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Glenmorangie Drams It Up For Charity
How Many Caithness Charities Could Benefit From Payroll Giving?

Glenmorangie plc is setting an example to employers across Scotland by signing up to Payroll Giving to boost their commitment to good causes and the community. They, along with The Giving Campaign - a National initiative to boost charitable giving in the UK, are urging more local employers to follow suit.

Inside Glenmorangie

Anne Tattersall, HR Manager, Glenmorangie plc "Glenmorangie has a long-standing commitment to corporate social responsibility, within which Payroll Giving plays a key role. Not only is it easy to administer - offering staff a tax-effective way to support the causes they care about, we find that it promotes a feeling of goodwill amongst our employees. 25% of our staff are now taking part, raising over ï¿½7,000 each year in aid of their favourite charities."

Payroll Giving is one of the most tax-effective and flexible methods of giving to charity, enabling employees to make charitable donations straight from their gross salary (before tax is deducted). Therefore, for a basic rate taxpayer wanting to give a ï¿½10 donation, it will only cost ï¿½7.80, or just ï¿½6 for higher rate taxpayers. As an extra incentive, the Government adds 10% to every donation made in this way, so your donations are almost doubled to ï¿½11, even before any employer matching.

In 2001-02, ï¿½72.5 million was raised for charities through Payroll Giving alone with 1,000 companies launching new schemes in their offices. The Giving Campaign has launched a free toolkit for organisations looking to get involved in Payroll Giving or in promoting an existing scheme. The toolkit is designed to provide companies with everything they need to implement and run a successful Payroll Giving campaign. The toolkit includes a research report 'The Business of Giving' which highlights the
business benefits of offering Payroll Giving:
ï¿½ Improves company image (61%)
ï¿½ Enhances community involvement programmes (58%)
ï¿½ Supports employee volunteering (40%)
ï¿½ Boosts staff morale (34%)
ï¿½ Improves staff recruitment and retention (27%)

For a free copy of the Payroll Giving Toolkit, visit
www.givingcampaign.org.uk, contact The Giving Campaign on 020 7930 3154 or
e-mail admin@givingcampaign.org.uk