Payroll Giving
Making charitable giving effortless and impactful, for employees and employers.
Join our Payroll Giving scheme to help your employees give regularly to causes they care about.
Payroll Giving comes from your pre-tax pay, so it’s instant and hassle-free, with donations going directly to where they will make the most impact. Norfolk Community Foundation handles the admin. When you invest in our missions, we pass every penny to the causes you care about.
It can form part of your wider Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) model, too.
Why it’s brilliant:
- Effortless: Set it up via your payroll, with no direct debits.
- Tax-efficient: Your donations come from pre-tax earnings, so your gift costs less but delivers more.
- All for impact: Unlike other agencies, we charge zero fees when you give to our mission funds, meaning 100% of your gift benefits local people.
Our 6 Missions: Your Donations Power Norfolk’s Future
Fuel community impact by directing your gift to one of our six transformative missions:
- Love Norfolk – Back community-led solutions tackling local issues.
- Nourishing Norfolk – Promote healthier, food-secure communities.
- Young People’s Mental Health – Fund safe spaces and support for youth.
- Greening Our Communities – Drive local action against climate change.
- Skills for Norfolk – Develop essential skills ready for work.
- A Better Childhood – Nurture strong family bonds and brighter futures.
Each mission targets critical local needs. Donation to one of our missions means 100% of your gift invests in Norfolk’s future.
How it works
- Sign up for the scheme with Norfolk Community Foundation – we’ll take care of the background admin.
- Get your workforce excited about supporting great causes – we’ll visit your workplace to explain the scheme and inspire your employees.
- Choose your charities – employees can choose a mission close to their hearts, or pick the charities they love.
- Send us your donation – one payment, one remittance, once a month. Easy.
- Get updates – when you choose to back our key initiatives, each employee will be updated on the difference their donations make on their doorstep.
Payroll Giving Myth‑busters
“Payroll Giving costs me more.”
False. You donate pre-tax, so £10 costs you just £6–£8.
“Gift Aid is better.”
Not true. Higher-rate taxpayers get 40% benefit via Payroll Giving, and charities receive it immediately.
“There’s a 5% fee.”
Not when you donate to our missions. Choose our mission funds and your whole gift goes to the mission you support. For other charities, we charge a fee.
“It’s complicated to set up.”
Not at all. Just ask or speak with our team. We guide employers through the simple process.
What others say
“Here at Broadland and South Norfolk Councils we have been really proud to be able to work alongside the Norfolk Community Foundation to develop a payroll giving scheme and to be an early adopter. The scheme is an easy way for us all to make a real difference to people in Norfolk. We can collectively have a very real impact on individuals in need of support in our community. So why not become a ‘Friend of the Norfolk Foundation’ and join the payroll giving scheme, together we really can make a difference.”
“After a member of my family became seriously ill with mental health issues, I became aware of just how limited the support was for individuals, particularly to prevent a mental health crisis or to support them when recovering from a crisis. I decided to join our payroll giving scheme to support the Norfolk Community Foundations work, and asked that this goes to mental health provision in Norfolk. We all have the chance to make a difference and I would strongly urge everyone that can to join the payroll giving scheme, be that for a £1 a month or more, together we really can make a difference.”
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