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Workplace Giving: for you, your colleagues and children everywhere  

June is Workplace Giving Month – a time to consider a sustainable way for you and your colleagues to maximise the impact of your donations and make a difference for children. Workplace Giving makes it so easy. Donations are made automatically from your pre-tax pay, which means you instantly receive a tax deduction. You can also donate any amount that suits you. Many organisations agree to match their employees' donations, doubling the impact you can make!  
 
Through Workplace Giving, you’ll help provide a regular stream of income that ensures children get the support they need at the time and place they need it most. Right now, one in 11 children globally are in need of humanitarian support, and with significant drops in foreign aid budgets around the world, there has never been a more important time to pledge your support to children.

Find out more about Workplace Giving today.  

Real Impact in Crisis: Taree and Vanuatu  

Workplace Giving helps raise the vital funds necessary for our teams to undertake rapid responses when disasters strike, helping us reach children and families as soon as possible with lifesaving supplies like food, water and shelter, as well as setting up Child Friendly Spaces in less than 48 hours – with specialist staff trained in providing psychosocial support to children.  

When floods devastated communities already reeling from the Black Summer bushfires in Taree, NSW, our teams set up Child Friendly Spaces within days, providing children with a safe, comforting environment to play, recover and begin processing their trauma.  

And after Cyclones Kevin and Judy tore through Vanuatu in 2023, children like Samilia^* and Jay Jay^* (pictured with their mother Cindia*) had to move into evacuation centres after their homes were destroyed. Save the Children set up Child Friendly Spaces there to offer children a safe environment that promotes joy, play, and recovery.  

“The things Save the Children provided for my family will help my family” says Cindia. "With a lot of dirty and unclean water, the soaps will help to keep my children clean and prevent them from catching germs.”    

Our CEO, Mat Tinkler, on why regular workplace giving is so important to Save the Children:

Workplace Giving benefits you too

By making regular pre-tax donations to Save the Children through your organisation’s payroll system, you can receive an immediate tax benefit* as well as feel a sense of pride that you’re contributing to make a positive impact for children. Where your employer offers matching, you double the impact of your donation.  
  
It is easy to set up with your employer, so that donations are deducted automatically from your pre-tax salary on a regular basis. This means that your tax deduction benefit is immediate and eliminates the need for you to collect receipts.  
  
You have the option to decide exactly how much to donate from each pay packet. No matter how small, your donation via your pay will make a real impact.  

“Partnering with Save the Children through Workplace Giving enables our people to directly support communities and families, both in times of crisis and for long-term resilience. It’s a partnership that reflects our common values and gives our employees a tangible way to make a difference – with the power to choose a cause close to their hearts and have their impact doubled through matching by the QBE Foundation.”  
-- Julie Starley, QBE Insurance AUSPAC Chief Claims Officer and Co-Chair of the AUSPAC QBE Foundation 

Where does the money go?  

Donations from Workplace Giving for Save the Children Australia go to where the need is the greatest. This can include programs here at home in Australia, around the world and in emergencies – wherever children’s needs are greatest. 

And the impact is astounding: together with supporters, partners, governments and local communities, we’ve helped to double the chances of survival for children under five years old, prevented more than 68 million child marriages, and helped nearly 9 in 10 children to get an education. And when disaster strikes, we’re always among the first to respond and the last to leave. 

You can be a part of this incredible movement: find out more about how you can set up Workplace Giving for yourself, or how you can introduce it to your workplace so all your colleagues can take part too. 

Whether in Vanuatu, Gaza or the Ukraine, you can be sure of making a tangible difference in the lives of children with your tax-deductible donation via Workplace Giving. Your support will help create a world where children can live, learn and thrive. 

Find out more about Workplace Giving today.  

*Depending on your individual ATO tax threshold.