The'Geared for Giving' Campaign was first launched at the
House of Commons of the United Kingdom
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the upper house, the House of Lords, it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London, England.
The House of Commons is an elected body consisting of 650 me ...
on 19 May 2008 by
Anne Snelgrove, MP for South Swindon and
Duncan Bannatyne OBE.
The Geared for Giving Campaign was originally established to raise awareness of Payroll Giving with UK business leaders.
Payroll Giving (also known
Give As You Earn
Payroll Giving, Workplace Giving or Give As You Earn (GAYE) is a scheme for UK taxpayers to donate money to UK Registered Charities.
Introduced in 1987, Payroll Giving allows employees to make donations to the UK registered charity of their c ...
) is a scheme of making charitable tax-efficient donations by giving directly from payroll to any charity.
In 2016 the campaign was relaunched.
Geared for Giving continues as a fundraising campaign, this time with a new mission to double the amount raised by Payroll Giving for charities to £260m annually, by increasing the number of employees giving through pay from 1 million to 2 million.
References
External links
www.gearedforgiving.org Official Site
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Charities based in the United Kingdom
Fundraising events