Pay and Benefits

Employers with successful Payroll Giving schemes were applauded for their efforts at a glittering awards ceremony. 

 

First launched in 1987, Payroll Giving enables employees to donate to any UK charity straight from their gross salary, giving immediate tax relief. Last year, Payroll Giving distributed £109 million to good causes. 

 

Winners were presented with their awards at HM Treasury by the Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP, Financial Secretary to the Treasury and the Rt Hon Angela Smith MP. 

 

Beaverbrooks was presented with an award for Best Launch of a New Scheme and one for Most Successful Payroll Giving Promotion, while Aviva was named the Best Large Employer Campaign. Other winners included the London Borough of Islington, Whitbread Group PLC and the British Heart Foundation. 

 

The Rt Hon Angela Smith, Minister for the Third Sector, said: “I cannot overstate the importance of Payroll Giving to charities and the people whose lives are transformed by the funds it raises. This year’s winners of The National Payroll Giving Excellence Awards deserve to be recognised for their efforts to make Payroll Giving schemes a success. I hope their example will inspire many more employers to open Payroll Giving schemes.”