Insights & Impact
The GivingForce Blog
Expert insights on corporate giving, employee engagement, and creating meaningful social impact that drives business value.
What Is a Corporate Giving Platform and Why Do Enterprise Companies Need One?
A corporate giving platform centralises employee giving, volunteering, matching, and ESG reporting in one portal. Learn what enterprise buyers should look for.
How We Build a Workplace Where Women Thrive
This International Women's Day, we asked three women across our business what flexibility, resilience, and progress really look like. Here's what they said.
Beyond the Donation: How Payroll Giving Strengthens Your ESG Strategy
Payroll giving generates measurable social impact data for ESG reporting — participation rates, donation volumes, and engagement trends. Learn how to turn Payroll Giving Month into a strategic advantage for your company's ESG framework.
Charity and Donation Platforms
Discover how charity and donation platforms are reshaping philanthropy. Explore crowdfunding, secure payment systems, and volunteer tools that empower nonprofits and donors to make a greater impact worldwide.
How Can My Business Start a Charity Partnership Effectively? A 7-Step Framework
Learn how to start a charity partnership that actually works. 7 proven steps from strategy to scale, backed by data from 800+ corporate giving programmes.
Charity Grants vs Corporate Donations: Choose Your Own Adventure (But Make It Strategic)
Learn when to use charity grants vs corporate donations for maximum impact. Strategic guide to structured giving, due diligence, and efficient management.Company Matching: The Smart Way to Double Your Social Impact
Company matching doubles charitable donations when employees give. Discover how matching programmes increase engagement, strengthen culture, and scale social impact.
The Migration Patterns of the Modern Corporate Volunteer
David Attenborough voice: Here, in the concrete jungle of London's financial district, we observe a remarkable phenomenon. The office worker, once thought to be extinct from volunteering activities, has returned in unprecedented numbers. UK employee volunteering increased by 300% in a single year. The corporate volunteer of 2025 is a different creature—more flexible, more global, more skilled in their contributions.
The Repair Shop: Fixing the World's Workplace Giving Programmes
This workplace giving program has been in the company since 1987. It's a bit knackered now, but with some love and attention, we can restore it to its former glory. Six million Americans use payroll giving but leave $4-7 billion in matching funds unclaimed. UK participation dropped to 483,000 employees—the lowest in seven years. Your programme doesn't need throwing away. It needs restoring.
Why Charity Due Diligence Should Match Your Vendor Vetting Standards
The charity sector remains one of the least regulated industries globally, with organisations losing £2.3 billion annually to fraud. Yet while companies invest heavily in vetting suppliers and employees, charity partnerships often receive minimal scrutiny despite involving substantial financial commitments and reputational risk. With corporate giving reaching £36.5 billion in 2023, treating charitable partnerships with the same diligence as any other business relationship isn't optional—it's essential risk management.
Severance: When Your Employees Don't Know Your CSR Programme Exists
Your work self just donated £100 to charity through payroll giving. Your home self has no idea. Welcome to the severed workplace.
Picture this: somewhere in your company building, there's an entire CSR department with impact dashboards, volunteering schedules, and a matching budget that would make your eyes water. But 40% of your employees don't even know this floor exists.
We're talking about £4-7 billion in unclaimed matching funds annually. Billion. With a B. That's enough money to buy everyone in Britain a really decent meal deal with change left over for a Freddo (back when Freddos were reasonably priced, anyway).
At dinner parties, you say things like, "Yeah, my company's alright, but they don't really do the whole charity thing." Meanwhile, your employer has a £2 million annual giving budget gathering dust like that exercise bike in your spare room.
Time to un-sever your workplace. The donkeys in Dorset will thank you.
Giving Software: A Complete Guide for Business Professionals
Discover how modern giving software is transforming corporate philanthropy from administrative burden to strategic advantage. This comprehensive guide helps business professionals evaluate platforms, understand essential features, and implement solutions that engage employees while maximising social impact.
Corporate Social Responsibility and the Role of Giving Platforms
Learn how to implement tax-efficient payroll giving programs that empower employees to support causes they care about. This guide covers setup strategies, employee engagement tactics, and best practices for maximising social impact through automated salary deductions and company matching.
Unlocking the Benefits of Payroll Giving: Tax Implications for Business Professionals
Discover how payroll giving reduces your tax burden by up to 42% while maximizing charitable impact. Complete guide to tax-efficient giving for professionals.
The Heart of Business: Exploring Today's Corporate Social Responsibility Trends
Corporate social responsibility has evolved into a strategic imperative, with 73% of CEOs now considering sustainability fundamental to success. When companies align operations with social and environmental values, they create measurable benefits - from enhanced employee engagement to strengthened stakeholder trust. Through integrated platforms like GivingForce, organisations can transform their CSR initiatives into programs that deliver both meaningful impact and business value.
The Complete Guide to Implementing Payroll Giving in 2025: Empowering Social Impact Through Employee Donations
Payroll Giving empowers employees to donate pre-tax salary directly to charities, boosting ESG impact and employee engagement. Companies with strong Payroll Giving see 34% higher employee satisfaction.
Successful implementation involves executive support, seamless technology integration, clear communication, and ongoing engagement.
Simplify your Payroll Giving programme with GivingForce—streamlined, impactful, and easy to manage.
The £4-7 Billion Wake-Up Call: Why Your Corporate Giving Programme Might Be Leaving Money on the Table
UK companies lose £4-7 billion annually in unclaimed matching funds due to low employee awareness and complex processes. Successful corporate giving boosts retention by 19%, productivity by 21%, and revenue by 13%.
Bridge these gaps to unlock your programme's potential. Simplify giving with GivingForce.
The Strategic Value of Impact Reporting: Why It Matters More Than Ever in 2025
Impact reporting has evolved from a nice-to-have corporate practice to an essential strategic function for organisations committed to social responsibility. In today's stakeholder-driven economy, demonstrating measurable social impact through comprehensive impact reporting isn't just about compliance—it's about competitive advantage, trust-building, and sustainable growth. Organisations that excel at capturing, analysing, and communicating their social and environmental contributions are seeing tangible benefits across their operations.
PRESS RELEASE: Global Bank Strengthens Commitment to Social Impact with Strategic Partnership
A global financial leader has joined forces with GivingForce in a five-year strategic partnership to embed social impact across its operations. By leveraging GivingForce’s all-in-one platform—covering employee giving, volunteering, grants, and real-time impact reporting—the bank aims to increase employee engagement by 20%, cut grant admin by 30%, and deliver measurable, transparent results at scale. This collaboration positions CSR as a core business driver, aligning purpose with performance.
The Ultimate Guide to Payroll Giving Implementation: Transforming Corporate Philanthropy in 2025
Payroll Giving has emerged as a pivotal strategy in corporate philanthropy, transforming traditional charity contributions into impactful, tax-efficient employee engagement programmes. This Ultimate Guide to Payroll Giving Implementation in 2025 provides practical frameworks for businesses to seamlessly integrate giving into their corporate culture. Explore step-by-step strategies, advanced technological solutions like AI-driven cause matching, blockchain transparency tools, and real-world examples from global leaders like Unilever and Vodafone. Learn how to overcome common implementation challenges, measure impact effectively, and scale your programme sustainably. Elevate your corporate social responsibility by embedding Payroll Giving as a strategic driver of employee satisfaction, organisational health, and community impact.