Platinum Government Quality Mark Award for 2012!

We are delighted that the Government continues to support the development of Workplace Giving with a new Platinum Government Quality Mark Award.

The Platinum Quality Mark Award recognises employers that continually strive to increase donations to UK charities through Workplace Giving. 

Employers that are recognised through the Platinum Award will have committed themselves to promoting Payroll Giving in the workplace and increasing charitable donations.   The Platinum Quality Mark Award will be allocated to employers from April 2012

Platinum Award Criteria.  Employers must have achieved and held the Gold Quality Mark Award for at least one year (i.e. the 2011 Gold Award) prior to applying for a Platinum Quality Mark Award in 2012 and completed at least one task from each of the three sections  below in the past 12 months:

Public Register of Employers Offering Workplace Giving

Employers must have signed-up to the public register of employers offering Workplace Giving to their staff. 

Increased Workplace Giving (a minimum of one must have been achieved)

• Either achieved an overall employee sign-up to Workplace Giving of 20%, or increased employee take-up from the previous year by a minimum of 10%
• Increased existing donations (through demonstrable promotion)  by a minimum of 10%
• Matched employee contributions by a minimum of 10%

Promoted Workplace Giving (a minimum of one must have been achieved)

• Actively encouraged pensioners (past employees) to continue to use WorkplaceGiving
• Used volunteers or past employees to promote Workplace Giving to current staff
• Provided evidence of an active promotion that encouraged clients and customers to use Workplace Giving
• Introduced (and signed-up) a minimum of five new employers to Workplace Giving (evidenced through relevant PGAs)
• Publically demonstrated commitment to Workplace Giving through use of the Workplace Giving and Quality Mark logos on letterhead, websites and other promotional materials
• Demonstrated effective use of the induction and/or review process to introduce staff to Workplace Giving

Applicants will be expected to provide the necessary support material so that their application can be verified where necessary.

The Closing date to apply is the 26th February 2012.

The team at Workplace Giving UK will be helping all our clients to enter for the Platinum Award and other categories this year, as in previous years.  We will be in contact in the next few weeks, however if you have any queries please contact Amy Montague on 0208 731 5120 or email amontague@workplacegiving-uk.co.uk  Good luck!