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Children’s charity Hope
for Children has received
a steady stream of
income from our
employees through
payroll giving. This is
essential to develop
and run small projects
in 20 countries around
the world.
(Image supplied courtesy
of Hope for Children) |
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| (Image supplied courtesy of Help the Hospices)
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Payroll giving benefits everyone.
Charities receive a regular income
and employees can make easy, tax-efficient
donations. Payroll giving
has really taken off at Rolls-Royce,
allowing our employees to donate
to the charity of their choice. We run
schemes in North America and in
the UK, both of which have seen
impressive take-up rates.
In North America – we’ve teamed
up with United Way in the US and
United Way Centraide in Canada.
More than 40 per cent of employees
participated in this payroll giving
scheme in 2003, donating over
US$475,000 to causes they care
about. Following the tragic events
of September 11, 2001, the charity
launched a disaster relief fund to help
victims and families affected by the
terrorist attacks and our employees
started their own successful campaign
of support. The company matched all
of the funds raised by many different
employee activities.
In the UK – 20 per cent of the UK
workforce donated over £320,000
to 250 charities in 2003. Our scheme,
which is personally championed by
Sir John Rose, has the third highest
take-up by employees in the UK and
their contribution was highlighted in
2003 as an example of best practice
in the UK Chancellor of the
Exchequer’s Giving Campaign. We
work with external broker Sharing
the Caring and distribution agency
South West Charitable Giving to
publicise the scheme, and handle
the donations. All the administration
costs are funded by Rolls-Royce and
payroll giving is a feature of all new
employees’ induction. |
‘Our employees want to give, and payroll giving is the easiest, most tax efficient way to support the causes they care about.’
Helen Bishop, Head of Community Relations, Rolls-Royce.
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| Help the Hospices has received 298 donations from Rolls-Royce employees to date. David Burland, Director of Fundraising says ‘Payroll Giving is vital as it provides a regular dependable source of income that enables us to plan effectively and support hospices throughout the UK.’ |
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