“Workplace giving forms part of these partnerships and it’s an opportunity to continually broaden our engagement with the community. It’s also a reliable avenue of fundraising that chugs along in the background, allowing us to direct funds where we need them most.”

“While workplace giving donations are welcome and valuable the connection with a business is just as important. We build and nurture partnerships around financial support but also develop meaningful and long term relationships.”

“Workplace Giving is a simple, yet powerful, way for employees and employers to help us to deliver services to the most disadvantaged and vulnerable children and young people in Victoria.”

“We would absolutely encourage other businesses to run appeals at times of disaster and emergency. It’s a great way for staff to feel like they are contributing in some way.”

“Make sure there is a strong alignment to what you want to achieve and what your potential partner can deliver. Charities, especially smaller ones, deliver community programs in specific ways, and it’s unreasonable to expect them to change how they work for a corporate partner. Also, we would encourage corporates …

"We’re working with our team, encouraging them to get involved in our programs which is a great way for us to bring sustainability to life across the business.”

“We wanted the introduction of the new Workplace Giving Platform to really resonate with staff. We needed them to understand how easy it is to use and really inspire them to get involved.”

“Workplace Giving has the potential to transform society. We have a tremendous opportunity to make a difference and I encourage other business leaders to establish a Workplace Giving program.”

“We’re excited to have recently entered into a Small Business partnership with Smiling Mind so that we can ensure our SME customers have access to tools and meditations specific to their needs.”

"Timely, dedicated responses and a willingness to listen to our requirements. Clear, straightforward service with dedicated staff that respond quickly and efficiently to requests from clients. The administration associated with our community investment program is enormous. Leaving these tasks to the experts’ means we can concentrate on sharing the positive …

“We took a strategic approach to our Community Grants program, engaging key stakeholders from our business to ensure we deliver a program that resonates with the diverse communities in which we operate. Core to our program is ensuring that we transfer funds to our grant winners in the most seamless …

“Our thoughts are with all who have been impacted and our gratitude goes to the emergency service workers and disaster recovery organisations whose tireless efforts of courage and dedication to protect and restore their communities is extraordinary.”

“Workplace giving is a very reliable, flexible and important source of funding for us and we value those small and frequent contributions which collectively have a huge impact.”

“This model allows Medibank the valuable opportunity to partner with employees, members, the broader community via their donations while focusing its activity on supporting the better health of the community by identifying research funding opportunities and working with research institutions, while Good2Give is well placed to manage the regulatory requirements …

“Having a presence on Good2Give has opened us up to a wide range of corporates and employees that we may have not necessarily reached. Essentially it’s done the hard work for us!”