Philanthropy Review launches call-to-action
June 22, 2011
As a member of the Philanthropy Review, Trevor Pears, Executive Chair of Pears Foundation, has together with his colleagues made a call-to-action to business leaders, philanthropists and Government to deliver an extra £2bn to charities.
At a launch attended by Francis Maude, Minister for the Cabinet Office at the Mansion House in the City of London on 21st June, the Philanthropy Review Board identified an additional £2bn of income which could be delivered to charities by 2015 by making it easier for people to give; encouraging giving and helping giving become a social norm. The call-to-action focuses on three key elements and the measures and mechanisms which could lead to a significant rise in giving in the UK:
Making it easier for people to give
- With high street banks and building societies offering charity bank accounts to their clients
- Business and chief executives championing payroll giving and leading by example, giving through their own payroll.
Encouraging giving
- With the simplification of current tax incentives and applying these equally to all asset classes
- By introducing living legacies, allowing individuals to make significant gifts to charity in their own lifetime.
To help giving become a social norm
- By establishing ‘giving’ education in every school and supporting it with match funding
- With the launch of a national campaign later this year to celebrate giving and encourage people to give more.
The Philanthropy Review launched on December 7, 2010 with a remit to identify and evidence the potential of new mechanisms to catalyse a step change in the level of philanthropic giving in the UK. The Review Board is chaired by Thomas Hughes-Hallett, Chief Executive of Marie Curie Cancer Care and includes leading figures from the Institute of Philanthropy, New Philanthropy Capital, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Pears Foundation, Community Foundation Network, CAADA, J.P. Morgan and the National Council for Voluntary Organisations.
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