Five ways to engage your employees this Payroll Giving Month

Awareness days and months give organisations the opportunity to engage their employees on charitable initiatives and causes. This February is Payroll Giving Month where the charity sector promotes the message of Payroll Giving, educates the public on its benefits and calls for more employees to donate this way. Here are five ways your organisation can engage your employees this Payroll Giving Month.

Match donate for the month of February
Donation matching is a huge motivator for staff and an extremely powerful way for employers to demonstrate their commitment to the causes their staff care about. If you’re running a Payroll Giving scheme and not yet match donating, why not use Payroll Giving Month as a trial? Speak to us today to get this set up for February.
Run a Payroll Giving Month competition
Enter every employee that signs up during February into a prize draw. Could you offer a days’ annual leave, or a bottle of bubbly? Or why not get competitive and run an inter-departmental competition to see who can get the most sign ups?
Share a Payroll Giving Month post on your company’s Intranet
Take a look at the Payroll Giving Month website for inspiration and post on your company’s Intranet or link to the month in your company’s newsletter. We launched our brand-new explainer video this month. Why not use the month to launch the video internally and educate your staff on the benefits of Payroll Giving? If you’re a GoodPAYE partner, the video can be found in your Google Drive. If you’re not yet signed up to us, get in touch with us today.
Organise a Payroll Giving Day
Why not celebrate Payroll Giving Month on a single day? Invite your charity partner or your PFO to the office to talk to your staff about the scheme. Decorate the office canteen with banners and posters, or run a number of tea & talks throughout the day for people to jump onto at different times.
Post on social media
Make sure you’ve downloaded the Payroll Giving Month logo from the official website and announce your support of the scheme on social media. Payroll Giving Month provides a great opportunity for you to tell your clients and customers that you and your employees are helping great causes through donating via their pay. Everyone loves hearing good stories on social media. Share how well your Payroll Giving scheme is doing, celebrate or announce your Payroll Giving Quality Mark, or simply thank employees for the difference they are making. Be sure to use the hashtag #payrollgivingmonth