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JB Hi-Fi Ltd is Australia's largest home entertainment retailer, selling music CDs, plasma and LCD televisions, audio/visual, digital camera photography, portable audio, in-car entertainment, computer/video games, DVD movies, gadgets and information technology. They have over 130 stores in Australia and 10 in New Zealand.
JB Hi-Fi launched its workplace giving program, Helping Hands, in November 2008. The charities currently supported cover a range of humanitarian and environmental needs and are charitable causes which were identified as being important to JB staff, as well as aligning with JB's core philosophy around low operating costs and minimal government funding.
Helping Hands' key features
All members of the board and management team donate at least 1% of their gross salary and many stores have staff participation rates of more than 33%. Since the program commenced, over $1 million has been donated to their charity partners.
JB Hi-Fi also introduced their 'Change for Change' initiative in 2010, installing donation boxes in all stores nationally to encourage customers and staff to donate some of their spare change to help change the lives of many. All donations are divided evenly between their charities.
“JB Hi-Fi is committed to being part of growing workplace giving in Australia. We believe it is a great way for JB and its employees to support the community. Matching the contributions of our employees dollar for dollar effectively doubles the impact we can have as individuals and as a company. It is our belief that workplace giving is a cost effective and efficient way for us to help community organisations achieve a sustainable revenue base through receiving regular contributions."
Richard Murray
Chief Financial Officer
JB Hi-Fi
ACF Employer Leadership Initiative (ELI)
ELI members work with ACF to provide thought and implementation leadership to further grow engaged employee giving and social impact. As an exclusive benefit for ELI members, ACF offers them an experienced, dedicated account manager to provide tailored advice and support.
Contact The Australian Charities Fund about workplace giving program design or becoming an ACF Employer Leadership Initiative member.
The Australian Charities Fund and United Way have made a joint submission in response to the Commonwealth Treasury's discussion paper, 'Charitable fundraising regulation reform'. 
