This is about maximising fundraising with help from parents and the companies they work for. Many companies offer their employees the chance to take part in a matched funding scheme. Generally the employee must have been involved in the fundraising event as a volunteer. Companies who do offer matched funding will pledge a sum of money relating to the amount their employee has raised or donated to the charity. For example, a parent volunteers to organise an event for the boat club. The profit made by the event is £100. The parent’s employer will then match this amount with a further £100. Some organisations will match fund on a £ for £ basis, others will stipulate what they are prepared to give. It is likely that an upper limit will be applied along with certain criteria such as the recipient organisation being a registered charity.
Companies may support the boat club in a variety of ways including matching funds raised through an activity (i.e. race night, disco or quiz); matching funds raised by a sponsored event; a cash donation; donation of equipment; donation of services or a donation of prizes (suitable for raffles/auctions/tombola). Some companies will also pledge resources instead of money, by offering a tangible service or donating equipment etc. Alternatively, a parent may opt to make a cash donation to the Support Group which again could be matched by their organisation. There have been cases where companies have not been shown in the list provided but are still taking part in the scheme.
Steps to follow:
Speak to your companies community relations/CSR manager, HR Department and ask if they operate or are interested in running a matched giving scheme, in smaller companies where such a post does not exist, it is preferable to go to the immediate line manager to ascertain the most appropriate person to speak to.
Once the company has agreed to a match give, ask them to put their pledge in writing to the Support Group. Or the company may ask the employee to complete a request form, which will be sent to us. Once any necessary in house admin is completed the rest is taken care of by the Support Group and the charity commission.
Relevant Information:
1863 Support Group is a registered charity – Charity No 1142146
For any further information, please contact: Mauro Ferone, Club Treasurer
1863clubsg@gmail.com
UK Companies’ matching gift scheme
Below is a list of companies that are known to have a matching gift scheme. This list is by no means definitive. For those not on the list, please contact your Human Resources department to enquire if such a scheme exists. A number of overseas organisations also operate similar schemes, particularly those in the US.
3i, 3i Deutschland GmbH, Abbey National, ABN Amor Bank, Accenture, Alfred Dunhill, Alliance & Leicester, Alliance Capital, American Express, Amoco Foundation, Anglian Water, Argos, Arla Foods, ARM Holdings, Asda, ASSEAL, AstraZeneca, AT Kearney, BAA, Bank of America, Bank of England, Bank of Scotland, Bank Of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Bankers Trust, Barclays Bank, Barclays Capital, Barclays Group, BG Group, BOC Group, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Boots, Boston Consulting Group, BP, Bradford and Bingley, Bristol-Myers Squibb, British American Tobacco, British Gas, C & A Stores, Cable & Wireless, Camelot Group, Cap Gemini, Capital International Research, Carlsberg Tetley, Cemex UK, Centrica, Chase Manhattan, Citibank Group, Cooperative Bank, Cornwall Insurance, Coutts Bank, Credit Suisse First Boston, De La Rue, Debenhams, Deloitte Consulting, Deutsche Bank, DHL, Diageo, Dixons Group, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, Eli Lily, EMI Group, Energis, Ericsson Telecom, Ernst & Young, Experian, Exxon Mobil, Fidelity Investments, First Bus, First Group, Ford Motor Company, GlaxoSmithKline, Goldman Sachs, Guardian Royal Exchange, Halifax, HSBC, IBM, IDEO, Industrial Bank of Japan, Inverses, J Sainsbury, Johnson & Johnson, J P Morgan & Co, Kellogg’s, Kingfisher, KPMG, Legal & General, Littlewoods, Lloyds TSB, Marks and Spencer, Mars, Marsh & McLennan Companies, McKinsey & Co, Mercury Asset Management, Merrill Lynch, Microsoft, Midland Bank, Midlands Electricity, Mitsubishi, Moody’s Investors Services Ltd, Morgan Stanley, National Grid Transco, National Power, National Westminster Bank, NCR Corporation, NFC Northern Electric, Norwich Union, O2, Pearson, Peugeot Motor Company, Pfizer, Philip Morris International, Philips, PPG Industries Foundation, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Royal and Sun Alliance, Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Royal London Mutual Insurance, Royal Sun Alliance, Schroder’s, Scottish and Southern Energy, Seaboard, Shell, Siemens Medical, Sigma Securities, SIT Investment Associates Foundation, Sky Broadcasting, SmithKline Beecham, Southern Electric, Stagecoach Group, Stagecoach Holdings, Standard & Poor’s, Sun Life of Canada, Swiss Bank Corp, Tesco, Texaco, Thames Water, The Economist Group, UBS Warburg, Unilever, United Airlines, United Utilities, Vodafone, Warner Music International, William M Mercer, Woolwich, Yorkshire Water