Payroll Giving is a simple and effective way for employees to make regular donations to a charity directly from their salary.

Gift Matching gives employees the chance to boost their payroll giving, personal donations or fundraising, with the organisation matching the funds donated or raised.

Many companies offer a formal gift matching scheme as part of their own CSR programme and smaller organisations are often happy to match donations if approached to do so. The level of matching depends on the company's policy, as does the upper limit of amount raised.

Holly was a young, healthy and active music teacher who loved to play hockey  when she was diagnosed with stage 4, terminal Oesophageal Cancer at just 26 years old. Determined to continue fighting, Holly was accepted into a clinical research trial where after 3 months, her cancer was no longer present.

“The only reason that I’m still alive today is because of research into this cancer which is funded by charities like the OCF. The work that you do in fundraising for the OCF has very tangible, real effects in the everyday lives of people like me. Thank you.”