Payroll Giving Month in February each year is an opportunity to shine a light on a form of charitable giving that many people are unaware of, despite it being one of the simplest and most effective ways to support charities.

Sometimes called Give As You Earn (GAYE), payroll giving allows employees to donate directly from their salary to a charity of their choice. It’s an easy, flexible way to support causes that matter, without having to fill out online forms for every donation.

For employers, Payroll Giving can increase employee engagement and provide useful insights into the causes your people care about. You can also earn recognition through government-recognised quality marks.

For Cerebral Palsy Scotland, regular donations through Payroll Giving provide reliable, sustainable funding that supports us to continue our work.

Despite the benefits, Payroll Giving remains underused, and many people either don’t know it exists, don’t realise they can choose their own charity, or assume it is complicated to arrange.

By supporting Payroll Giving Month, we hope to help more people understand this option and make informed choices about how they support the causes they care about through their workplace.

Everyone can help!

As an employee:

• Find out if your employer already has the scheme set up.
• If they do, encourage them to promote it more widely during February.
• If they don’t, let them know that it’s something you want them to consider.

As an employer:

• Use Payroll Giving Month as an opportunity to remind colleagues of the benefits and how it works.
• If you don’t have a scheme set up, you could ask colleagues if this is something they would make use of through feedback surveys or polls in team meetings.

For more information and resources about Payroll Giving, visit the campaign website here: Payroll Giving Month

This Christmas, your generosity can make double the difference!

From 2–9 December, we’re taking part in the Big Give Christmas Challenge. For one week only, every donation made to Cerebral Palsy Scotland will be matched £1 for £1, meaning your gift will go twice as far in helping people with cerebral palsy.

Donations can only be match funded if they are received between 2-9 December, and via the Big Give platform. We will let you know when the campaign opens for donations!

To find out more, visit our campaign page on the Big Give platform.

Together, we can make double the difference for children and adults with cerebral palsy across Scotland.

On Wednesday 8 October our Cerebral Palsy Conference took place, our keynote speaker, Charlie Fairhurst discussed Family-Centred Care in Childhood Neurology: Challenges, Collaboration, and Change to a full suite. which delivered a strong message on the importance of placing children and families at the heart of care. Many of our attendees at the end of the day said how his speech was “extremely valuable”.

Dr Fairhurst explored how conditions like cerebral palsy require individualised, dynamic, and lifelong support, tailored to each child’s changing needs. Key topics included the complexity of spasticity, the impact of co-existing conditions such as epilepsy, feeding and respiratory challenges, and the need to focus on comfort, function, and quality of life.

The talk also emphasised the role of multidisciplinary teamwork, improved communication, and aligning care with both clinical guidelines and family priorities. Attendees were encouraged to “put the fun into function” by supporting meaningful, enjoyable participation for every child.

Why this matters

This keynote speech resonated deeply with the attendees, which a made up of service users, families, therapist, clinicians and educators because it reinforced the importance of seeing each child as an individual, beyond their diagnosis.

By highlighting the value of family involvement, personalised care, and multidisciplinary collaboration, the session offered practical insight and renewed purpose for those working to improve outcomes and quality of life for children with cerebral palsy and other neurological conditions.

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