If your workplace has a Payroll Giving scheme and you are taxed through PAYE, you can donate to ME Research UK directly from your wages, and it’s tax-free! Payroll Giving is also possible for people in receipt of an employment pension who are taxed using PAYE.
It’s simple to set up! Just approach your Personnel or Payroll Department, and if they run a scheme, they will provide the relevant form. HM Revenue & Customs provides a list of Payroll Giving agencies and further guidance.
Give As You Earn
Alternatively, your employer may be running the Give As You Earn scheme, the UK’s largest and most successful payroll giving scheme administered by the Charities Aid Foundation. Under Give As You Earn, any employee or pensioner paid under PAYE can donate to any charitable organisation in the UK.
If your employer is a member of the scheme, you can sign up online straight away — the Give As You Earn website will tell you if your employer is a member, and it includes a calculator so you can see how much your donation would be worth to ME Research UK. If your employer is not already a member, you can contact the Charities Aid Foundation for further information on signing them, and yourself, up to the scheme. Or look at other payroll schemes at Workplace Giving.
