Giving
Can Do Giving
In 2005 and 2006 we extended Can Do Giving, a Give as You Earn scheme in the UK, to our other businesses, including O2 Germany. Telefónica O2 Czech Republic also operate a payroll-giving scheme which means the whole Telefónica O2 Europe offers the scheme.
Can Do Giving is an easy way for employees to support their favourite charities by donating regularly through the payroll. Contributions are exempt from tax and include a further 20 per cent donation from Telefónica O2 Europe.
In 2006, around four per cent of all employees subscribed to this scheme (the figure excludes our Czech colleagues).
In the UK and Ireland, we introduced a new way for employees to give to charity through our Pennies from Heaven and Cents from Heaven schemes, where an individual’s monthly salary is rounded down to the nearest pound, and the spare pennies or cents donated to their business’s chosen charity.
In Germany, where Can Do Giving was introduced in January 2006, nearly 180 employees signed up to support one chosen charity, Alliance for Children Against Violence (Buendnis fuer Kinder gegen Gewalt).
In the Czech Republic O2 employees supported the organisation People In Need (www.clovekvtisni.cz) through their payroll-giving scheme. The organisation helped Czech people affected by floods in April 2006. Employees also bought Christmas presents made by people with disabilities in NGO workshops, amounting to CSK 180,000.
In total, O2 employees gave £124,546 (Jan-Dec) through the Can Do Giving scheme.
Can Do Matching
We encourage employees to give time and imagination to fundraising efforts of their own.
Can Do Matching supports all fundraising activities, including those personally supported by individuals or teams.
O2 matches funds raised by up to a total of £350 for an individual or £1,500 for a team.
The total amount raised through the Can Do Matching scheme during the financial year 2006 was £309,106. This includes employee donations and O2 matched funds. 75 charities received donations.
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