# Payroll giving rose during lockdown

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2020/09/21/payroll-giving-rose-during-lockdown/
- Published: 2020-09-21T09:35:43+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Figures from The Association of Payroll Giving Organisations (APGO) reveal that
during the ‘lockdown’ quarter (April to June 2020) Payroll Giving donations rose
by 9.8% or £2.9 million compared to the same quarter last year.**

 

 

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In addition, employers increased the amount they match employee Payroll Giving donations
by £150,000 to £1.8m, an increase of 9.2% compared to the previous year.

 

 

 

The [APGO](http://www.apgo.org.uk)’s figures also show a 14.9% increase in the average
monthly gift during this period with those giving increasing their donation via 
Payroll Giving.

 

 

 

According to the APGO, there was also a surge in large one-off donations from both
senior corporate executives and pooled employee giving directed to frontline Covid-
19 charities.

 

 

 

Panikos Efthimiou, Chair of the APGO, said:

 

 

 

> “In these ‘catastrophic’ times companies and their employees see Payroll Giving
> as a means of getting donations in a quick, tax-effective manner to the charity
> sector desperate for additional funds, and also to those charities fighting Covid19
> on the frontline. The reliable regularity of monthly payroll giving funds contributes
> to mitigating the loss from other fundraising streams, which have had to pause
> due to the crisis.”

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