# Royal Mail Group awarded Guinness World Record for payroll giving - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2012/02/09/royal-mail-group-awarded-guinness-world-record-payroll-giving/ - Published: 2012-02-09T12:03:37+00:00 - Author: Howard Lake Royal Mail Group has been awarded the Guinness World Record title for the most registered charities supported through a Payroll Giving scheme. With around 42,000 employees giving to charities directly from their payroll, the Group’s payroll giving staff account for 6% of all payroll givers in the UK. In the 23 years since payroll giving was introduced at the company, Royal Mail Group employees have given £45 million to 975 registered charities via the scheme. Over £2 million has been raised in the last year alone. One in four of the Group’s employees are signed up to give via this tax-effective method. The 975 charities consist of a wide range of organisations, and includes the Royal Mail Group’s own charity, the Rowland Hill Benevolent Fund. ## Advertisement Royal Mail Group received the Guinness World Records official certificate at a special ceremony in London. Chief Executive Officer, Moya Greene, said: “Our postmen and women play a vital and trusted role in every community across the UK. I am delighted that our postmen and women have been recognised as the world’s best for donating to charity direct from their pay.” * **[Jewish Care's Bridge Extravaganza awarded Guinness World Record](https://fundraising.co.uk/2012/12/04/jewish-care039s-bridge-extravaganza-awarded-guinness-world-record/)**( 4 December 2012) * **[Bingo balls record attempt raises funds for cancer charity](https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/07/24/bingo-balls-record-attempt-raises-funds-cancer-charity/)**( 24 July 2014) * **[Record breaking chicken nuggets tweet triggers $100k donation to charity](https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/05/10/chicken-nuggets-tweet-triggers-100k-donation-charity/)**( 10 May 2017) ![Loading](https://fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/page-views-count/ajax-loader- 2x.gif)