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Employee involvement

Our employees are encouraged to become involved with deserving causes in their local communities, and we support their time and fund-raising contributions with cash donations and a matching gifts programme in many countries.

Where local taxation laws permit it, we also offer tax-efficient methods for employees giving to charity.

• In the UK and US, we make cash donations to charities where employees have done voluntary work. For example, our “Making a Difference” programme in the UK provided grants annually to 445 charities based on our employees’ involvement
• In the US, our “GSK Investment in Volunteer Excellence” (GIVE) programme provides grants to hundreds of charitable organisations where employees or their partners volunteered at least 50 hours
• We also matched donations by our employees and retirees in the US to the value of over $5 million and gave $1.4 million to match employee donations to our annual United Way campaign

And there are many employee efforts that involve contributing time and skills. Every year, hundreds of employees from six of our sites in Germany give their time to community projects as part of the 'Orange Day' initiative. The volunteers gave practical support to over 60 community projects, including the construction of a bowling course at an elderly care home, the painting of rooms in a women’s shelter and helping a local charity develop a marketing and PR plan.

Hundreds of employees also gave their time to good causes through our “Days of Caring” programme in the US, and supported science education for young people through the Science and Engineering Ambassador Scheme in the UK and the Partnership for Educational Discovery in the US.