Community

  measure notes 2008 2007 2006
Total community giving £'000 7 1,465 1,399 1,370
Charitable donations £'000 8 1,165 1,283 905
Company matching of employee giving and raising other than GAYE £'000   82 116 5
Employees participating in Friends in the Community (excluding GAYE) %   8.66 12.15
Staff participating in GAYE %   11 12.3 13.0
Donations matched by employer in GAYE £'000 9 66 78 49
Notes:
  • 7. This includes cash contributions, hours contributed by staff during paid company time, the value of non-cash contributions, all costs associated with having the community affairs function in place, as well as grants made out annually from the Friends Provident Foundation following the 2004 endowment. This figure is produced in accordance with LBG guidelines.
  • 8. This is the gross amount of money donated as one-off or intermittent donations of cash, product, facilities, or employee time in support of local, national or international appeals, or of employees' charitable activities.
  • 9. These are payments the company contributes as the matching gift including any incidental management or administration fees where met by the company.