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Twenty years ago, when I was an employer in a small organisation of 20, we tried Give As You Earn (GAYE).
The problem was that very few charities were represented by the GAYE administrator, and this denied staff the flexibility to choose the specific, local (rather than ‘big brand’) charities they wanted to support. Although we revisited GAYE every few years this lack of flexibility never changed, so staff made their own arrangements. So we were unable to contribute to their giving and boost staff morale with our support. Until GAYE can overcome this restriction it will remain a small portion of the charitable giving, being operated predominantly by the larger organisations who nominate the charity to support. It also denies SMEs the opportunity to reach out to the local arena, which is where the majority of giving would benefit Big Society ideas being put forward by the government in the recent Giving White Paper.
Christopher McMullen, retired charity chair
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