.

Toni Leden

Appeals Director

Christies

Workplace Giving provides a vital source of regular income for The Christie, helping to fund world class cancer research and the best possible care for our patients. We urge employers to get involved in the ‘Geared for Giving’ campaign and provide their employees with a simple tax effective way to support the causes which matter to them.

Lorraine Clifton

Chief Executive

CLIC Sargent

The Geared for Giving campaign is a huge opportunity to increase the support we receive from Workplace Giving. This income underpins our vital cancer services for children across the UK.

Leslie Morphy

Chief Executive

Crisis

Crisis has ambitious plans for the future and is committed to helping more people in more places across the UK. Income from regular giving at work plays an important role in enabling us to do this. We know we won;t end homelessness overnight but it is through partners such as Workplace Giving that help Crisis deliver life-changing services to make change happen.

Nigel Winser

Executive Vice President

Earthwatch Institute

Work place Giving is a fantastic opportunity to donate to Earthwatch directly from your salary, hassle free and even better tax free! It means your money goes further and allows us to plan ahead ensuring the vital research projects we fund can go ahead. Earthwatch is an international environmental charity which engages people worldwide in scientific field research and education to promote the understanding and action necessary for a sustainable environment. We work with leading scientists to investigate the impacts people have on climate change, ecosystems, oceans and cultural heritage.

Lesley Young

Chief Executive

Epilepsy Scotland

Nearly 40,000 people living in Scotland have epilepsy. Children and older people are most at risk of developing this common serious neurological condition but anyone can develop epilepsy at any time – and 8 people a day in Scotland do. We want to make sure the needs of people with epilepsy are met. This is why we campaign for improved healthcare, better information provision, and an end to stigma.

Michele Acton

Chief Executive

Fight for Sight

Fight for Sight is fully behind the Geared for Giving campaign. Fight for Sight funds research into the prevention and treatment of blindness and eye disease. many of the research projects we fund take several years to complete, which is why regular donations such as gifts made through people’s payroll are so important to us. They help us better predict our income which in turn enables us to make long term commitments to find ways of saving sight.

Tim Johnson

Executive Director

Great Ormond Street

Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity supports the Geared for Giving Campaign and we hope that companies all over the UK will too. Workplace Giving provides an invaluable source of regular income and is a great way for our supporters to give in a simple and tax efficient way. It is vital for helping us to raise the £50 million a year we need to help rebuild and refurbish Great Ormond Street Hospital, provide the latest equipment and fund research into better treatments for sick children.

Barbara Harpham

National Director

Heart Research UK

For over 40 years Heart Research UK has funded ground breaking medical research, across the UK, into the prevention, treatment and cure of heart disease, thanks to the generosity of our supporters.

To continue this valuable work we rely on regular donations and Workplace Giving is a simple, tax effective way for employees to make regular donations that will help people live healthier, happier, longer lives.

David Praill

Chief Executive

Help the Hospices

Income from Workplace Giving contributes greatly to the £340 million needed by the hospice movement each year. The ‘Geared for Giving’ campaign will ensure that this vital source of income will continue to fund the care provided by over 200 local hospices in the UK.

Ciaran Devane

Chief Executive

Macmillan Cancer Support

Macmillan Cancer Support improves the lives of people affected by cancer. We provide practical, medical, emotional and financial support and push for better cancer care. Supporting Macmillan through the Work Place Giving ‘Geared for Giving’ campaign will help us achieve our ambition of reaching everyone affected by cancer. Cancer affects us all. We can all help.

Neil Jones

Chief Executive

Make-A-Wish Foundation

Workplace Giving has shown itself to be one of the most effective ways for people and companies to support Make-A-Wish. It is simple to set up, easy to administer and provides a reliable flow of funds. I hope employers across the UK give Geared for Giving their fullest support.

Sue Davie

Chief Executive

Meningitis Trust

Workplace Giving is an easy and tax efficient way to make regular donations to the Meningitis Trust; which in turn enables us to plan and carry out our vital work, safe in the knowledge that our funding is secure. We urge employers to get behind the Geared for Giving campaign so we can continue to offer support for life for those affected by meningitis, whenever it is needed, for as long as it is needed.

Andrew McCulloch

Chief Executive

Mental Health Foundation

Workplace Giving raises vital income for the Mental Health Foundation’s work helping people survive, recover from and prevent mental health problems. We welcome the Geared for Giving campaign, as it will raise awareness of the important role that Workplace Giving plays in raising sustainable funds for charities.

Rebecca Day

Director of Fundraising & Marketing

Muscular Dystrophy Campaign

The Muscular Dystrophy Campaign relies on regular individual donations to ensure care, support and campaigning for the 70,000 people affected by muscle disease in the UK, as well as research into cures and treatments. Workplace Giving is an ideal way to donate and we are very keen to support the Geared for Giving initiative and raise awareness of this easy, tax effective way to support the charity.

Andrew Flanagan

Chief Executive

NSPCC

Every day, thousands of children experience abuse and suffer in silence. The NSPCC’s projects, including ChildLine and the NSPCC Helpline, are working throughout the UK to put a stop to this. We rely on the generous donations of our supporters to keep these vital services running and regular gifts like those made through Workplace Giving mean we can continue to plan for the future.

We are backing the Geared for Giving campaign to raise the profile of tax-effective giving through payroll. Be part of it and help us be there for more children.

Edward Fox

CEO

Opportunity International UK

Geared for Giving is helping Opportunity International UK (OIUK) reach our fundraising target of £25 million over the next three years in order to provide people with basic financial services that we take for granted in the UK; such as microloans, savings accounts and insurance. We also provide financial and business training to help people make a success of their microenterprises and secure a decent living for their families.  98% of our clients repay their loans.

If you want to be a part of these ambitious plans to support poor entrepreneurs to work their way out of poverty then give them a hand up, not a hand out, through OIUK and Geared for Giving.  Together we’re set to improve the lives of 1,000,000 more people in just three years.

Barbara Stocking

Chief Executive

Oxfam

There’s a fantastic synergy in Oxfam’s supporters making regular donations through their pay packet, and the millions of people determined to work their way out of poverty around the world. If we can raise the profile of Workplace Giving just a notch in the UK through the Geared for Giving campaign, we will be able to do so much more.

Jan McLouglin

Director General

PDSA

Thanks to our wonderful supporters, PDSA cares for more than 350,000 pet patients. The Geared for Giving campaign will help us treat even more sick and injured animals by raising awareness of payroll giving and its vital role in generating regular income.

Glyn Berwick

Chief Executive

Penny Brohn Cancer Care

Here at Penny Brohn Cancer Care we rely solely on voluntary donations to keep our doors open, helping us work towards a time when everyone affected by cancer has access to life-changing complementary care. Supporting Penny Brohn Cancer Care through Geared for Giving will help us to continue to make a difference to the lives of people living with cancer.

Heather Wood

Chief Executive

Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity

Each year Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity provides care and support at home and in the community for up to 1,000 families who have a child with a life threatening or terminal illness. We know from our families that the service they receive from their Family Support Worker is vital in keeping their day to day life as normal as possible. Knowing that we can rely on your regular income through Workplace Giving ensures we can plan the support we give, both now and in the future.

Paul Amadi

Group Director of Fundraising

RNIB

Everyone in the RNIB group supports the Geared for Giving campaign and applauds their successful first year. An increase in awareness and take up of tax efficient giving will mean that RNIB can extend its reach to ensure that more blind and partially sighted people get the practical and emotional support they need. Thank you.

David Brann DipM MCIM FinstF(Cert)

Fundraising and Communications Director

RNLI

The RNLI is delighted that the Geared for Giving campaign will open the door to Workplace Giving to one million more employees. It is a wonderful opportunity to increase awareness of this tax-efficient way of donating to charity.

Uta Hope

Director of Fundraising

Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability

The RHN provides assessment, rehabilitation and care for adults with severe disabilities caused by neurological impairment. We need to raise over £2m annually if we are to continue to help our residents lead as full and productive a life as possible. Workplace Giving means that your money goes that much further towards reaching our goal.

Mark Watts

Chief Executive

RSPCA

We rely completely on donations to help us prevent animal cruelty and payroll givers provide us not only with invaluable funds, but also with the long-term support and relationships that are so important to us. Workplace Giving is an effective and tax efficient way for both companies and individuals to support us in our work to educate people on and improve animal welfare. We are proud to be a part of the ‘Geared for Giving’ campaign.

Rachel Kirby-Rider

Director of Fundraising & Communications

Samaritans

Samaritans is contacted over five million time a year and is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to offer confidential, life saving support. Workplace Giving ensures regular, reliable and tax efficient income for Samaritans. We fully support the Geared for Giving campaign and hope that companies will too, so that we can continue to answer every call for help, alleviating distress and giving people hope.

Justin Forsyth

Chief Executive

Save The Children

No child is born to die, but 8 million children under five die every year from illnesses we know how to treat or prevent, such as diarrhoea and pneumonia. In the 21st century, this is utterly wrong. When the cost of a chocolate bar would pay for a baby’s essential medicine, the money you donate really does have the power to save a life.

Workplace Giving is the most tax-efficient way to contribute to Save the Children. It is easy to set up, and receiving regular gifts in this way allows us to plan ahead and use those funds more effectively. Geared for Giving is raising the profile of Workplace Giving and it has our full support.

Gillian Morbey

Chief Executive

Sense

Sense is the leading national charity that supports and campaigns for children and adults who are deafblind. We provide expert advice and information as well as specialist services to deafblind people, their families, carers and the professionals who work with them. In addition, we support people who have sensory impairments with additional disabilities. Supporting Sense through the ‘Geared for Giving’ campaign will help us achieve our vision of a world in which all deafblind children and adults can be full and active members of society.

Campbell Robb

CEO

Shelter

More than one million people a year come to us for advice and support via our website, helplines and national network of services. We help people to find and keep a home in a place where they can thrive, and tackle the root causes of bad housing by campaigning for new laws, policies and solutions. We need your help to continue our work. Thanks to initiatives such as Geared for Giving, we can maximise our voluntary income and keep delivering our services to those who need us the most! Please join us in supporting Workplace Giving!

Charles Fraser CBE

Chief Executive

St Mungo’s

The traumas caused by homelessness can affect people for many years. Regular gifts from supporters enable us to be there for as long as we are needed, providing the specialist services homeless people desparately need. Giving through your payroll is the most convenient and tax effective way for you to give a regular gift to support St Mungo’s vital work.

Lisa Jackson

CEO

The Body Shop Foundation

“We believe in making a difference. Since 1989, we’ve supported projects working for social and environmental change. These ground-breaking projects were given a chance because of our funding and through Workplace Giving Schemes, you can help us make a difference too. Give what you can and we will put your regular amount to great cause. It doesn’t matter how small – believe us when we say that to someone else, it may be better than you could dare to imagine”

Mark Lever

Chief Executive

The National Autistic Society

Workplace Giving helps The National Autistic Society raise vital funds so we can continue to campaign for a world where autism is understood and where everyone with autism gets to live the life they choose.  We are proud to support Geared for Giving in encouraging companies to support employees who wish to donate to charity via their salaries, which is both simple and tax effective.

Carole Cochrane

Chief Executive

The Princess Royal Trust for Carers

s a small organisation providing the most comprehensive support services for the UK’s unpaid carers, The Princess Royal Trust for Carers relies heavily on the generosity of individuals.

Workplace Giving is a convenient and tax effective method to provide support, reducing our costs so that more money ends up where it’s most needed – helping carers nationwide. This is the reason why we are backing the Geared for Giving campaign.

Amanda Conquy

Director

The Roald Dahl Foundation

Direct. Simple. Manageable. Tax efficient. All the above and more describes the benefits of Workplace Giving. The Roald Dahl Foundation is proud to be actively engaged with this scheme. I am delighted to know that its growth is being actively encouraged.

Jane Brewin

Chief Executive

Tommy’s

Tommy’s exists to save babies lives. We fund pioneering medical research to help prevent miscarriage, premature birth and still birth. Ongoing regular donations are so important to us as they allow us to plan ahead with our research projects. The donations that you make through Workplace Giving will help us to come closer to our goal of halving the number of tiny lives lost during pregnancy or birth by 2030.

David Bull

Executive Director

UNICEF UK

Donating directly from your pay remains the most tax effective way to give to charity. For UNICEF, payroll gifts provide valuable regular funds which enable us to reach more children around the world. I encourage everyone to pledge a gift today.

Marilyn Gentry

Chief Executive

World Cancer Research Fund

World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF UK) is the principal UK charity dedicated to cancer prevention through a healthy diet, nutrition and weight management. WCRF UK has a worldwide vision and a unique mission, which it fulfils through its partnership of education and cancer research programmes, designed to benefit supporters, health professionals, the general public and children. Help fund WCRFUK’s education and scientific research programmes by donating through Workplace Giving and the Geared for Giving Campaign.

David Nussbaum

Chief Executive

WWF

WWF is reliant on regular donations from our generous supporters to continue our vital work to protect threatened species and habitats, and address global issues such as climate change and unsustainable consumption. Supporting WWF through Geared for Giving is a great way to help our work.