Payroll Giving

The most tax effective way to support women and children who are experiencing domestic violence

What is Payroll Giving?

Payroll giving enables employees to give to any UK charity straight from their wages. Your donation will come to us automatically every month, straight from your pay packet, until you decide to cancel it. This means that once it is set up, you don’t have to worry about remembering to give again, you will be doing your bit to support women and children experiencing domestic violence without even having to think about it!

Importantly, payroll giving is the most tax efficient way that you can donate to Refuge. This is because the donation comes out before tax is deducted from your earnings. This means that if you chose to give us £10 from your pay packet, it will only cost you £8. If you pay a higher rate of income tax than the basic rate, this could be even more. Your money could therefore go even further to support the women and children who use our services.

How Can I Get Involved?

If you would like to support Refuge by giving in this way, your payroll or HR department can tell you if a scheme is already in place. If there is, simply fill out a form with your chosen amount and charity (Refuge hopefully!). You can support more than one charity in this way and you can also choose to give anonymously if you prefer, ask your employer for more details.

You could even download our Refuge specific payroll giving form from our website and simply hand it in to your HR department.

Alternatively, you can sign up online with our partner, Workplace Giving UK and get giving right away! Simply visit their website, and don’t forget to choose Refuge!

Setting up a scheme

If your company doesn’t already have a scheme in place, it’s easy to set one up. All you need to do is sign up with a payroll giving agency who will administer the donations on your behalf. Ask your HR department to set one up today: click here for a list of Inland Revenue approved agencies.

Alternatively, have a look at Workplace Giving UK’s Geared for Giving campaign, which encourages employers to get signed up to payroll giving schemes, enabling their employees to give to the charities of their choice in a simple and tax effective way. Maybe you could encourage your company to get involved?

We want 1 million people to be Geared for Giving at work. Click here to join the Campaign.

Benefits to the Employer

Getting involved in payroll giving can be an ideal way for organisations to generate a vital income stream for charities.

Research shows that having a scheme in place benefits business by:

Boosting your social responsibility profile

Enhancing community involvement programmes

Improving staff recruitment and retention

Furthermore, when asked, companies with a payroll giving scheme in place reported that it was easy to run, and simple for staff to join.

So what are you waiting for? Sign up today!

If you would like more information on how to get involved, please contact the fundraising team on 0207 395 7713, or email fundraising@refuge.org.uk