Match Funding Frequently Asked Questions

The Morrisons Foundation will match fund the money raised by colleagues for registered charities. So if a colleague raised £100 for a charity, we will match this by donating £100 to the same charity.

All Morrisons colleagues are eligible to apply. Fundraising held by friends, family members or by the charities themselves is not eligible for match funding.

Once you have completed your fundraising and the monies have been paid to the charity, you need to complete a match funding application form.

Click the 'Start Your Application' button which will take you to our grant management system hosted by Plinth. Before being able to submit an application you'll need to create an account to start. You can use your Morrisons email or your person email address to register with Plinth. Please remember your login details which you can use for future applications.

Once you are registered, complete the match funding application form, uploading the proof of fundraising (such as a letter from the charity) or providing a link to your online fundraising page (e.g. Just Giving).

You will receive an email acknowledging receipt of your request. We will contact you if we need more information to help us consider your application.

We will let you know the outcome of your request by email within a couple of weeks.

Each application can be matched up to £1,000 (excluding gift aid). So a colleague raising £800 will be matched with £800. A colleague raising £2,400 will be matched with £1,000

Colleagues can apply up to twice a year (from 1 Nov to 31 Oct)

Applications should be submitted within 3 months of completing your fundraising and once your funds have been paid to the charity.

When submitting an application colleagues can provide proof of their fundraising through one of the following:

• Providing a link to their online fundraising page e.g. Just Giving

• Attaching a letter from the charity that acknowledges receipt of the funds raised

• Uploading a print out of the cash office page if the funds were paid in store

Most fundraising for registered charities will be eligible. It could be a sponsored activity like running or cycling, or less active things like bake sales, birthday donations or sponsored silences.

Applications should only be submitted for colleague fundraising activities delivered outside of their normal role and in their own time. Fundraising which takes place in a store must be over and above routine store fundraising activities. Examples of routine activities that are not eligible for match funding include bucket collections, bag packing, raffles and tombolas.

Applicants must be entirely responsible for their fundraising activity (e.g. planning of events; colleagues volunteering at a charity ball to host an auction or sell raffle tickets at the ball would not be eligible for matched funding)

Colleague team applications are welcome, but we request that only one application per team is submitted by a designated colleague.

Where team events include non-colleagues we match the amount raised by specifically by colleagues only. If the specific amount cannot be determined, then the amount will be calculated on a pro-rata basis. For example: if a team of five people raises £2,000 the average amount raised per person is £400. If this team included two colleagues we would match fund £800.

Absolutely. We welcome match funding applications for our charity partner provided that the fundraising activity is organised by a colleague and is not mandated by their core role.

When submitting your request please provide proof of your fundraising, which could be a copy of the print out from the cash office if the funds were paid in store, or a link to your online fundraising site.

Events arranged centrally by the charity partner where all colleagues are encouraged to participate may not be eligible for match funding

The donation will be paid directly to the charity within eight weeks of a successful application. Payments are made straight to the charity by card or BACS payment, donations are not paid to colleague's online fundraising pages.

In the event of a successful application, details of your fundraising may be passed to your chosen charity. We may also share your email address so that they can contact you and thank you for your donation.

You will not be contacted directly by the Morrisons Foundation to confirm that the charity has received the matched funds.