New Incentives for Giving

From January 2005, a Home Office-funded initiative, the Payroll Giving
Grants programme will reward small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs)
that set up Payroll Giving with a grant of up to £500. Any employer,
business or charity alike, is eligible for a grant so long as the
organisation has fewer than 500 employees. What's more, the first £10
of each employee's monthly donations will be matched, £ for £, for a
period of six months.

What is Payroll Giving?

Payroll Giving enables employees to give to any UK charity straight
from their gross salary (before tax is deducted), giving immediate tax
relief on those donations. This means that £10 donated each month
costs only £7.80 for employees paying standard rate tax (£6 for higher
rate taxpayers) and will be worth as much as £20 to the charity
(courtesy of the Government matching scheme for the first six months
of your donations).

Who is eligible for a grant?

All charities and businesses with less than 500 employees that sign up
to Payroll Giving before the end of December 2006, are eligible to
receive a one-off grant of up to £500. Grants are tiered according to
the number of employees, as below :

Organisation size
1 - 199 employees - £300
200 - 249 employees - £400
250 - 499 employees - £500

Grants and matched donations will be backdated for any organisation
that has signed up since 06 April 2004.

Why should you get involved?

Charities with fewer than 500 employees have much to gain from this
programme. You have the opportunity to secure a grant of up to £500,
as well as being on the receiving end of a regular, reliable donation
flow.

Payroll Giving has the potential to involve more employees than any
other work-based fundraising initiative and to raise hundreds of
millions of pound for charities across the UK.

Payroll Giving and smaller charities

Smaller community-based charities can benefit from the grant
programme, as it can be an ideal way for local charities to engage
local business and their employees.

To make the most out of the Payroll Giving Grants programme, the
Institute of Fundraising is offering training for charities.

Training: Payroll Giving Grants - Making Local Business Your
Business.

The Institute of Fundraising is offering a series of one-day training
workshops,
* addressing how the Grants programme works,
* how it can be used to build relationships with local businesses,
* how to promote the programme to employers and more...

Bespoke training packages are available for charities wishing to have
a workshop for all their regional fundraisers. Courses are £40.00 or
£30.00 for individual members of the Institute of Fundraising.

The following courses are currently available (Date, City, Code):

27-Apr-05 : City Hotel Queen's Quay Derry City Londonderry : PG-DERR1
05-May-05 : Marriott Glasgow : PG-GLAS1
13-May-05 : Marriott Aberdeen : PG-ABER1
19-May-05 : Marriott Edinburgh : PG-EDIN1
24-May-05 : Marriott Portsmouth : PG-PORT1
09-Jun-05 : Marriott Bristol : PG-BRIS1
13-Jun-05 : The Imperial Hotel The Promenade Llandudno LL30 1AP :
PG-LLAN1
13-Jun-05 : Marriott Birmingham : PG-BIRM1
16-Jun-05 : Plymouth Novotel : PG-PLYM1
22-Jun-05 : Marriott London (2) : PG-LOND2
23-Jun-05 : Marriott Cardiff : PG-CARD1
27-Jun-05 : Marriott Newcastle : PG-NEWC1
28-Jun-05 : Marriott York : PG-YORK1
29-Jun-05 : Marriott Leeds : PG-LEED1
04-Jul-05 : Marriott Northampton : PG-NORT1
04-Jul-05 : Marriott Bournemouth : PG-BOUR
18-Jul-05 : Marriott Huntingdon : PG-HUNT1
20-Jul-05 : Swallow Nelson Hotel Norwich : PG-NORW1

Click here http :
//www.payrollgivinggrants.org/downloads/training_booking_form.pdf to
download a booking form or to receive a flyer with more information
about these courses.

Register online http : //www.payrollgivinggrants.org/register.asp
Or call us on 0845 602 6786.

http : //www.payrollgivinggrants.org.uk