# Best payroll giving employers recognised in No 11 awards ceremony

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2011/10/18/best-payroll-giving-employers-recognised-no-11-awards-ceremony/
- Published: 2011-10-18T22:29:45+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**The most successful company payroll giving schemes were named this evening at 
an awards ceremony held at Number 11 Downing Street. The National Payroll Giving
Excellence Awards, now in their 10th year, showcased the best examples of UK employers’
raising funds for charities through payroll giving schemes.**

![](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/files/images/news/payroll_giving_awards.jpg)

The awards ceremony was presented by **Peter Lewis**, the Institute of Fundraising’s
Chief Executive who took up his post just 10 days ago. He was joined by Cabinet 
Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service **Sir Gus O’Donnell**, fresh from publishing
the report into Doctor Liam Fox’s ministerial behaviour, and **Chloe Smith MP**,
newly appointed Economic Secretary to the Treasury following the reshuffle arising
from Dr Fox’s resignation as Defence Secretary.

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The winners were:

### Best launch of a new scheme

Winner: Inventive Leisure

Highly commended: Manchester United Ltd

### Best re-launch of an existing scheme

Winner: Close Brothers Group plc

Highly commended: Henderson Group

### Best large employer campaign

Winner: Whitbread plc

Highly Commended: Marshalls plc

### Best SME campaign

Winner: Think Money Group

Highly commended: Asos.com

### Best civil society employer campaign

Winner: Marie Curie Cancer Care

Highly commended: Retail Trust

### Best public sector employer campaign

Winner: HM Revenue & Customs

### Best innovative promotional partnership

Winner: Think Money Group

Highly commended: Capital

### Best overall campaign

Winner: Whitbread

Highly commended: Think Money Group

According to the Institute of Fundraising, [giving by payroll giving](https://www.payrollgivingcentre.org.uk)**
increased by 7.5% during 2010/11** compared to the previous year, with around 720,000
people donating £114 million to charitable causes.

The Institute confirmed that it would introduce a new top level Platinum Quality
Mark for those employers that increased levels of payroll giving even beyond the
levels of the gold mark. The new quality mark would be available to employers from
April 2012.

_[Editor’s note: video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMIPki5HofQ is no longer
available]_