Today’s UK public sector organisations are increasingly looking for ways to both enhance employee satisfaction and demonstrate social responsibility. One often overlooked but effective strategy for achieving these goals is the introduction of Payroll Giving.
The good news for Reward Gateway½Edenred customers is that we can help you implement this initiative seamlessly and for no cost through our partner Hands On Payroll Giving.
Here’s a rapid fire rundown of how Payroll Giving works and how both your employees and your organisation can benefit:
What’s in it for employees?
The government describes Payroll Giving as a scheme that allows employees to donate to charity directly from their salary before tax is deducted. Put simply, this means that charities receive more while it also costs employees less to give. For employees, Payroll Giving offers a convenient, tax efficient way to donate, and demonstrates that their employer values their personal choice to donate.
Why Hands On Payroll Giving
Founded in 1994, Hands On Payroll Giving provides the assurance of a Professional Fundraising Organisation that specialises in working with all kinds of employers to drive Payroll Giving engagement and provide a great user experience. Crucially, it also provide its service free to Reward Gateway½Edenred Crown Commercial Service customers that include the Department for Work and Pensions and Department of Health.
The wider benefits for your public sector organisation
As well as the benefits for your employees and the causes they choose to support, there are also significant knock on positive impacts for your organisation.
- Boost your employee engagement and retention
We’ve spoken to public sector HR leaders recently who have confirmed that they are upping their employee engagement game in order to recruit and retain employees more effectively. Payroll Giving helps to support these efforts by empowering employees to contribute to causes and showing them that you value what they are passionate about, fostering a greater sense of purpose and involvement.
- Generate new employee insights
The data generated through Payroll Giving can also provide you with valuable insights into the causes that resonate most with your people. This can help you to create more meaningful employee engagement activities and align your charitable efforts with the interests of your employees more effectively. Understanding what really matters to employees can also help your work on enhancing your broader workplace culture and value proposition.
- Enhance your CSR activity
Public sector organisations have long confirmed their commitment to play a positive role in society, among other things by building a culture that promotes employee volunteering, skills matching and fundraising. Payroll Giving supports and complements these efforts by providing a consistent and structured way for employees to contribute to charity, amplifying your organisations impact on the community and strengthening commitment to social responsibility.
- Create public trust
Like all other organisations, public sector bodies are being scrutinised regarding their commitment to ethical practices and the community support they promise via their CSR policies. A well-implemented Payroll Giving scheme clearly demonstrates your organisation’s dedication to making a difference and will enhance your organisation’s reputation among employees and wider stakeholders.
By partnering with Hands On Payroll Giving, you can ensure that you communicate your Payroll Giving efforts in a manner that will help to build public trust and reinforce you role as leaders in social responsibility.
“Payroll Giving is a unique way to foster a positive workplace culture whilst supporting employees’ personal choice to give to the causes they care about. We provide an end-to-end user experience coupled with tailored engagement plans to maximise impact and ensure Payroll Giving fits with company ethos and purpose.”
- Penny Tapping, Operations Director for Hands on Payroll Giving
Should we talk?
To find out more about Hands On Payroll Giving for the public sector, talk to your account manager or contact us via ERUK-Sales-PublicSector@edenred.com
