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Staff benefits update

10 Jul 2019

Benefits, discounts and wellbeing!

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Payroll giving

Our Payroll Giving Scheme enables you to donate to your favourite charity on a regular or one-off basis by automatic deductions from your monthly pay.  A monthly gift of £10 from your take-home pay to your chosen charity will be automatically boosted to £12.50 if you are a 20% rate tax payer and £16.66 if you’re a 40% rate tax payer.  You’re phenomenal generosity so far has pushed donations over the £1 million barrier!

Discounts

Outdoor & Cycle Concepts have updated their 15% discount at Cotswold Outdoor, Snow+Rock, Runners Need and Cycle Surgery. If you wish to benefit from the partnership discount code must sign up to their Explore More benefits scheme. It’s completely free of charge and the discount is valid across all their brands. The benefits of joining include:

  • 3-year extended warranty
  • 100 days returns with no need for a receipt
  • Exclusive competitions and prize draws
  • Exclusive events
  • Early notification of new products and sales
  • Birthday gift

Visit the Fitness and outdoor discounts for more details!

Reward Mobile have offers this month for you. As a member of Reward Mobile, you can save on average, 28% over the lifetime of your contract on the latest phones, compared to EE direct.

Super Break has 2-night Eurostar breaks from only £136ppand seaside breaks with from only £30pp

Enjoy a great day out at the Merlin Attractions this summer and you could save up to 49%* on entry. At Alton Towers you can go from rushing through the burning Wicker Man, to laughing and screaming your way through the new Alton Towers Dungeon or a small child's pure delight when they disco dance with Ubercorn in CBeebies Land. Legoland Windsor has some extra special offers. The online store has automatically been updated with the new ticket prices but hurry prices only available until 31/7/19.  

Visit the occasions unidiscounts for Virgin Experience Days have inspirational ideas from driving and hot air balloons, through to relaxing classics like spa days and Michelin-starred fine dining, there’s an experience to suit all tastes and occasion and you can save 20% using the special link.

Wellbeing

The Be Active Summer programme has now launched and runs until the end of August. There are class for beginners right up to high intensity workouts!

The next staff benefits update will be 25th July.

Further information

Keep up to date with all your wellbeing, benefits, payroll giving and staff recognition schemes via www.manchester.ac.uk/reward