Payroll giving increases, but less than review expected

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro | 14 Oct 2008

Payroll giving has increased by nearly a quarter over the last year, but the rise falls short of predictions included in a review of the scheme conducted for the Institute of Fundraising.

At the Payroll Giving Awards Institute chief executive Lindsay Boswell announced that income from payroll giving to charities had increased by 23 per cent to reach £109m in the year ending March 2008.

The figure, while representing a significant rise and the first time income from payroll giving has topped the £100m mark, is below the estimated rise of 28 per cent predicted in the review of payroll giving by Strategy Complete and released by the Institute earlier this year.

Still, Boswell applauded the effort, calling it “an amazing achievement and an achievement we want to build on”.

The review also predicted that the number of payroll donors would increase by 31 per cent, from 644,000, over the same period. No information has yet been released as to whether this prediction has been met.

Awards recognise top payroll givers

The award ceremony, held on October 8 at HM Treasury - the day the government announced its £500bn bank bailout package - recognised employers who have operated successful and innovative payroll giving schemes over the last twelve months.

Bakers Delice de France came out on top, winning the Most Successful Payroll Giving Promotion award and the Best Launch of a New Scheme award, and were highly commended in the Best Promotional Partnership category. The chain achieved a participation rate of 11.7 per cent within two months of launching its payroll giving scheme in January. Boswell specifically commended the employer for its work in engaging its Polish-speaking workforce with comprehensive translation services.

Other employers to take home awards were Mace, the Barclays, Yorkshire and Clydesdale Banks, the Henderson Group and Donor Strategy.

Outgoing minister for the third sector Phil Hope was due to speak at the event but due to this week’s cabinet reshuffle was replaced by Stephen Timms MP (pictured giving award to Delice de France representative), financial secretary to the treasury and Campbell Robb, director general of the Office of the Third Sector.

Directory: Institute of Fundraising
Who's Who: Celina Ribeiro

Comments

[Cancel] | Reply to:

Name *

Email *

Organisation

Job Title

Comments *

Verification *

* Please read our Community Standards

Close »

Community Standards

The civilsociety.co.uk community and comments board is intended as a platform for informed and civilised debate.

We hope to encourage a broad range of views, however, there are standards that we expect commentators to uphold. We reserve the right to delete or amend any comments that do not adhere to these standards.

We welcome:

Robust but respectful debate
Strongly held opinions
Intelligent relevant discussion
The sharing of relevant experiences
New participants

We will not publish:

Rude, threatening, offensive, obscene or abusive language, or links to such material
Links to commercial organisations or spam postings. The comments board is not an advertising platform
The posting of contact details for yourself or others
Comments intended for malicious purpose or mindless abuse
Comments purporting to be from another person or organisation under false pretences
Gratuitous criticism, commentary or self-promotion
Any material which breaches copyright or privacy laws, or could be considered libellous
The use of the comments board for the pursuit or extension of personal disputes

Be aware:

Views expressed on the comments board are left at users’ discretion and are in no way views held or supported by Civil Society Media
Comments left by others may not be accurate, do not rely on them as fact
You may be misunderstood - sarcasm and humour can easily be taken out of context, try to be clear

Please:

Enjoy the opportunity to express your opinion and respect the right of others to express theirs
Confine your remarks to issues rather than personalities

Together we can keep our community a polite, respectful and intelligent platform for discussion.