Payroll giving 'a cock-up' says leading philanthropist in debate on promoting giving | Philanthropy UK

Payroll giving 'a cock-up' says leading philanthropist in debate on promoting giving | Philanthropy UK: Payroll Giving “has been a cock-up from beginning to end” according to forthright philanthropist and chair of The Philanthropy Review Tom Hughes-Hallett.

Hughes-Hallett, who is also chief executive of Marie Curie Cancer Care, the UK's leading end of life care charity, gave the view as part of a panel debating the perennial topic of ‘how to change the culture of philanthropy’, hosted by Conservative think tank Policy Exchange. It was held in the same week the government announced a �10m innovation fund to encourage new ideas for boosting giving.

Payroll giving encouraged in 'Big Society' re-launch

Payroll giving encouraged in 'Big Society' re-launch: "At an Every Business Commits Forum event in Milton Keynes yesterday, Prime Minister David Cameron said that the aim was to make it easier for “workers to give money to charity automatically through their pay cheques”.

While about a third of employees in the US already did this, in the UK, the figure was only around 3%. “We want that to be a lot higher”, Cameron said."

Philanthropy Review presses government on lifetime legacies and payroll giving - Third Sector

Philanthropy Review presses government on lifetime legacies and payroll giving - Third Sector: "Chair Thomas Hughes-Hallett says review group will publish a charter next month

The Philanthropy Review will press the government to introduce lifetime legacies and reform payroll giving, according to its chair, Thomas Hughes-Hallett, chief executive of Marie Curie Cancer Care.

He told delegates at the Charity Finance Directors' Group conference last week that the review body expects to publish a charter in mid-June, outlining no more than 10 measures that it believes w"

Charity aims to tap '£1bn' potential of payroll giving | Voluntary sector | SocietyGuardian.co.uk

Charity aims to tap '£1bn' potential of payroll giving | Voluntary sector | SocietyGuardian.co.uk: "Charities are losing out on almost £1bn of funding every year because workers are unaware of the tax benefits of payroll giving, it was claimed today.

Research from Oxfam found that a third of British employees would donate an average of £9.60 a month through their salary if they knew how to. This equates to a total of nearly £1bn annually, the charity said."