Give an hour to WaterAid this payday

Encouraging your employees to Give an hour this pay day can help make your company a great place to work!

Payroll giving is a simple, efficient and flexible way for your employees to donate to any UK registered directly from their salary.

Business benefits

Research shows that there are real business benefits to offering payroll giving to employees. You can increase and monitor your business' charitable giving, improve company image, demonstrate social responsibility and show commitment to staff with little cost or effort.

There are no costs associated with setting up the scheme and the administration is minimal. A further benefit is that any administration costs are tax deductible.

Adopting a charity and encouraging employees to sign up for payroll giving is a great way to get your organisation behind a cause.

Case study: Thames Water Thames Water recently promoted payroll giving to staff and incentivised it by matching 10% of each employee donation.   Anish Shah, Thames Water Anish Shah, Community Investment Co-ordinator at Thames Water told us why this promotion was good for the company: "Matching 10% of each employee donation boosts morale and helps Thames Water deliver its Corporate Responsibility strategy." Thames Water's recent promotion was a huge success, with a 100% increase in staff signing up for payroll giving. They plan to build on this success by adding a further 10% to their employees' donations and by regularly promoting the scheme to staff through induction packs, the intranet, magazine and staff events.

How to make payroll giving a real success

Why not invite a professional fundraiser to explain the scheme to your employees, or include it in an induction session?

Matching the gifts your employees make is a great way to enhance morale and loyalty.

The payroll giving toolkit ( PDF 765Kb) has everything from case studies to frequently asked questions, and explains how to run a successful payroll giving scheme step by step.