Charity Christmas cards and calendars are ordered in about March for sale in August onwards, which is regarded as &quot;in time for Christmas&quot;. <div><br></div><div>We also don&#39;t have the typical charity Christmas shopping demographic - our donor demographic wants everything available online and instantly and probably doesn&#39;t start thinking about Christmas until December.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Payroll giving is definitely something we should offer when we are a charity, but is in no sense easy to set up (and it&#39;s also very much an ugly duckling in the fundraising world, lengthy discussion as to reasons why).</div>
<div><br></div><div>Chris</div><div>(slightly in critic mode)</div>